Informatics

The Informatics Group manages, builds systems to support, and performs analyses on, the foundation’s complex and interrelated data assets. These assets include phenotypic and genomics data on human research subjects, and administrative data on scientific funding and scientific resources.

The group is organized into two teams, consisting of individuals with backgrounds in technology, systems architecture, systems administration, software development, data analysis, bioinformatics and computational biology. These teams work with other groups at the foundation–including Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), Grants Administration, and the Center for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing Core of the Flatiron Institute–as well as with external investigators.

Data and Analytics Team The Data and Analytics Team supports multiple data-driven initiatives within the foundation including analysis of genomic, phenotypic and demographic data generated by SFARI cohorts studies, annotation and data management for SFARI Gene database, ETL processes for SFARI Base and the foundation’s administrative databases. The team develops and maintains computational tools for analysis and responsible data sharing... Learn More

SPARK Informatics Team The SPARK Informatics Team provides software support for the SPARK project. SPARK is an ambitious project that aims to recruit and retain 50,000 families affected by autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and keep them engaged in research over the course of many years. SPARK collects phenotypic data and genetic samples, and returns genetic findings when appropriate... Learn More

Leadership and Administration

Aaron Wong, Ph.D.

Vice President, Informatics

Aaron Wong was appointed vice president of Informatics at the Simons Foundation in May 2023, having served as interim vice president since the previous November. Prior to taking on his role in Informatics, Wong was a data scientist and project leader in the genomics group…

Jennylyn Brown

Administrative Assistant

Jennylyn Brown joined the Simons Foundation in September 2016 as the administrative assistant for informatics and business technology. She brings to the foundation 20 years of administrative assistant experience. Most recently, she was billing coordinator for the cardiac surgery office at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood,…

Contact

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