Mission Statement:
The Office of Research Information Technology is a full-service organization dedicated to supporting the information and information technology needs of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. ORIT provides end-to-end networking, teleconferencing, and cross-platform computer services. IT specialists within ORIT design, develop, and implement custom scientific and administrative utilities, applications, and server components using a variety of applications. The group also selects, purchases, and configures computer systems used for research, clinical care, and administration, and maintains highly secure and available database and storage technologies for use across the Institute.
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Jonathan Folkers is the Chief Information Officer for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Prior to coming to NIAAA, Jonathan worked in several information technology (IT) leadership positions at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). These included managing research support teams in NIAID's intramural and clinical divisions, coordinating international communication projects, and overseeing networking and enterprise storage. He is proficient with Macintosh, Windows, and Unix systems, holds Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer credentials, and is certified in IT Project Management. Jonathan holds a Master of Health Science degree in Health Policy and Management from the Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Franklin and Marshall College. Prior to his graduate studies, Jonathan worked at Princeton University Health Services, where he conducted research on alcohol-related risk behavior among college students. |
Jonathan Folkers, Chief
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institutes of Health
5635 Fishers Lane, Room 3065
Bethesda MD 20892-9412
telephone: +1 301.594.1293
e-mail: jfolkers@mail.nih.gov
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Angie Healy
IT Specialist
telephone: 301.443.4226
ahealy@mail.nih.gov
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Denise Gates-Nee
Computer Scientist
telephone: 240.533.5624
denise.gates@mail.nih.gov
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Denise Gates-Nee is a software developer working primarily with the institute's clinical information system and related application projects, coordinating with IT and scientific staff to meet data needs. Denise also updates the website for the laboratory of clinical and translational studies and assists in other computer-related tasks as needed.
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Dee Beard
IT Specialist
telephone: 301.594.0531
dbeard@mail.nih.gov |
Proficient in Windows and Mac OS-X environments. Provides intramural support for various institutes at 5625 Fishers including account, server and network administration, and security. Provides technical assistance for scientific equipment: HP Chemstation HPLC and GC, and REES/SQL. Coordinator for numerous local conferences, and seminars held at 5625 Fishers. |
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Eileen Klavan
Security Consultant
301.443.1506
eklavan@mail.nih.gov |
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Govinsin Tetteh
System Administrator
301.451.1888
tettehg@mail.nih.gov
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Ho Lam
IT Specialist
lamho@mail.nih.gov
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Ho Lam is responsible for desktop engineering, user support, network support, IT inventory management, IT security, hardware/software testing and deployment. |
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John Martins
Security Analyst
301.443.4031
jmaritins@mail.nih.gov
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Juan Rivas
Desktop Support
telephone: 240.388.2986
juan.rivas@mail.nih.gov
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Juan Rivas provides hardware, security and networking computer support for the laboratory through a contract with Kelly Services. He also processes accounts, maintains lab servers, and assists with IT purchases. |
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Lindsay Zahra Richards
IT Specialist
telephone: 301.402.0514
zahral@mail.nih.gov
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Tim Hedges
IT Specialist
telephone: 301.443.6535
hedgest@mail.nih.gov |
Provides customer support by maintaining Information system software, and hardware as well as networking and user accounts, He also monitors and maintains information systems security and hardware encryption. |
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Toni Calzone
Computer Scientist
telephone: 240.422.9189
tcalzone@mail.nih.gov
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Thuy Van
Computer Scientist
telephone: 301.443.1310
tvan1@mail.nih.gov
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Thuy Van is an application developer. She is responsible for supporting research infrastructure of NIAAA. She collaborates with NIAAA investigators to develop bioinformatics applications and databases that can access, manage, disseminate, and analyze large quantities of high quality data. She develops, researches, and/or applies computational tools to assist NIAAA investigators in the acquisition and analysis of biological, medical, behavioral or health data, within a specific time frame determined to be appropriate by NIAAA. |
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Vijay Bhatia
Database Administrator
telephone: 301.443.7775
bhatiav2@mail.nih.gov
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Vijay Bhatia is responsible for managing the Clinical, Assessment, Financial and Administrative Databases at NIAAA. This involves ensuring availability, security, backup and integrity of the data. In addition, Vijay manages the database resources including the Servers, where these databases reside. He also supports the data interfaces between NIAAA systems and NIH systems.
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Research Partners:
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Elisa Moore
IT Specialist
telephone: 301.402.7936
emoore@mail.nih.gov
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Elisa Moore, Systems/Network Specialist and Robotics with LNG since 1993. She designed, installed and manages all LNG’s servers which includes a large number of DNA sequencers and dHPLC machines continually collecting data to the servers. She has also created and managed certain clinical phenotype/genotype databases. She now works on DNA robotics and other “front-end” aspects of high throughput genetic analysis. She is extremely facile in systems management, including hardware issues and programming, enabling management of terabytes of data flow from next-generation sequencing.
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Mike Kerich
Computer Scientist
telephone: 301.496.6540
mikek@mail.nih.gov
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Mike Kerich is responsible for providing programming and technical support for the imaging research as well as backing up and maintaining several large servers for imaging data. He also provides desktop support for local users. |
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