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Meet the CTSI Team

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Meet the CTSI Team

Meet the CTSI Team

CTSI Leadership

Julie Freed, MD, PhD

Associate Professor; Executive Vice Chair; Director of Clinical Research

William Hogan, MD, MS

Mary T. and Ted D. Kellner Chair of Data Science; Director, Data Science Institute; Professor, Data Science Institute; Associate Director for Data Science, Mellowes Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine

hoganwr@mcw.edu

Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS

Professor; Director, Comprehensive Injury Center; Council of Centers member, SAVIR Board of Directors

tcassini@mcw.edu

Blair Stauffer-Fetting, CRA

Assistant Dean, Research Operations

bstauffer@mcw.edu

Administration

Tanya Aigner

Project Manager

taigner@mcw.edu

Leslie Bojar, MBA

CTSI Financial Operations Manager

Braxton Keil, MBA

Operations & Integration Manager

Jesus J. Lopez, PhD

Evaluation & Impact Specialist Sr.

Renee B. McCoy, BA

Program Director

Dian Mitrayani, PhD

CTSI Evaluation & Impact Manager

dmitrayani@mcw.edu

Janet Pradarelli, BS

Sr Business Operations Coordinator

Michelle Schaefer, MS

CTSI Communications Manager

Sonja Sprandel, MS

Evaluation and Impact Specialist

Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMI)

Kent C Brodie, MSMI

Systems Administrator

Weihong Jin, MS

Biomedical Informatics Data Engineer

George B. Kowalski, BS - EECS

Programmer Analyst IV

gkowalski@mcw.edu

Bhabishya Neupane

Analyst IV

Mark Oium, BS

Biomedical Informatics Software Engineer

Kristen I. Osinski, MS

Associate Director

cbmi-ri@mcw.edu

Wesley Rood

Biomedical Informatics Software Engineering Lead

Mark Stake

Programmer Analyst III

mastake@mcw.edu

Rebecca Swanson, RN, BSN

Business Analyst IV

rswanson@mcw.edu

Bradley W. Taylor, MBA

CRIO - Chief Research Informatics Officer

btaylor@mcw.edu

Andrew K. Vallejos, MS

Programmer / Developer

Xin Yang, PhD

Statistical Research Scientist II

Clinical Research Support

Kelly Clohesey, MOT, OTR/L

Clinical Research Coordinator III

Kelli Dunham, MS, RD, CD

Bionutrition Program Manager I

kdunham@mcw.edu

Rebecca Eernisse

Clinical Research Coordinator

Amit Gode

Assistant Professor; Director, Strategic and Academic Initiatives

Janet M. Gosset, RN, BSN

Research Nurse Manager

jmgosset@mcw.edu

Sonia Gude, BS

Medical Assistant

Karen G. Huerta, BS

Lab Technician III

Bavneet Kaur

Lab Technician I

Charlotte Klis

Director of Operations

Chelsea M McCrory M. McCrory, RN, BSN

Research RN

cmccrory@mcw.edu

Lizbeth Nunez

Clinical Trials Manager

Jennifer Ohlendorf, PhD, RN

Research Nurse II

Yolanda J. Perez, AAS - Medical Assisting

Certified Medical Assistant

Lila Petersen

Student Worker

Rae A Petersen

Research Operations Manager

rpetersen@mcw.edu

Katherine J. Peterson, MPH

Clinical Research Coordinator III

kapeterson@mcw.edu

Kailie Roth, BS, CVT

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Lindsay Ruiz, MSN, AGACNP-BC

Research Nurse II

Mary Stormowski, RN, BSN, VA-BC

Research Nurse III

mstormowski@mcw.edu

Sherin E. Uthuppan, RN

Clinical Research Nurse II

suthuppan@mcw.edu

Vesper Williams

Associate Director for Clinical Trial Operations and Workforce Development

vewilliams@mcw.edu

Community Engagement

Tanya Aigner

Project Manager

taigner@mcw.edu

Bryan B. Belmer, BA

Host, Producer - CTSI Discovery Radio

bbelmer@mcw.edu

Angelia Holtz

Program Manager I

Exie Walker, MS

Program Manager

exwalker@mcw.edu

Education

Sarah Beyler, BA

Education Program Coordinator III

sbeyler@mcw.edu

Heidi Brittnacher

Program Manager

hbrittna@mcw.edu

Margaret A. Eaglin, DrPH, MPH, MUPP

Adjunct Instructor

Amit Gode

Assistant Professor; Director, Strategic and Academic Initiatives

Angelia Holtz

Program Manager I

Kristin Nord, MA

Program Manager

Lilliann Paine, MPH

Adjunct Instructor

Gregory Smith, JD, DBE

Adjunct Instructor

Vesper Williams

Associate Director for Clinical Trial Operations and Workforce Development

vewilliams@mcw.edu

All of Us Research Program

Nathaniel C. Boughton

Clinical Research Coordinator

Taquanda Gilbert-Crampton, BS, BSN, RN

Program Manager I

Jennifer Koney, MS

Program Manager II