Leadership
Chief Research Informatics Officer
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, 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)
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
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)
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
Biorepository and Laboratory Services (BLS)
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
Josh Zipf, MAK
Lead Procurement Coordinator
Biostatistics (BDAC)
Qing Cao, MS
Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
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
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 & 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
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
Recruitment
Megan Hoffman, MA
Program Director, Research Training and Participant Engagement
Clarissa Rubio Goldsmith
Participant Engagement and Recruitment Specialist
Regulatory Support
Nana Agyen
Regulatory Specialist Assistant
Casey Dahl
Lead Regulatory Specialist
Fayzeh El Banna
ClinicalTrials.gov Specialist
Vanessa Grams
Lead Clinical Research Associate
Sierra Scarce
Junior Clinical Research Associate
Allison Spradley
Clinical Research Associate
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
Qing Cao, MS
Senior Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
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
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
Bobby Gillespie
Specimen Procurement Technician
Vanessa Grams
Lead Clinical Research Associate
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
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
Ryan Lee
Manager, Clinical Research Specialist
Xianghua Luo, PhD
Associate Director and Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Ashley Petersen, PhD
Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Brenda Prich, MHA, BSN, RN, CCRC
Associate Director, Clinical Translational Research Services (CTRS)
J. Sunil Rao, PhD
Director, MCC Biostatistic Core
Clarissa Rubio Goldsmith
Participant Engagement and Recruitment 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
Ryan Thiel, MA
Clinical Research Specialist
Nicole Tosun, MS, CCRP
Senior Clinical Research Specialist
Hannah Verdoorn
Clinical Research Associate
Sydney Viel, MPH, CPH
Regulatory Affairs Program Manager
Rachel I. Vogel, PhD
Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Allison Wolf, MPH, CPH
Clinical Research Specialist
Natalie Woodruff
Senior Clinical Trial Monitor
Lin Zhang, PhD
Faculty Biostatistician, MCC Biostat Core
Josh Zipf, MAK
Lead Procurement Coordinator
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