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Meet the CTSI Team

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Meet the CTSI Team

CTSI Leadership

Julie Freed, MD, PhD

Senior Associate Dean Director, Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Greater Wisconsin Associate Professor & Executive Vice Chair in Anesthesiology

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)

Bradley W. Taylor, MBA

CRIO - Chief Research Informatics Officer

btaylor@mcw.edu

Wesley Rood

Biomedical Informatics Software Engineering Lead

Dave Bell, BA

Programmer Analyst III

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

Mark Stake

Programmer Analyst III

mastake@mcw.edu

Andrew K. Vallejos, MS

Programmer / Developer

Xin Yang, PhD

Statistical Research Scientist II

Clinical Research Support

Vesper Williams

Associate Director for Clinical Trial Operations and Workforce Development

vewilliams@mcw.edu

Amit Gode

Assistant Professor; Director, Strategic and Academic Initiatives

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

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, 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

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

Vesper Williams

Associate Director for Clinical Trial Operations and Workforce Development

vewilliams@mcw.edu

Amit Gode

Assistant Professor; Director, Strategic and Academic Initiatives

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

Angelia Holtz

Program Manager I

Kristin Nord, MA

Program Manager

Lilliann Paine, MPH

Adjunct Instructor

Gregory Smith, JD, DBE

Adjunct Instructor

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