Staff

Director

Susanne Hempel
Susanne Hempel, PhD

Senior Leadership

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Carolyn Crandall,
MD

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

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Maria Bolshakova, BS,
Research 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,
MS,
Research Assistant

Danica Tolentino, MS

Danica Tolentino, MS,
Administrative 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

Owen Hall, MS,
Statistical Analyst
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Kanaka Shetty
, MD,
Machine Learning Lead
Wendy Jean Mack, PhD
Wendy Mack
, PhD,
Biostatistician
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Carolyn Rutter
, PhD,
Statistician

Ning Fu, PhD,
Data Scientist

Jeremy Miles
, PhD,
Data Scientist

Medical Editors and Knowledge Translation

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Chris Hendel
, MA,
Medical Writer
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Margie Sherwood Danz, MD,
Health Policy Researcher
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Sangita Baxi, MAS,
Assistant Policy Researcher

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Karen Heyman, BA,
Writer and Editor

Thomas W. Concannon
Thomas Concannon, PhD,
Senior Policy Researcher

Nicki   Karimipour

Nicki Karimipour, PhD,
Director of Communications

Lead Investigators

Mohamed Abou-el-Enein

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

Adam Garsa
Adam Garsa, MD
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Eric
Pedersen, PhD

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Sangeeta Ahluwalia,
PhD

Sean Grant

Sean Grant, PhD

Bradley Peterson

Bradley Peterson, MD

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Eric Apaydin,

PhD
Karl Lorenz
Karl
Lorenz, MD
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Andrea Richardson, PhD
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Kathryn Bouskill,
PhD
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Margaret Maglione
, MPP

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Julia Rollison, PhD


Tumaini
Coker,
MD

Melinda Maggard, MD

Todd Schneberk, MD

Todd Schneberk, MD


Laura Ferguson, PhD
Dr. Alicia Maher
Alicia
Maher, MD

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Eunice Wong, PhD

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Robbie
Foy,
MD
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)
Bowdish, Michael, MD (cardiology)
Carmichael, John, MD (endocrinology)
Chai, Yang, PhD, DDS (dentistry)
Chang, Ching-Fei, MD (pulmonary)
Chen, Peggy, MD (pediatrics)
Cheng, Eric, MD (neurology)
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)

Current and Past Practicum Students and Research Associates

Karin Celosse Edison Imasuen Nicky Cabrera
Gina Thompson Kylie Sloan Victoria Sieversen
Michelle Meador Zichun [Irene] Xu Mary Rozelle
Naghmeh Aminzadeh Nina Christie Dara Bruce
Brittany Shaw Henna Sawhney Vandana Teki
Iqra Hasan