Meet The SC CTSI Team

Thomas Buchanan, MD SC CTSI Director/Principal Investigator Meet Central Administration

Michele Kipke, PhD SC CTSI Co-Director/CE Director Meet Central Administration Meet Community Engagement

Nicki K. Apaydin, PhD Associate Director of Communications Meet Communications Meet Central Administration

Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati Co-Director, Community Engagement Meet Community Engagement

Neil Bahroos, MS Chief Research Informatics Office of the Keck School of Medicine and Keck Medicine at USC Meet Clinical Research Informatics

Elizabeth Burner, MD, MPH, PhD Director, Mentored Career Development in Clinical and Translational Science (KL2) Training Program Meet Workforce Development

Kayla de la Haye, PhD Director, Research Development Meet Research Development

Sabrina Derrington, MD, MA, HEC-C Director of Research Ethics Meet Workforce Development

Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, PhD CHLA Director, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Meet Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design

Dario Kuzmanovic, MHSc Director, Clinical Research Informatics Meet Clinical Research Informatics

Wendy Mack, PhD Director, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Meet Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design

Nicole Marie-Gerardi Maccalla, MA, PhD Director of Evaluation & Improvement Meet Evaluation & Improvement

Allison Zumberge Orechwa, PhD, MBA Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation Meet Central Administration

Eunjoo Pacifici, PharmD, PhD Chair and Associate Professor of Regulatory and Quality Sciences Associate Director, D. K. Kim International Center for Regulatory Science Meet Regulatory Knowledge & Support

Kathleen “Katie” Page, MD, MS Co-Director, Research Development Meet Research Development

Eric Pedersen, Ph.D. Co-Director for Digital Recruitment and Scholarship Meet Workforce Development

Wendy Rosero, MPA Financial Reporting/Projects Manager Meet Central Administration

Steven Siegel, MD, PhD Co-Director, Mentored Career Development (KL2)/Director, Mentoring Resource Center Meet Workforce Development

Tamara Simon, MD, MSPH, FAAP CHLA Site Principal Investigator and Director, Workforce Development Meet Workforce Development

Amytis "Amy" Towfighi, MD Director, Healthcare Delivery Science Meet Healthcare Delivery Science

Nicole Wolfe, PhD Co-Director, Community Engagement Meet Community Engagement

Jennifer Romero Associate Director of Operations and Engagement Meet Central Administration

Amila Adili, MPH Statistician, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design

Shrey Agarwal Student Worker

Leslie Aguilar, MS Program Specialist, Research Development

Praveen Angyan, MS Technical Solutions Architect, Clinical Research Informatics & Communications

Encarnita Aranda, RN, MBA Sr. Research Nurse, Clinical Trials Unit

Adriana Argaiz, MSSP Associate Director, Community Engagement with the Southern California Center for Latino Health at CHLA

George Aurea DEXA Project Specialist, Clinical Trials Unit

Julya Barahona Administrative Assistant II

Lilit Baronikian, BS Research Lab Supervisor, Clinical Trials Unit

Mayla R. Boguslav, PhD Research Associate in the Research Development core

Karen Busa, MS Program Specialist, Workforce Development

Rosalba Cain Community Outreach Coordinator, Community Engagement

Johanna Carrera Cajabon, BA Clinical Research Coordinator I

Sara Calderon Community Outreach Coordinator, Community Engagement

Rachel Carmen Ceasar, PhD Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

Amy Chuang, MS Data Lead, Clinical Research Informatics

Ruby Crosthwait Student Worker

Denise De Los Santos, BA Patient Recruitment and Navigation Specialist

Andrea Diaz, BA Communications Lead

Li Ding, MD, MPH Biostatistician, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design

Brian Do-Golden, MPH, CHES Research and Evaluation Analyst

Quran Durant, BS Intern

Jeanne Dzekov, BA Program Manager, KL2 Program

Yanet Escobedo, BS Temporary Staff/ Intern

Sherette Flowers, RN, NP, MSN Research Nurse, Clinical Trials Unit

Alma Garcia Community Outreach Coordinator, Community Engagement

Daniella Garofalo, MPA Program Manager, Clinical Research Informatics

Yolanda Gutierrez, CCRC, BS Assistant Director for Clinical Research Operations

Panteha Hayati Rezvan, PhD Senior Biostatistician, Biostatistics Core, The Saban Research Institute (TSRI), Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)

Ivy Hoang, BS Communications Assistant

Cathelin Huang, MHS Success Liaison Research Specialist

Joyce Javier, MD, MPH, MS Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Pediatrics, and Population and Public Health Sciences Keck School of Medicine of USC Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Esther Karpilow, BA Community Outreach Coordinator

Mimi Kim, MD, MSc CTSI Horizons Program Lead

Benson Kuo, PhD Associate Director, Regulatory Knowledge and Support

Chun Nok (Jonathan) Lam, PhD, MPH DHS Senior Informatic Specialist

Nisa Lam, BA Project Specialist

Melissa Lee, MSN Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Trials Unit

Armine Lulejian, EdD, MPH, CHES Associate Director for Informatics Education, Training and Outreach Clinical Research Informatics Core

Beau MacDonald, MA GIS Project Specialist, Clinical Research Informatics

Sara Madrigal Clinical Research Coordinator I

Karen Manrique, MS Program Administrator, Regulatory Knowledge Support

Ruzanna Margaryan, RN Protocol Coordinator, Clinical Trials Unit

Janet Mercado, PhD Project Specialist

Fathia Mohamud, BA Senior Clinical Lab Technician, Clinical Trials Unit

Tyrone Nance, MA Lead Community Outreach Specialist, Community Engagement

Tameka Nunley Budget/Business Analyst

Ari Padilla, MBA Program Manager, Clinical Research Support

Joanne Pak, BS Budget and Coverage Analyst, Clinical Research Support

Mahita Parasa Student Worker

Trevor Pickering, PhD Biostatistician, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design

Nancy Pire-Smerkanich, DRSc, MS Assistant Professor, USC Mann Dept. of Regulatory and Quality Sciences; Associate Director, Regulatory Knowledge and Support