Leadership at The Research Institute of Nationwide Children's Hospital

John A. Barnard, MD, is chief of Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, president of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s and holds the Ann I. Wolfe Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research Leadership.

Simon Lin, MD, MBA, is a national expert on data-driven healthcare innovations. As the Chief Research Information Officer at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, he is responsible for strategic planning, programmatic development and oversight of activities at the intersection of research informatics, translational medicine, and clinical informatics.

Dennis Durbin is the Chief Scientific Officer of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Lauren O. Bakaletz, PhD, is a principal investigator in and the director of the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Vice President of Basic Sciences Research at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Deena J. Chisolm, PhD, is director of the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice and Vice President of Health Services Research in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Amy J. Roscoe is the Vice President of Strategic Planning and Finance at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

William Smoyer, MD, is a member of the Section of Nephrology and Hypertension at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Vice President and Director for the Center for Clinical and Translational Research at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Veronica Vieland is the Vice President for Computational Research and the Director of the Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where she holds the Battelle Endowed Chair in Quantitative and Computational Biology.

Matthew McFarland is Vice President of Commercialization and Industry Relations at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital.