Research and Division Support
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Alma Martinez, MA
Project Manager
Research Interest:
Pediatric Neuropsychological Research, specializing in infant brain development and traumatic brain injuries; project coordination in recruitment, retention and data collection; human dubjects research community education and outreach with underrepresented populations; streamlined workflows for projects and fostered collaborations with community partners; and developing standardized operating procedures for research teams to ensure quality data collection for valid resultsEducation:
Master of Arts. Education – UCLA
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology – Occidental CollegeResearch Project:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
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Angelina Cordaro, MS
Technical Project Manager
Research Interests:
Health Information Technology; Precision Medicine; Mental Health; OpenNotesEducation:
Bachelor of Arts (BA), English – Ashford University
Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI), National UniversityProjects:
CalIVRS, Maryland Electronic Vital RecordsContact:
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Jamie Le
Consortium Communications Manager
Research Interests:
Public Relations; Communication; Marketing; Strategic InitiativesEducation:
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, San Diego State UniversityResearch Project:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
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Kaci Marques
Financial Analyst
Projects:
CalIVRSContact:
kmarques@health.ucsd.edu -
Kevin Kunkel
Technical Project Manager
Research Interests:
State and federal NCHS data products.Projects:
CalIVRSContact:
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Mathi Ganapathi
Research Associate
Research Interests:
Health Data ManagementEducation:
Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology, Bharathidasan UniversityResearch Project:
All of Us Research ProjectContact:
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Maria Triplett, MPH
Academic and Research Coordinator
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Public Health, University of California San DiegoProjects:
RADx-rad DCC, NLM Fellowship Program, DBMI Summer InternshipContact:
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Michael Darion Fontenot
Technical Project Manager
Research Interests:
Predictive & Preventive Medicine, Health Information Technology, Infection Control, System Design and Development, Project Planning, Implementation and Support.Education:
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of HoustonProjects:
CalIVRSContact:
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Morgan Conrad
All of Us Consortium Retention and Engagement Manager
Research Interests:
Cancer, genetics, enzymatic chemistry, and precision medicineEducation:
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California Santz CruzProjects:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
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Nancy Herbst, MBA
Director
Education:
Masters of Business Administration, National University
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a minor in legal studies, National University
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, UCSD and Rath & StrongPublications:
Contributing author and book editor for the College and School Law: Analysis, Prevention, and Forms published by the American Bar Association (978-1-61632-008-9).Service Work
Chair, Committee on the 2018 UCSD Women’s Conference (2017 – 2018)
Member, Supervising Committee, USE Credit Union (2016 – 2021)
Site Coordinator, WACUBO (Western Association of College and University Business Officers) (2015 – present)
Chair, Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee, Grossmont Union High School District (2011 – 2017)
Board Member, San Diego Future’s Foundation (Chair of the Audit and Education Subcommittees) (2010 – 2013)Contact:
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Tracy Layton, MS
Consortium Program Manager
Research Interests:
Health research, especially focused on screening, prevention and treatment; patient/participant outreach and recruitment; screening and prevention education; implementation of clinical care improvement, including improving clinical decision making in the clinical setting; and integrations with electronic health record systems and research systemsEducation:
Master of Science in Biology, Northern Arizona University
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, University of ArizonaProjects:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
tlayton@health.ucsd.edu -
Vira Danak Bhatt, MS
Senior Technical Project Manager
Research Interests:
Health Information Exchange & Interoperability, Preventive Medicine, Data Science
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Gujarat University
Master of Science in Bioinformatics, Gujarat University
Master of Science in Health Informatics, University of California DavisProjects: CalIVRS
Contact:
vdanakbhatt@health.ucsd.edu
Programming & Information Systems
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Alexander Matthews Reyes
QA Release Management Analyst
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, San Diego State UniversityProjects:
CalIVRSContact
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Adrianne Agsolid
Bioinformatics Programmer
Research Interest:
Software development in biomedical research and publich health.Skills:
Implementation of large-scale JEE applications and infrastructure using Spring, JSF, AngularJS and Model-View-Controller (MVC) design.Projects:
CalIVRSContact:
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Brian Fox
Information Systems Analyst
Research Interests:
Machine Learning, health information technologyEducation:
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, San Diego State UniversityProjects:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact
Befox@health.ucsd.edu -
Edward O’Neill
Applications Programmer
Research Interests:
Data quality.Projects:
CalIVRSContact:
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Edwin (Ed) Bean, MS
Senior Applications Programmer
Research Interests:
DevOps, Observability, CI/CD, Process Automation and Process Improvement.Education:
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, University of California at Santa Barbara
Master of Science in Health Informatics, University of California DavisProjects:
CalIVRSContact:
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Gary Kean, MS
Bioinformatics Programmer
Research Interests:
Health Data Anonymization techniques; No SQL databases; Health care network adequacyEducation:
Masters of Science in Health Informatics, University of California, Davis
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design, Illinois Institute of TechnologyProjects:
CalIVRSContact:
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Jesse King
Geographic Info Systems Programmer
Research Interests:
Health Data Anonymization techniques; Data Visualization; Data ScienceEducation:
Geographic Information Systems Certificate, American River College
Bachelor of Science in Geography, Portland State UniversityProjects:
CalIVRSContact:
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John William Claypool
Senior Applications Programmer
Research Interest:
DBMS Kernel, application development tools, and Object Request Broker implementations.Education:
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Cal State University Sacramento.Projects:
CalIVRSContact:
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Kai Post, MS
Bioinformatics Programmer
Research Interests:
Bioinformatics; Electronic Medicine; Data Management and Analysis
Education:
Masters of Science in Biology, University of Virginia
Select Publications:
Pauthner M, Havenar-Daughton C, Sok D, Nkolola JP, Bastidas R, Boopathy AV, Carnathan DG, Chandrashekar A, Cirelli KM, Cottrell CA, Eroshkin AM, Guenaga J, Kaushik K, Kulp DW, Liu J, McCoy LE, Oom AL, Ozorowski G, Post KW, Sharma SK, Steichen JM, de Taeye SW, Tokatlian T, Torrents de la Peña A, Butera ST, LaBranche CC15, Montefiori DC, Silvestri G, Wilson IA, Irvine DJ, Sanders RW, Schief WR, Ward AB, Wyatt RT, Barouch DH, Crotty S, Burton DR Elicitation of Robust Tier 2 Neutralizing Antibody Responses in Nonhuman Primates by HIV Envelope Trimer Immunization Using Optimized Approaches. Immunity. 2017; 46(6):1073-1088.e6.
Eroshkin AM, LeBlanc A, Weekes D, Post K, Li Z, Rajput A, Butera ST, Burton DR and Godzik Al. bNAber: database of broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014; 42(Database issue):D1133-9.
Mayya Sedova, Mallika Iyer, Zhanwen Li, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Kai W Post, Thomas Hrabe, Eduard Porta-Pardo, Adam Godzik; Cancer3D 2.0: interactive analysis of 3D patterns of cancer mutations in cancer subsets, Nucleic Acids Research. 2018; gky1098Projects:
RADx, StrongHeartContact
k1post@health.ucsd.edu -
Kevin J. Delaney, PhD
Database Administrator
Research Interests:
Data Visualization and Analysis; Sensor Fusion
Education:
PhD in Electrical Engineering, US Naval Postgraduate School
Contact
kjdelaney@health.ucsd.edu -
Marco Gonzales
Bioinformatics Programmer
Contact:
m7gonzales@health.ucsd.edu -
Patrick Mao
Senior Applications Programmer
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.Research interests:
Data processing, frameworks and architectures, frontend technologies etc.Projects:
CalIVRSContact:
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Ravinder Atwal
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Architect and Deputy Director, CalIVRSEducation:
Bachelors of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Western Governor's University, Salt Lake City, UT
Masters of Science in Health Informatics (pending)Skills:
Systems and network administration, cloud management, cybersecurity, and IT service management.Projects:
CalIVRSContact:
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Rob Anderson
Applications Programmer
Research Interest:
Financial and legal support software, system integration, and tool creation.Education:
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, California State University, Stanislaus.Skills:
DevOps and full stack developer in Javascript, Java, SQL, et al on POSIX server and desktop environments.Projects:
CalIVRS, Maryland Electronic Vital RecordsContact:
roanderson@health.ucsd.edu -
Supreeth Shashjumar, PhD
Informatics/Machine Learning Programmer
Contact:
spshashikumar@health.ucsd.edu
Clinical Research
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Daisy Fierros Gonzalez
Clinical Research Coordinator – Phlebotomist
Research Interests:
Precision medicine and geneticsResearch Projects:
All of Us Research Program (NIH)Contact:
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Elizabeth Pecoraro
Clinical Research Coordinator - Phlebotomist
Research Interests:
Precision Medicine, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Public Health, and Child DevelopmentResearch Projects:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
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Emily Nunez
Clinical Research Coordinator - Phlebotomist
Research Interests:
Precision medicine and genetics ,Child Development, and Clinical TrialsResearch Projects:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
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Oriana Aguilar
Lead Clinical Research Coordinator - Phlebotomist
Research Interests:
Precision medicine and geneticsEducation:
Associate of Science, Biological Sciences
Certified Phlebotomy Technician
Certified Emergency Medical TechnicianResearch Projects:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
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Sharon Vizcarra Ham
Clinical Research Coordinator - Phlebotomist
Research Interests:
Genetics, public health, clinical trials, precision medicine and cancerEducation:
BBA Business Administration - Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
Project Management - Cetys Universidad
Lean and Six Sigma for Phlebotomist - National Center for Competency Testing
Certified Phlebotomy Technician - Universal Schools & Colleges of Health & Human ServicesResearch Projects:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
svizcarra@health.ucsd.edu