Staff

Director

Susanne Hempel
Susanne Hempel, PhD

Senior Leadership

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Carolyn Crandall,
MD
Paul Shekelle

Paul Shekelle,
MD, PhD


Lisa Rubenstein, MD
Thomas William Valente, PhD
Thomas Valente
, PhD

Program Management 

Aneesa Motala
Aneesa Motala,
BA,
Program Manager

Project Support

Sanai Divadkar

Sanai Divadkar, BTech
Technical Assistant

Sheila PAKDAMAN | PhD Student Research Assistant | B.S. Biopsychology, M.S.  Global Medicine | University of Southern California, California | USC |  Department of Preventive Medicine
Sheila Pakdaman, PhD
,
Project Associate
Kimny Sysawang

Kimny Sysawang
Research Assistant

Danica Tolentino, MS

Danica Tolentino, MS,
Project Assistant

Anh Truong

Anh Truong
Research Assistant

Diana Zhang, MPH,
Research Assistant

Librarian and Information Specialists


Jennifer Dinalo
, PhD,
Research Librarian
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Jody Larkin,
MS,
Research Librarian

Sachi Yagyu, MS,
Librarian

Statistical and Analytic Expertise 

John P.A. Ioannidis
John Ioannidis
, MD, DSc,
Statistics

Jeremy Miles
, PhD,
Data Scientist
Choo Phei


Choo Phei Wee, MS,
Biostatistician

Wendy Jean Mack, PhD
Wendy Mack
, PhD,
Biostatistician
Kimberly Siegmund

Kimberly Siegmund, PhD,
Statistician


Ning Fu, PhD,
Data Scientist

Medical Editors and Knowledge Translation

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Sangita Baxi, MAS,
Assistant Policy Researcher
Karen Heyman

Karen Heyman, BA,
Writer and Editor


Maria Bolshakova

Maria Bolshakova, PhD,
Medical Editor

Nicki Karimipour

Nicki Karimipour, PhD,
Director of Communications

Thomas W. Concannon
Thomas Concannon, PhD,
Senior Policy Researcher
Margie Sherwood-Danz

Margie Sherwood Danz, MD,
Health Policy Researcher

Lead Investigators

Mohamed Abou-el-Enein

Mohamed Abou-el-Enein,
MD, PhD, MSPH


Patrick Hsieh, MD
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Eric
Pedersen, PhD

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Sangeeta Ahluwalia,
PhD

Carla Janzen

Carla Janzen, MD, PhD

Bradley Peterson

Bradley Peterson, MD

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Eric Apaydin,

PhD
Camron Kaplan
Andrea S. Richardson
Andrea
Richardson, PhD
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Kathryn Bouskill,
PhD
Karl Lorenz
Karl
Lorenz, MD

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Julia Rollison, PhD


Laura Ferguson, PhD
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Margaret Maglione
, MPP

Todd Schneberk, MD

Todd Schneberk, MD

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Robbie
Foy,
MD

Melinda Maggard, MD

Bhavna Sharma.

Bhavna Sharma. PhD

Adam Garsa

Adam Garsa, MD

Dr. Alicia Maher
Alicia
Maher, MD

Sean Grant

Sean Grant, PhD

Erin M. Mobley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Erin Mobley, PhD

Collaborating Content Experts

Clinical areas

Cross-cutting expertise

Anger, Jennifer, MD (urology)
Armstrong, April, MD (dermatology)
Baydur, Ahmet, MD (pulmonary)
Black, David, PhD (mind-body)
Boorson, Soo (dementia)
Bowdish, Michael, MD (cardiology)
Carmichael, John, MD (endocrinology)
Chai, Yang, PhD, DDS (dentistry)
Chen, Peggy, MD (pediatrics)
Cheng, Formosa, MD (colon cancer)
Cortessis, Victoria, PhD (obstetrics, gynecology)
Crandall, Edward, MD (pulmonology)
FitzGerald, John, MD (rheumatology)
Ganz, David, MD (geriatrics)
Jung, Jae, MD (microbiology and immunology)
Kipke, Michelle (pediatrics)
Klausner, Jeffrey, MD (infectious diseases)
Ko, Clifford, MD (surgery)
Lerman, Caryn, PhD (cancer care)
Lieberman, Jay, MD (orthopedic surgery)
Lin, Eugene, MD (nephrology)
Litwin, Mark, MD (urology)
Mason, Tyler (obesity)
Miller, Kimberly, PhD (cancer survivorship)
Modi, Rusha, MD (gastroenterology, hepatology)
Murray, Stuart, MD (eating disorders)
Nguyen, Michael, MD (urology)
O’Connell, Casey, MD (hematology)
Partikian, Arthur, MD (epilepsy)
Patino-Sutton, Cecilia, MD (COPD)
Penman, Alan, MD (ophthalmology)
Peterson, Bradley, MD (child psychiatry)
Sawaya, George, MD (obstetrics, gynecology)
Shapiro, Nina, MD (otolaryngology)
Siegel, Steven, PhD, MD (behavioral sciences)
Tabibian, James, MD (gastroenterology)
Terrault, Norah, MD (digestive disorders)
Towfighi, Amytis, MD (neurology)
Turner, Barbara, MD (hepatitis, diabetes)
Vockley, Jerry, MD, PhD (gene therapy)
Wallin, Mitchel, MD (neurology)
Woo, Karen, MD (vascular conditions)
Azhar, Gulrez, MD (public health)
Burke, Rita, MD (disaster preparedness)
Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes (disparities)
Cousineau, Michael, PhD (health policy)
Danz, Margie, MD (quality improvement)
de la Haye, Kayla, PhD (social network analysis)
Farias, Albert, PhD (disparities)
Ginsburg, Paul, PhD (health systems change)
Gold, Jeffrey, MD (pain medicine)
Goldman, Dana, PhD  (economics)
Gruskin, Sofia JD, MIA (global health)
Harada, Ann, PhD (health policy & economics)
Hay, Joel W., PhD (pharmaceuticals, economics)
Hermann, Patricia, PhD (alternative medicine)
Hallowell, Ronan, EdD (medical education)
Itzel Montiel, Gloria, PhD (diversity and inclusion)
Javier, Joyce, MD (community-based research)
Johnston, Jill, PhD (environmental health)
Kaplan, Cameron, PhD (economics)
Karimipour, Nicki, PhD (stakeholder engagement)
Kersey,  Lynn, MS (community outreach)
LaVonna, Lewis (diversity, equity, inclusion)
Leventhal, Adam, PhD (preventive interventions)
Liu, Harry, PhD (policy analysis)
Mittman, Brian, PhD (implementation science)
Meeker, Daniela, PhD (health informatics)
Murphy, Sheila, PhD (communication)
Ovretveit, John, MD (models of care)
Robinson, Jehni, MD (primary care)
Saluja, Sonali, MD (disparities)
Soto, Claradina, PhD (health equity)
Steinberg, Jane (community needs)
Taylor, Stephanie, PhD (integrative medicine)
Trampush, Joey, PhD (developmental neuropsychology)

Current and Past Practicum Students and Research Associates

Karin Celosse Edison Imasuen Nicky Cabrera Neil Brahmbatt
Gina Thompson Kylie Sloan Victoria Sieversen Morah Brown
Michelle Meador Zichun [Irene] Xu Mary Rozelle Nicole Cabrera
Naghmeh Aminzadeh Nina Christie Dara Bruce Krissy Rector
Brittany Shaw Henna Sawhney Vandana Teki Kylie Sloan
Iqra Hasan Manasi Yedavalli Brittany Shaw Manasi Yedavalli
Andrea Aleman Ariana Sardano Bryan Swanton Sephrine Achesah
Anne Onyekwuluje Bob Bentz Joseph Kuo Aleena Khan
Cecilia Paz Charlotte Ong Kaitlyn Tobin Coleman Schaefer
Dalal Al-Amodi Dean Madera Kellie Dubel Emma Longo
Erin Tokutomi Esther Lee Nicole Berry Ivanovic Fallarme
Jerusalem Belay Jesus Rodriguez Shirley Li Lillian Rasooli Zadehei
Judy Saint-Val Julie Hughes Vandana Teki Patricia Wirnkar
Karin Celosse Katrina Ninh Sreya Molakalapalli Tanzina Sazmin
Yan Hung