Director

Senior Leadership

Aneesa Motala, BA,
Program Manager

Sheila Pakdaman, PhD,
Research Assistant

Kimny Sysawang

Danica Tolentino, MS,
Project Assistant

Anh Truong
Research Assistant

Diana Zhang, MPH,
Research Assistant

Jennifer Dinalo, PhD,
Research Librarian

Jody Larkin, MS,
Research Librarian

Sachi Yagyu, MS,
Librarian

John Ioannidis, MD, DSc, Statistics	Jeremy Miles, PhD, Data Scientist	Kanaka Shetty, MD, Machine Learning Lead
Wendy Mack, PhD, Biostatistician	Carolyn Rutter, PhD, Statistician	Ning Fu, PhD, Data Scientist

Sangita Baxi, MAS,
Assistant Policy Researcher

Karen Heyman, BA,
Writer and Editor

Maria Bolshakova, PhD,
Medical Editor

Nicki Apaydin

Nicki Karimipour, PhD,
Director of Communications

Thomas Concannon, PhD,
Senior Policy Researcher

Margie Sherwood Danz, MD,
Health Policy Researcher

Mohamed Abou-el-Enein, MD, PhD, MSPH	Patrick Hsieh, MD	Bradley Peterson , MD
Sangeeta Ahluwalia , PhD	Carla Janzen, MD, PhD	Andrea Richardson, PhD
Eric Apaydin, PhD	Karl Lorenz , MD	Julia Rollison, PhD
Kathryn Bouskill, PhD	Margaret Maglione, MPP	Todd Schneberk , MD
Laura Ferguson , PhD	Melinda Maggard, MD	Bhavna Sharma. PhD
Robbie Foy , MD	Alicia Maher, MD	Eunice Wong , PhD
Adam Garsa, MD	Erin Mobley , PhD
Sean Grant , PhD	Eric Pedersen , PhD

Collaborating Content Experts

Anger, Jennifer, MD (urology)
Armstrong, April, MD (dermatology)
Baydur, Ahmet, MD (pulmonary)
Black, David, PhD (mind-body)
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)
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)