Alexander Quarshie, MD, MS, FGCPS

Dr. Alexander Quarshie is a trained medical scientist, medical statistician and biomedical informatician, and currently serves as Professor and Director of Biomedical Informatics at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM).

He serves in many leadership positions that include Director of Informatics/Co-Investigator for FIRST Coordination and Evaluation Center, Informatics lead for the RCMI Data Co-ordinating Center, Director of the Master of Science in Clinical Research program at MSM, MPI and Director of the T32 Interdisciplinary Sleep/Cardiovascular disorders research training program at MSM, Co-Director of the Informatics Program of the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA), a collaboration between MSM, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and University of Georgia, and Co-Director of the Research Education in Clinical and Translational Science KL2 program of the Georgia CTSA, and Co-Investigator on the National Research Mentoring Network.

He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Data Science Initiative of the Atlanta University Council Consortium (AUCC) that involves 4 Historically Black Universities -MSM, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College. Over the past 20 years, he’s provided leadership to educational programs in United States and internationally that address disparities in the Clinical and Translational Research and Public Health workforce with a focus on health disparities.

He serves on international scientific advisory boards and review panels that promote quality research and education and is well published in research.

Dr. Quarshie works to assure appropriate integration of MSM research portal and the RCMI Data Coordinating Center portals with NRMNet.