IDRIS Team

Get to know the dynamic team behind IDRIS

IDRIS
Leadership

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IDRIS Executive Director
Fay Cobb Payton, Ph.D.

Jacqueline Mattis
Dean
Jacqueline S. Mattis, Ph.D.

Jeffrey A Robinson
Provost
Jeffrey A. Robinson, Ph.D.

Internal Faculty Advisory Board

Kimele Persaud
Kimele Persaud, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology and MC² Lab Director
Maria L. Soto-Greene
Maria L. Soto-Greene, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP
Professor and Executive Vice Dean
Anthony Mayo
Anthony Mayo, Ph.D.
Biomedical Informatics Co-Adjutant
W-Evan Johnson
W. Evan Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Alex Gimenez-Santana
Alex Gimenez-Santana, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
David Troutt
David Troutt, J.D.
Distinguished Professor
Pengju Zhang
Pengju Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Kihyun (Hannah) Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marketing
Michele Norin, M.A.
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Rutgers

IDRIS External Advisory Board

Steve Jones,  
Pocstock
Aaron Meyerson,  
Invest Newark
Pamela Brug, MD,  
New Jersey Black Women Physician Association
Rafah Hosn, Ph.D.
Microsoft Research
Stacy F. Hobson, Ph.D.
IBM Research
Boris Kozak,
Instagram
Joel Branch, Ph.D.
Citi Innovation Labs
Lauren Farese,  
Oracle
Laura Boykin Okalebo, Ph.D.
Amazon Web Services

IDRIS Faculty Consultants

Gregory Porumbescu, Ph.D.
Rutgers University–Newark
Michelle Rogers
Michelle Rogers, Ph.D.
Drexel University
Ebony McGee
Ebony McGee, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University

IDRIS Doctoral Researchers

Laura Bierstedt,
Ph.D. Candidate
Valentine Lamar, MPA
Ph.D. Candidate
Nguyen Pham
Nguyen Pham,
Ph.D. Candidate
Vishal Trehan
Vishal Trehan,
Ph.D. Candidate
Katy Griggs
Katy Grigg,
Ph.D. Candidate

IDRIS Undergraduate Interns

Chelsea Yang ,  
Undergraduate Student
Riya Rajesh Rana,  
Undergraduate Student