Genetics Program IT Staff
John Farrell — IT Manager
The IT Manager of the Genetics Program leads a
team of talented information technology specialists to support the complex
computational and data management needs of the Genetics Epidemiology
Center and the Molecular Genetics Core Lab. Since arriving at Boston
University Medical School in 1981, he has developed software systems
and tools for the computerized data collection, data management, quality
control and analysis of epidemiolgocal research studies. His efforts
have been instrumental in the use of web technologies, optical scanning
technologies and laptop computers for the data collection and patient
tracking in numerous large scale epidemiological research projects.
His recent efforts have included meeting the computational requirements
of the Genetics Program research with the installation of a 48-processor
Linux Cluster.
Publications
Yip A, Ma Q, Wilcox M, Panhuysen CI, Farrell J, Farrer
LA, Wyszynski DF. Search for genetic factors predisposing to atherogenic
dyslipidemia. BMC Genetics 2003, 4(Suppl 1):S100 (1 December 2003)
Wilcox MA, Wyszynski DF, Panhuysen CI, Ma Q, Yip A,
Farrell J, Farrer LA. Empirically derived phenotypic subgroups –
qualitative and quantitative trait analyses. BMC Genetics 2003, 4(Suppl
1):S15 (1 December 2003)
Web- Based Medication Reference Database for Researchers,
J. J. Farrell, AMIA 1996 Annual Symposium.
The Drug Etiology of Agranulocytosis and Aplastic Anemia
Kaufman, Kelly, Levy, Shapiro, and Study Group, 1991.
A Data Collection And Coding System On A Portable Computer
For Epidemiological Studies. , J. J. Farrell, 11th Symposium on Computer
Applications in Medical Care, 1987.
Identification Of Antibiotic-Inactivating Enzymes By
Stepwise Discriminant Analysis of Susceptibility Test Results, R. L.
Kent, T. F. O'Brien, A. A. Medieros, J. J. Farrell, and M.A. Guzman,
Current Chemotherapy and Infectious Disease, Proceedings of the 11th
ICC and 19TH ICAAC, American Society of Microbiology, 1980.
Dave Johnson — Database Applications Developer
Dave is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is currently working toward his masters in computer science at Boston University.
