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Featured researcher
Michael Rafii, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Neurology at the Keck School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI)
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Physician-scientist whose research focuses on developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) including a genetic form that occurs in people with Down syndrome (DS)
Director of the Medical Safety Unit of the Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium (ACTC) and co-director of the Clinical core of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI)
Featured researcher
Cecily Jenkins, PhD
Recently Published Works
Safety, Efficacy, and Feasibility of Intranasal insulin for the Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Neurol. 2020 Sep 1;77(9):1099-1109
Recognitions
Community memory screening as a strategy for recruiting older adults into Alzheimer’s disease research Alzheimers Res Ther. 2020 Jun 30;12(1):78. doi: 10.1186/s13195-020-00643-0
Panels & Presentations
Identification of Alzheimer disease risk by functional magnetic resonance imaging Arch Neurol. 2005 Dec;62(12):1881-8. doi: 10.1001/archneur.62.12.1881.
Leadership
Paul Aisen, MD
Epstein Alzheimer's Disease Director's Chair, Professor of Neurology, Founding Director of Epstein Family Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute
Research Areas
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) clinical trial design
Remote assessment of AD risk
Primary prevention of AD
Alison Belsha
Director of Clinical Operations
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Gustavo Jimenez-Maggiora, PhD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Research Neurology, Director of Informatics Section
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Clinical Research Informatics
Remote Data Capture Systems
Natural Language Processing
Jeremy Pizzola
Director, Administration
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Michael Rafii, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Medical Director of Epstein Family Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute
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Clinical Trials for Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome
Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome
AD Clinical Trial Design and Conduct
Rema Raman, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Director, Section of Biostatistics & Section of Participant Recruitment & Retention Epstein Family Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute
Research Areas
Biostatistics
Clinical trial design, conduct and analysis
Participant recruitment and retention science
Robert Rissman, PhD
Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience and the W.M. Keck Endowed Professor in Medicine, Director Neuroscience Translational Research Division and Biomarker Laboratory and Biorepository Director, Epstein Family Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute
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Preclinical studies of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)
Experimental neuropathology of ADRD
Novel biomarker discovery
Faculty & Team Leads
Sara Abdel-Latif
Supervising Clinical Laboratory
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Dan Abinsay
Office Manager
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Mindy Aisen, MD
Professor of Neurology
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Dinh Albright
Administration - Project Manager
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Maria Arampatzidou, PhD
Program Manager, Clinical Operations
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Dobri Baldaranov, MD
Associate Director, Medical Safety (Medical Monitoring)
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James Barlow
Research Programs Director
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Barbara Bartocci
Administration - Project Administrator Quality Assurance Manager
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Matthew Bridgers
Computer Services Supervisor
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Stefania Bruschi, MS, MBA
Associate Director of Informatics, Informatics Section
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Taylor Clanton, MPH, CHES
Recruitment Operations Manager
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Taylor Clynne
Event Coordinator
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Ricky Cordova
Clinical Monitor Manager
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Debbra Cuellar
Human Resources Manager
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Harriett Davey
Operational Support
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Michael Donohue, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Associate Director of Biostatistics, Epstein Family Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute
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Alzheimer’s clinical trial design and analysis
Statistical modeling and prediction of Alzheimer’s disease progression
Karin Ernstrom, MS
Clinical Biostatistics Director
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Kim Eudy
Contracts and Grants
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Belinda Gonzalez
Participant Support Manager
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Lindsey Hergesheimer
Medical Safety Group, Director of Clinical Monitoring
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Medicine
Cher Herh
Finance Manager
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Amy Hinkle
Clinical Monitor Manager
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Phuoc Hong
Associate Director of Information Technology, Informatics Section
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Cecily Jenkins, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, Director of Neuropsychology, Epstein Family Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute
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AD Clinical trial design
Remote assessment of cognitive risk for future AD
Innovative measurement of cognition in pre-clinical AD
Neelam Kaul
Program Manager
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Oliver Langford, MSc
Modeling and Simulation Director
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Marianne Manire
Clinical Monitor Manager
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Doris P Molina-Henry, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research Neurology
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Hongmei Qiu, MS
Senior Software Engineer, Informatics Section
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Elizabeth Shaffer
Manager, Regulatory Affairs
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Jia-Shing So
Senior Software Engineer, Informatics Section
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Lynley Vitollo
Clinical Monitor Manager
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Sarah Walter, MSc
Program Administrator
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Charisse Winston
Assistant Professor of Physiology & Neuroscience
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Administration Team
Dinh Albright
Administration - Project Manager
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Hannah Amarila
Administrative Assistant I
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Lisa Billinger-Wissenback
Programmer Analyst III
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Courtney Cromwell
HR Assistant
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Thuy Doan
Shared Services - Budget Business Technician
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John Giannusa
HR Assistant
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Oscar Granja
Administrative Assistant II
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Jacob Guerrero
Human Resources Payroll/Personnel Tech
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Lora Jamanila
Clinical Trial Financial Analyst
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Melissa Korba
Administration - QA Program Administrator
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Shannon Li
Executive Secretary
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Catherine Pumphrey
Events Coordinator
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Quin Revel
Contracts and Grants
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Samantha Roe
Contracts and Grants
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Ileana Salcedo-Peralta
Quality Assurance Assistant
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Mike Selsnick
Contracts and Grants
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Sheridan Spain
Participant Support Specialist
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Vivian Ta
Administrative Assistant I
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Kara Zhang
Finance Senior Business Data Analyst
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Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Consortium (ACTC) Team
Allison Hall
Administrative Assistant II
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Biomarker And Basic Science Teams
Grace Conklin
Research Lab Technician I
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Froylan Garcia
Laboratory Technician
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Adrian Gaspar
Project Assistant
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Christine Phan
Laboratory Technician
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Dominique Webster
Laboratory Technician
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Biostatistics Team
Kedir Adem Hussen, MS
Biostatistician I
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Brenda Armenta, MS
Biostatistician I
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Karin Ernstrom, MS
Clinical Biostatistics Director
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Charlene Flournoy, MS
Biostatistician II
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Oliver Langford, MSc
Modeling and Simulation Director
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Yixuan Liang, MS
Biostatistician I
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Andy Liu, MS
Biostatistician I
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Maggie Mastrolorenzo, BS
Project Administrator
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Marina Ritchie, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
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Anna Shipcott, MPH, BS
Research Education and Training Administrative Coordinator
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Danielle Sy, BS
Administrative Assistant
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Shunran Wang, MS
Biostatistician I
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Sean Zhou, MA, MS
Biostatistician I
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Clinical Monitoring Team
I-Chun “Emily” Chen
Clinical Monitor
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Earle Bartolome
Clinical Monitor
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Shaniqua Bates
Clinical Monitor
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Morgan Baumgartner
Clinical Monitor
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Jaqueline Bernabei
Med and Safety - Clinical Monitor
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La’Kisha Brown
Clinical Monitor
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Roxana Carrillo
Clinical Monitor
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Tanjot Chahil
Clinical Monitor
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Dalia Chavarin
Associate Clinical Monitor
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Ricky Cordova
Clinical Monitor Manager
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Brianna Escobedo
Clinical Monitor Associate
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Heather Furr
Clinical Monitor
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Jennifer Gill
Lead Clinical Monitor - Medical Safety
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Magnolia Grace Quinto
Clinical Monitor
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Naomi Gungon
Med and Safety - Clinical Monitor
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Samirah Hussain
Clinical Monitor
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Marlen Ibarra-Ortiz
Clinical Monitor
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Suneetha Karnati
Clinical Monitor
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John Kim
Clinical Monitor
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Alphonsa Kunnel
Clinical Monitor
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Vanessa Lin-Bodylski
Clinical Monitor
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Bryce Lockmiller
Clinical Monitor
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Luzandra Magaña
Clinical Monitor
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Trang Nguyen
Clinical Monitor
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Rachael Noble
Clinical Monitor
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Jennifer Palomino
Clinical Monitor
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Michael Quezada
Clinical Research Data Specialist Lead
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Julia Sergejeva
Clinical Monitor
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Lyn Than
Clinical Monitor
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Vedeline Torreon
Clinical Monitor
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Lynley Vitollo
Clinical Monitor Manager
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Audrey Ween
Clinical Monitor
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Clinical Operations Team
Kallie Alkatib
Project Assistant
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Virginia Boatwright
Project Coordinator
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Yuliana Cabrera
Project Manager
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Paula Cohen
Clinical Operations Project Manager
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Lawrence Dsouza
Project Assistant
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Andrea Fidell
Project Manager
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Tiffanie Johnson
Project Specialist
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Ketaki Kelkar
Program Assistant
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Abigail Medina
Project Assistant
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Aliya Merchant
Project Assistant
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Justin Robison
Clinical Operations Project Manager
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Melissa Ruiz
Clinical Operations - Project Specialist
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Patrick Sakowski
Project Manager
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Xiomara Villasenor
Project Manager
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Emmil Zarrugh
Project Manager
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Caileigh Zimmerman
Project Manager
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Data Management Team
Olga Baryshnikava
Data Specialist Lead
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Tim Chang
Clinical Research Database Developer
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Jorge Corral
Data Management - Data Manager
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Richard Gallardo
Data Specialist Lead
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Naveera Hedge
Clinical Research Data Specialist I
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Sandhya Jaiswal
Clinical Research Data Manager
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Data Management
Olivia Keirn
Analytics Developer
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Baturay Koyuncu
Analytics Developer
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Payam Mahboubi
Data Specialist Lead
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Yashika Meisheri
Clinical Research Data Manager
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Debosmita Mukherjee
Clinical Research Data Specialist Lead
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Sheila Ogwang
Data Manager
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Julie Phuong
Clinical Database Developer
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Michael Quezada
Clinical Research Data Specialist Lead
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Gabriela S. Campos-Cortes
Clinical Research Data Manager
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Iris Sim Dacio
Data Specialist II
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Veasna Tan
Clinical Data Reporting & Analytics Administrator
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Michael Wolgast
Clinical Research Data Specialist Lead
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Jacklyn Yoon
Clinical Research Data Specialist I
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Sana Zulali
Clinical Research Data Specialist I
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Informatics Team
Adil Assouab
Associate Software Engineer
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Leticia de Cassia Alves Siqueira
Programmer Analyst II
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Nicholas Iacullo
Programmer Analyst II
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Justin Jang
Programmer Analyst II
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Sandra Lee
IT Technical Writer, Senior
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Minh Nguyen
Associate Software Engineer
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Pooja Rajan
Programmer Analyst II
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Lokesh Rengaraju
Programmer Analyst II
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Ankita Samanta
Programmer Analyst II
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Parth Shah
Programmer Analyst II
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Muneeb Shahid
Associate Software Engineer
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Mit Tank
Programmer Analyst I
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Chelcie Tjoeng
Programmer Analyst II
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Shreya Vitthal Deexit
Programmer Analyst II
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Marian Wong, MSPM, PMP, CSM
Informatics Program Administrator
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Le Xiao
Associate Software Engineer
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Information Technology Team
Gaetano Gangarossa
Computer Services Consultant II
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Nicholas Karins
Computer Services Consultant II
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Luna Koepping
Computer Consultant Supervisor
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Medical Monitoring Team
Victoria Garcia, MD
Med and Safety - Medical Monitor
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Lorrielle Hernandez
Medical Safety Specialist
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Solana Leisher, Pharm. D.
Medical Safety Specialist
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Meana Rasheed, MD, MHA
Clinical Research Program Administrator/ Medical Monitor
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Zinayida Schlachetzki, MD, PhD
Clinical Research Program Administrator / Medical Monitor
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Neuropsychology Team
Sarah Espinoza
Neuropsychology Project Specialist
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Neuroscience Translational Research Division (NTRD) Team
Rijwan Ahammad
Post Doctoral Scholar
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Carlos Arias
Research Lab Specialist
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James Barlow
Research Programs Director
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Grace Conklin
Research Lab Technician I
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Michaela Cullum-Doyle
Graduate Researcher
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Maya Ellisman
Post Doctoral Scholar
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Michael Florio
Research Lab Specialist
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Jazmin Florio
Research Lab Specialist
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Shane Johnson
Specialized Laboratory Technician
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Michael Mante
Research Lab Specialist
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Kimberley Mullen
Administrative Core Program Manager
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Sophie Nauss
Specialized Laboratory Technician
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Jenn Ngolab
Senior Grant Writer
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Bao Quach
Specialized Laboratory Technician
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Sahar Salehi
Specialized Laboratory Technician
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Floyd Sarsoza
Research Coordinator Supervisor
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Brian Spencer
Research Scientist (Staff)
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Sonal Sukreet
Post Doctoral Scholar
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Charisse Winston
Assistant Professor of Physiology & Neuroscience
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Participant Support Team
Claudia Dansalan-Collazos
Participant Support Specialist
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Marionne Dantzler
Participant Support Specialist
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Belinda Gonzalez
Participant Support Manager
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David Hosman
Participant Support Specialist
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Elsie Thorres
Participant Support Specialist
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Recruitment, Engagement and Retention Team
Alondra Beltran
Administrative Project Specialist
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Jessica Hennies, BA
RER Project Manager
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Agnieszka Lewandowski, M.Res
RER Project Manager
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Karla Lopez Aguiniga, BA
RER Project Manager
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Andrew Mellor, BS
RER Project Manager
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Victoria Salcedo, BS
RER Project Coordinator
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Brendon Smith, BS
Graphic Design Coordinator
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Annika Zwolinski, BA, BS
RER Project Coordinator
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Regulatory Affairs Team
Nana Kori, MPH
Clinical Research Regulatory Affairs Administrator
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Catherine Nguyen-Barrera, CCRP
Clinical Research Regulatory Affairs Administrator
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Michelle Pablo
Clinical Research Regulatory Affairs Specialist
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Riley Rosenquist
Clinical Research Regulatory Affairs Specialist
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Caitlin Webb, CCRP
Clinical Research Regulatory Affairs Specialist
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Events
Viviana Gil-Reynoso
Events Coordinator
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Finance
Quality Assurance
Dallawrence Dean
Project Specialist- Administrative
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Yoko Drexler
Project Administrator
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Gina La Pierre
Quality Assurance Specialist
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Shared Services
Emely Tom
Receptionist
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Kevin Tsai
Administrative Assistant I
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