Conference Organizers

Program Chairs
GQ Zhang, Case Western Reserve University
Jing Li, Case Western Reserve University

Local Arrangements Chair
Christine Rhoads, Case Western Reserve University

Tutorials Chair
Zhong-Hui Duan, University of Akron

Poster Session Chair
Xiaofeng Wang, Cleveland Clinic

Proceedings Chair
Helen Piontkivska, Kent State University

Publication Chair
Girish Shukla, Cleveland State University

Publicity Chair
Mehmet Koyuturk, Case Western Reserve University

Scholarship Chair
Sarah Wyatt, Ohio University

Sponsorship Chairs
Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati
Sarah Wyatt, Ohio University
Vijay Nadella, Ohio University

Challenge Problem Chair
Victor Chan, WPAFB

Steering Committee
Lonnie Welch, Ohio University, Co-Chair
Terry Lewis, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Co-Chair
David Wight, Edison Biotechnology Institute
Sarah Wyatt, Ohio University
Eric Stahlberg, Wittenberg University
Gilbert Pacey, Miami University
Bruce Aronow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Victor Chan, WPAFB
Xiu-Feng (Henry) Wan, (CDC/CCID/NCIRD)
Gwenn Volkert, Kent State University
GQ Zhang, Case Western Reserve University
Tony Dennis, BioOhio
Erich Grotewold, The Ohio State University
Kelly Hall, Clark State Community College
Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati
Bob Blumenthal, University of Toledo
Anthony Johnson, University of Toledo

OCBIO 09 Program Committee
Mark Adams, Case Western Reserve University
Gerald Alter, Wright State University
Anthony Arment, Central State University
Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Case Western Reserve University
Robert Blumenthal, University of Toledo
Victor Chan, Wright Patterson AFB
Mark Chance, Case Western Reserve University
Khew-Voon Chin, University of Toledo
Dr. Frank Drews, Ohio University
Zhong-Hui Duan, University of Akron
Rob M. Ewing, Case Western Reserve University
Michael Freitas, The Ohio State University
Banu Gopalan, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Martin Harris, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Xiche Hu, University of Toledo
Anil Jain, Cleveland Clinic
Anthony Johnson, University of Toledo
Mehmet Koyuturk, Case Western Reserve University
Christopher James Langmead, Carnegie Mellon University
Douglas Leaman, University of Toledo
Neocles Leontis, Bowling Green State University
Chun Liang, Miami University
Jundong Liu, Ohio University
Kenneth Loparo, Case Western Reserve University
Xiangjia Min, Youngstown State University
Joseph Nadeau, Case Western Reserve University
Dennis Nelson, MimVista
Tekin Ozsoyogu, Case Western Reserve University
Jeffrey D. Parvin, Ohio State University
Helen Piontkivska, Kent State University
Mark Schluchter, Case Western Reserve University
Russell Schwartz, Carnegie Mellon University
Girish Shukla, Cleveland State University
George Tseng, University of Pittsburg
Michael Wagner, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Xiaofeng Wang, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
David Wilson, Case Western Reserve University
Aidong Zhang, University at Buffalo
Xiaofeng Zhou, Case Western Reserve University