Leadership
Chief Research Informatics Officer
Director, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) and Lead, Community and Stakeholder Engagement Research
Senior Advisor, Community & Collaboration
Co-Medical Director, Clinical Translational Research Services
Co-Medical Director, Clinical Translational Research Services
OACA Sr. Research Advisor for ODAT Grant Programs
Multi-PI, Deputy Director, and Clinical Translational Research Services core Director
Hub Leadership Team member—Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC)
Multi-PI, Deputy Director
Hub Leadership Team member—Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Co-Director, Research Education, Training, and Career Development (CTSI-Ed)
Co-Director, Rural Health Program
Co-Director, Research Education, Training, and Career Development (CTSI-Ed)
Hub Leadership Team member—University of Minnesota Duluth
Hub Leadership Team member—Hennepin Healthcare
Co-Director, Rural Health Program
Integration Strategist and Co-Director, Pathways to Research Program (PReP) and Advanced Pathways to Research Program (A-PReP)
Hub Leadership Team member—Children's Minnesota
Monitoring & Evaluation Director, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
Director, Office of Discovery and Translation
Hub Leadership Team member—Hennepin Healthcare
Administration
Ashlee Hilzendeger
Senior Executive Assistant (Bruce Blazar)
Michelle Hoedeman
Contract Communications Professional
Andrew Johnson
Communications Specialist
Karen Kelley
Executive Assistant (Clinical Translational Research Services, Brenda Prich, Mahrya Johnson)
Sydney Lemire, MA
Executive Assistant (CEARCH)
Rachel Matthes
Administrative Core Program Manager
Charlene Paitrick, CMA, CFM
John Pilla
Administrative Team Manager
Scottie Povolny
Assistant to Beth Nunnally
Chris Pulley
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
CTSI Student Worker
Contact for projects, support, supplies
Fieonna Tucker
Executive Assistant (Jennifer Cieslak)
Monitoring & Evaluation Director, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
Biospecimen Support
Jennie Brocksome, HT(ASCP)
Alessio Giubellino, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Biospecimen and Laboratory Services
Scott Horsfall, MBA, CT (ASCP)
Program Director, Biospecimen and Laboratory Services
Laurie Reichel, HTL(ASCP) QIHC
Josh Zipf, MAK
Lead Procurement Coordinator
Biostatistics (BDAC)
Qing Cao, MS
Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Anne Eaton, PhD
Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Michael Evans, MS
BDAC Associate Director and Senior Biostatistician
Richard Evans, PhD, PSTAT
Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Rick Jansen, PhD, MS
Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Xianghua Luo, PhD
Associate Director and Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Ashley Petersen, PhD
Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
J. Sunil Rao, PhD
Director, MCC Biostatistic Core
Ryan Shanley, MS
Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Katelyn Tessier, MS
Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Steffen Ventz, PhD
Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Rachel I. Vogel, PhD
Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Tianzhong Yang, PhD, MPH
Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Lin Zhang, PhD
Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Clinical Trials Financial Services (CTFS)
Catherine Apeatro
Finance Professional, CTFS Post Award
Jennifer Becker
Clinical Research Budget Analyst
Elizabeth Bortz
Finance Professional, CTFS Post Award
Amy Brown
Clinical Research Budget Analyst
Rachel Elkhoury
Clinical Research Budget Analyst
Josh Hadley
Clinical Research Budget Analyst
Alissa Jorgensen
Manager, CTFS Post Award Team
Kali Kane, MPS
Finance Professional, CTFS Post Award
Melissa Kidwell
Finance Professional, CTFS Post Award
Laure Lundequam
Finance Professional, CTFS Post Award
Alex Nelson
Clinical Research Budget Analyst
Jennifer Panek
Finance Professional, CTFS Post Award
Melissa Philippi
Finance Professional, CTFS Post Award
Ryan Suhadolc
Manager, CTFS Pre Award Team
Terri Thommes, CPA (inactive)
Andrew Tuchowski
Finance Professional, CTFS Post Award
Brenda Vang
Clinical Research Protocol and Contract Analyst
Jennifer Vang
Clinical Research Protocol and Contract Analyst
Steven Whicher
Finance Professional, CTFS Post Award
Pheng Xiong
Finance Professional, CTFS Post Award
Community Engagement (CEARCH)
Director, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) and Lead, Community and Stakeholder Engagement Research
Susan Gust
Senior Program Manager, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH)
Angelica Koch, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Director, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH)
Brenna Lanoue, MA
Engaged Grants Program Manager, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH)
Sydney Lemire, MA
Executive Assistant (CEARCH)
Discovery and Translation (ODAT)
OACA Sr. Research Advisor for ODAT Grant Programs
Jodi Fenlon Rebuffoni
Assistant Director, Office of Discovery and Translation
Director, Office of Discovery and Translation
Education and Training (CTSI-Ed)
Co-Director, Pathways to Research Program (PReP) and Advanced Pathways to Research Program (A-PReP)
Seth Elis
Executive Administrative Assistant (CTSI-Ed, TWD)
Co-Director, Research Education, Training, and Career Development (CTSI-Ed)
Co-Director, Research Education, Training, and Career Development (CTSI-Ed)
Michelle Lamere, MPA, ACC
Associate Director, Education Programs, and Associate Director, Catalytic Collaborative
Kelvin Lim, MD
Co-Director, K12 Scholars Career Development Program
Kim Mansky, PhD
K-R01 Program Director, Mentoring Co-Director
Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, PhD
Associate Director, TRACT TL1 program
Nancy Sherwood, PhD
Director, K Accelerator Program
Tetyana Shippee, PhD
Co-Director, K12 Scholars Career Development Program
Anne Marie Weber-Main, PhD
Informatics (BPIC)
Chief Research Informatics Officer
Karen Baker-James, MPH, MHI
Data Analyst and Informatics Consultant
Ashley Benner, MPH
Clinical Informatics Operations Manager, Best Practices Integrated Informatics Consulting (BPIC)
Michelle DeMist, PMP
Informatics Project Portfolio Manager
Lindsay Hoke
Data Analyst and Informatics Consultant
Steve Johnson, PhD
Scientific Director, Clinical Informatics
Nikhita Kutala, MS
Dental Data Analyst and Informatics Consultant
Keith Landgrebe
Data Analyst and Informatics Consultant
Thomas Pederson
Cancer Informatics, Data Analyst
Vidhya Ramesh
Cancer Informatics, Data Analysis Manager
Ashraf Shabaneh
Genomics Bioinformatics Researcher
Wei Shen
Cancer Informatics, Application Developer
Gretchen Sieger
Director of Operations, Clinical Informatics
Anthony Tholkes, MS
Data Analyst and Informatics Consultant
Rachel Whitwam
Informatics Support Specialist
Talia Wiggen, MPH
Data Analyst and Informatics Consultant
IT Applications
Whitney Westley Fisher, MA
Participant Recruitment
Megan Hoffman, MA
Program Director, Research Training and Participant Engagement
Madison Marion
Participant Recruitment and Engagement Specialist
Clarissa Rubio Goldsmith, PhD
Participant Recruitment and Engagement Specialist
Allison Weyer
Participant Recruitment and Engagement Specialist
Regulatory Support
Nana Agyen
Regulatory Specialist Assistant
Casey Dahl
Lead Regulatory Specialist
Vanessa Grams
Lead Clinical Trial Monitor
Sierra Rudin
Junior Regulatory Specialist
Sydney Viel, MPH, CPH
Regulatory Affairs Program Manager
Natalie Woodruff
Senior Clinical Trial Monitor
Research Preparation Group (RPG)
Katherine Ingram, PhD
Clinical Research Specialist
Alissa Jorgenson
Clinical Research Specialist
Ryan Lee, PhD, MHS
Manager, Research Preparation Group (RPG)
Ryan Thiel, MA
Clinical Research Specialist
Nicole Tosun, MS, CCRP
Senior Clinical Research Specialist
Allison Wolf, MPH, CPH
Clinical Research Specialist
Research Services (CTRS) Administration
Katie Finley
Clinics & Surgery Center Research Liaison
Mahrya Johnson, MBA, CCRP
Operations Director, Clinical Translational Research Services
Grace Nielson
Research Support Specialist, Clinical Research Support Center (CRSC)
Jessie Oslowski
Manager, Clinical Research Support Center (CRSC)
Brenda Prich, MHA, BSN, RN, CCRC
Associate Director, Clinical Translational Research Services
Rural Health
Co-Director, Rural Health Program
Co-Director, Rural Health Program
Translational Workforce Development (TWD)
Seth Elis
Executive Administrative Assistant (CTSI-Ed, TWD)
Megan Hoffman, MA
Program Director, Research Training and Participant Engagement
Jason Kniss, MS, CCRP
Clinical Research Training and Development Specialist