Leadership
Mike Kozal, MD
Director
Operations for the Department of Medicine Clinical Research Hub
Enrique Menendez, MD
Administrative Director
Operations
Aruna Subramanian, MD
Director
Site-Based Research
Marco Perez, MD
Director
Clinical Coordinating Center
Nadia Elkarra, MD
Director
Clinical Research Operations
Michael Ellsworth, MBA
Senior Manager
Finance & Administration
Kris Anderberg, RN
Associate Director
Quality & Compliance, Education & Training
Sumana Shashidhar, MA, MS
Associate Director
Clinical Research Operations
Faculty Associate Directors
Kevin Alexander, MD
Faculty Associate Director
Clinical Endpoint Classification
Robson Capasso, MD
Faculty Associate Director
Mobile Digital Technology
Managers
Clinical Coordinating Center (CCC)
Jill Marcus – Sr. Manager, Clinical Endpoint Classification & Clinical Research
Julia Donahue – Sr. Project Manager
Karma Lhamo – Sr. Project Manager, Multi-site
Liisa Dewhurst – Safety Officer for the REACT-AF Trial / Nurse Navigator / Nurse Manager for the CIT Program
Lori Panu – Sr. Program Manager, Cellular Immune Tolerance
Nicole Odenwald – Interim Manager, REACT
Shea Smith – Clinical Research Manager, LIMIT, REACT, CSL300, ARREST
Administration
Christina Milcarek – Executive Administrator
Site-Based Research (SBR)
Joel Nicholus – Clinical Research Manager, Nephrology
Marcela Rodriguez – Project Manager, HM & Team Science BioBanking
Neha Aidasani – Clinical Research Manager (Interim)
Ting Chen – Research Nurse Practitioner Manager, RECOVER
Yasmin Jazayeri – Clinical Research Manager
Regulatory Compliance & Education
Bhanu Sharma – Senior Manager, Regulatory & Strategy
Doran Triggs – Clinical Research Manager, Trial Monitoring Operations, Clinical Trial Monitoring
Staff
Allison Zhang – Clinical Research Operations Specialist II
Alyssa Bates – Clinical Research Operations Specialist II
Anika Tahsin – Clinical Research Coordinator II
Anudeep Atwal – Clinical Research Operations Specialist II
Athanasia “Sia” Boumis – Clinical Operations II
Cheryl Blatt – Physical Therapist
Chris Jamero – Clinical Research Coordinator II
Christian Luis – Clinical Research Coordinator Associate II
Cindy Ochoa – Administrative Associate II
Crystal Funes – Clinical Research Coordinator II/Monitor
Diana Rodd – Clinical Research Coordinator Associate II
Diona Gjermeni – Visiting Scholar
Eli Rice – Clinical Research Coordinator II
Elizabeth Anderson – Clinical Endpoint Classification Specialist
Emma Stainton – Clinical Research Coordinator II
Helio Sulbaran – Clinical Research Operations Specialist II
Joaquin Tabera – Clinical Research Coordinator II
Katie Leong – Physical Therapist
Kelly Olszewski– Clinical Research Coordinator II
Kim Clinton – Clinical Endpoint Classification Specialist
Leslie Vizcarra-Sanchez – Project Administrative Coordinator
Rachel Feinberg – Clinical Research Operations Specialist II
Rajvir Kaur – Regulatory Specialist I
Rithu Varkey – Clinical Research Coordinator II
Ruth Talamoa – Clinical Research Coordinator Associate
Sohrab Sami – Clinical Research Coordinator II
Stacey Abbott – Research Finance Specialist
Taina LoSasso – Clinical Operations Specialist II
Uma Badarabandi – Clinical Research Coordinator II
Zenita Leang – Clinical Research Coordinator Associate
Opportunities
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