Directory

Leadership

Director, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) and Lead, Community & Collaboration
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 (CTRS) 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, 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
ODAT Senior Advisor
Integration Strategist and Co-Director, Pathways to Research Program (PReP) and Advanced Pathways to Research Program (A-PReP)
Monitoring & Evaluation Director, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
Director, Office of Discovery and Translation
Hub Leadership Team member—Hennepin Healthcare
Hub Leadership Team member—Children's Minnesota

Administration

Linda Bork

Finance Professional

Megan Findlay

Finance Professional

Corinne Hamlin

Research Navigator

Melissa Hansen

Research Navigator

Ashlee Hilzendeger

Senior Executive Assistant (Bruce Blazar)

Michelle Hoedeman

Contract Communications Professional

Andrew Johnson

Communications Specialist

Karen Kelley

Executive Assistant (CTRS, Brenda Prich)

Sydney Lemire, MA

Executive Assistant (CEARCH)

Pat Mann

Finance Manager

Rachel Matthes

Administrative Core Program Manager

Charlene Paitrick, CMA, CFM

OACA Finance Director

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

Biorepository and Laboratory Services (BLS)

Jennie Brocksome

Histotechnician

Bobby Gillespie

Specimen Procurement Technician

Alessio Giubellino, MD, PhD

Medical Director, Biorepository and Laboratory Services

Scott Horsfall, MBA, CT (ASCP)

Program Director, Biorepository and Laboratory Services

Adam Lewis

Histotechnologist

Don Truong

Research Coordinator

Josh Zipf, MAK

Lead Procurement Coordinator

Biostatistics (BDAC)

Ann Brearley, MS, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician

Qing Cao, MS

Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

John Connett, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician

Connor Demorest, MS

Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Anne Eaton, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Richard Evans, PhD, PSTAT

Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Michael Evans, MS

BDAC Associate Director and Senior Biostatistician

Rebecca Freese, MS

Senior Biostatistician

Weihua Guan, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician

Rick Jansen, PhD, MS

Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Ziou Jiang, MS

Biostatistician

Benjamin Langworthy, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician

Scott Lunos, MS

Senior Biostatistician

Xianghua Luo, PhD

Associate Director and Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Ashley Petersen, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Colleen Powers

BDAC Program Specialist

J. Sunil Rao, PhD

Director, MCC Biostatistic Core

Kyle Rudser, PhD

BDAC Director

Ryan Shanley, MS

Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Katelyn Tessier, MS

Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Steffen Ventz, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

David Vock, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician

Rachel I. Vogel, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Qi Wang, MS

Senior Biostatistician

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

Megan Findlay

Finance Professional

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

Pat Mann

Finance Manager

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

Mary Swenson

Financial Analyst

Terri Thommes, CPA (inactive)

Financial Analyst

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 & Collaboration
Senior Advisor, Community & Collaboration

Susan Gust

Senior Program Manager, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH)
Hub Leadership Team member—University of Minnesota Duluth

Rhonda Jones-Webb, PhD

Professor

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

Colette Brosko

Program Coordinator

Jodi Fenlon Rebuffoni

Assistant Director, Office of Discovery and Translation

Brittni Peterson, PhD

Senior Program Manager
Director, Office of Discovery and Translation

Tonya Wilson

Program Coordinator

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)

Shelly Hubbling

Senior Program Associate
Co-Director, Research Education, Training, and Career Development (CTSI-Ed)

Michelle Lamere, MPA, ACC

Associate Director, Education Programs, and Associate Director, Catalytic Collaborative

Megan Larson

Operations Manager

Kelvin Lim, MD

Co-Director, K12 Scholars Career Development Program

Kim Mansky, PhD

K-R01 Program Director, Mentoring Co-Director

Mary Maronde

Senior Program Associate

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

Co-Director, Mentoring

Informatics (BPIC)

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

Natalie Jantschek

Data Analyst

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

Jordan Bell

IT Applications

Sam Bradley

IT Applications

Wendy Chau

IT Applications

Chris Dinger

IT Applications

Josh Fehrmann, MS

IT Applications

Rose Fritz

IT Applications

Jeanne Gervais

IT Applications

Brian Hayden

IT Applications

Carolyn Hewes

IT Applications

James Hirsch

IT Applications

Ingrid Jans

IT Applications

Jacob Johnson

IT Applications

Elizabeth Jordahl, MS

IT Applications

Gyu Kwon

IT Applications

Yuhong Liu

IT Applications

Trung Ngo

IT Applications

Eric Nygaard

IT Applications

Michele Seliga

IT Applications

Barbara Smith

IT Applications

Jessica Wachter, MS

IT Applications

Whitney Westley Fisher, MA

IT Applications

Recruitment

Megan Hoffman, MA

Program Director, Research Training and Participant Engagement

Madison Marion

Recruitment Specialist

Clarissa Rubio Goldsmith

Participant Engagement and Recruitment Specialist

Allison Weyer

Recruitment Specialist

Regulatory Support

Nana Agyen

Regulatory Specialist Assistant

Casey Dahl

Lead Regulatory Specialist

Ann Eggert

Regulatory Specialist

Fayzeh El Banna

ClinicalTrials.gov Specialist

Molly Fisher

Regulatory Specialist

Eric Fredrickson, MBA

Regulatory Specialist

Kari Joy Garman

Clinical Trial Monitor

Vanessa Grams

Lead Clinical Research Associate

Jesi Nishibun

Regulatory Assistant

Tim Robinson, MS

Regulatory Specialist

Jeny Runsvold

Regulatory Specialist

Sierra Scarce

Junior Clinical Research Associate

Allison Spradley

Clinical Research Associate

Kathy Thaemlitz

Regulatory Specialist

Hannah Verdoorn

Clinical Research Associate

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

Manager, Clinical Research Specialist

Ryan Thiel, MA

Clinical Research Specialist

Nicole Tosun, MS, CCRP

Senior Clinical Research Specialist

Allison Wolf, MPH, CPH

Clinical Research Specialist

Research Services (CTRS)

Nana Agyen

Regulatory Specialist Assistant
Co-Medical Director, Clinical Translational Research Services
Co-Medical Director, Clinical Translational Research Services

Grace Borg

Research Support Specialist

Ann Brearley, MS, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician

Jennie Brocksome

Histotechnician

Qing Cao, MS

Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

John Connett, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician
Multi-PI, Deputy Director, and Clinical Translational Research Services (CTRS) core Director

Casey Dahl

Lead Regulatory Specialist

Connor Demorest, MS

Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Anne Eaton, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Ann Eggert

Regulatory Specialist

Fayzeh El Banna

ClinicalTrials.gov Specialist

Seth Elis

Executive Administrative Assistant (CTSI-Ed, TWD)

Michael Evans, MS

BDAC Associate Director and Senior Biostatistician

Richard Evans, PhD, PSTAT

Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Katie Finley

Clinics & Surgery Center Research Liaison

Molly Fisher

Regulatory Specialist

Eric Fredrickson, MBA

Regulatory Specialist

Rebecca Freese, MS

Senior Biostatistician

Kari Joy Garman

Clinical Trial Monitor

Bobby Gillespie

Specimen Procurement Technician

Vanessa Grams

Lead Clinical Research Associate

Weihua Guan, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician

Megan Hoffman, MA

Program Director, Research Training and Participant Engagement

Scott Horsfall, MBA, CT (ASCP)

Program Director, Biorepository and Laboratory Services

Katherine Ingram, PhD

Clinical Research Specialist

Rick Jansen, PhD, MS

Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Ziou Jiang, MS

Biostatistician

Mahrya Johnson, MBA, CCRP

Operations Director, Clinical Translational Research Services (CTRS)

Alissa Jorgenson

Clinical Research Specialist

Jason Kniss, MS, CCRP

Clinical Research Training and Development Specialist

Benjamin Langworthy, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician

Ryan Lee

Manager, Clinical Research Specialist

Adam Lewis

Histotechnologist

Scott Lunos, MS

Senior Biostatistician

Xianghua Luo, PhD

Associate Director and Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Jennifer Maas, RN

Senior Research Trainer

Madison Marion

Recruitment Specialist

Jesi Nishibun

Regulatory Assistant

Jessie Oslowski

CRSC Manager

Ashley Petersen, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Colleen Powers

BDAC Program Specialist

Brenda Prich, MHA, BSN, RN, CCRC

Associate Director, Clinical Translational Research Services (CTRS)

J. Sunil Rao, PhD

Director, MCC Biostatistic Core

Tim Robinson, MS

Regulatory Specialist

Clarissa Rubio Goldsmith

Participant Engagement and Recruitment Specialist

Kyle Rudser, PhD

BDAC Director

Jeny Runsvold

Regulatory Specialist

Sierra Scarce

Junior Clinical Research Associate

Ryan Shanley, MS

Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Allison Spradley

Clinical Research Associate

Katelyn Tessier, MS

Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Kathy Thaemlitz

Regulatory Specialist

Ryan Thiel, MA

Clinical Research Specialist

Nicole Tosun, MS, CCRP

Senior Clinical Research Specialist

Don Truong

Research Coordinator

Hannah Verdoorn

Clinical Research Associate

Sydney Viel, MPH, CPH

Regulatory Affairs Program Manager

David Vock, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician

Rachel I. Vogel, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Qi Wang, MS

Senior Biostatistician

Allison Weyer

Recruitment Specialist

Allison Wolf, MPH, CPH

Clinical Research Specialist

Natalie Woodruff

Senior Clinical Trial Monitor

Jessica Wright

Senior Research Trainer

Lin Zhang, PhD

Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core

Josh Zipf, MAK

Lead Procurement Coordinator

Rural Health

Co-Director, Rural Health Program

Katie Rydberg

Program Manager

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

Jennifer Maas, RN

Senior Research Trainer

Jessica Wright

Senior Research Trainer