Research and Division Support
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Alexander Matthew Reyes
QA Release Management Analyst
Education:
Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, SDSUResearch Project:
CalIVRS SystemContact
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Andrew P. Hodges, PhD
Technical Project Manager
Research Interests:
Health Information Technology; NGS, single-molecule and -omics dataEducation:
Bachelor of Arts, Biology-Chemistry and Mathematics, Manchester College
Masters of Science in Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School
PhD in Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical SchoolContact
aphodges@health.ucsd.eduRecent Publications:
Fuller, C.W. et al. Molecular electronics sensors on a scalable semiconductor chip: A platform for single-molecule measurement of binding kinetics and enzyme activity. Proc N Acad Sci 2022;119(5).
Leibel, S.L. et al. Metabolomic profiling of human pluripotent stem cell differentiation into lung progenitors. iScience 2022;25(2).
Kong, Y. et al. “Reprogram Enablement” as an Assay for Identifying Early Oncogenic Pathways by Their Ability to Allow Neoplastic Cells to Reacquire an Epiblast State. Stem Cell Reports 2020; 15(3).
Liu, T., et al. Multi-omic comparison of Alzheimer's variants in human ESC-derived microglia reveals convergence at APOE. J Exp Med 2020; .
Vega, R.B., et al. An improvement in skeletal muscle mitochondrial capacity with short‐term aerobic training is associated with changes in Tribbles 1 expression. Physiological Reports 2020;8(12).
Mackenzie, D.J., et al. DNMT3B Oncogenic Activity in Human Intestinal Cancer Is Not Linked to CIMP or BRAFV600E Mutation. iScience 2020;23(2):100838. -
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 UniversityContact
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Erickson Wilson, MD
Program Manager
Research Interests:
Precision MedicineEducation:
MD, Universidad Autonoma de Santo DomingoResearch Project:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact
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Jamie Le
Consortium Communications Manager
Research Interests:
Public Relations; Communication; Marketing; Strategic InitiativesEducation:
B.A. in Journalism - San Diego State UniversityResearch Project:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
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Jihoon Kim, MS
Principal Statistician
Research Interests:
Data Mining; Predictive Modeling; Bioinformatics; Statistical Learning
The overarching goal of my research is to discover clinically-actionable knowledge from (massive) data-sets.Education:
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, University of California, San Diego (in progress)
MS in Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
BS in Statistics and MS in Medicine (Bioinformatics), Seoul National University, South KoreaContact:
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Kaci Marques
Financial Analyst
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Mathi Ganapathi
ResearchAssociate
Research Interests:
Health Data ManagementEducation:
B.S. in Biotechnology, Bharathidasan UniversityResearch Project:
All of Us Research ProjectContact:
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Melissa Aquino, MPH
Academic Program Coordinator/Research Coordinator
Research Interests:
Medical anthropology, health technology use, nutrigenomics, personalized medicineEducation:
San Diego State University:
-Bachelor of Applied Arts/Sciences in Foods and Nutrition;
-Bachelor of Science in Public Health (Health Science);
-Master of Public Health in Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
Research Projects:
RADx-rad COVID-19 Discoveries & Data Consortium Coordination Center
National Library of Medicine T15 Training Grant Fellowship
Department of Biomedical Informatics Summer InternshipContact:
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Morgan Conrad
All of Us Consortium Retention Manager
Research Interests:
Cancer, genetics, enzymatic chemistry, and precision medicineEducation:
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - UC Santz CruzResearch Projects:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
mconrad@health.ucsd.edu -
Morgan Von Ebke
Executive Assistant
Contact:
dbmi-admin@health.ucsd.edu -
Nancy Herbst, MBA
Director
Education:
MBA, National University
BA 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:
UC San Diego, BRFII, 5A19
858-822-2903
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Teresa Magdaleno Perez
All of Us Consortium Engagement Manager
Research Interests:
Community Relations; Marketing; Digital Communications; Precision Medicine; Mental Health; Health DisparitiesEducation:
Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA), School of Business, University of San DiegoResearch Project
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact
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Tracy Layton, MS
Consortium Project Manager
Research Interests/Expertise:
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
Integrations with electronic health record systems and research systemsEducation:
Master of Science, Biology - Northern Arizona University
Bachelor of Science, Microbiology - University of ArizonaResearch Project:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
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Vira Danak Bhatt, MS
Clinical Informatics Specialist
Research Interests:
Health Information Exchange & Interoperability, Preventive Medicine, Data Science
Education:
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biochemistry, Gujarat University
Master of Science (MSc) in Bioinformatics, Gujarat University
Master of Science (MSc) in Health Informatics, University of California DavisContact:
vdanakbhatt@health.ucsd.edu
Programming & Information Systems
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Adrianne Agsolid
Applications Programmer
Contact:
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Brian Fox
Information Systems Analyst
Research Interests:
Machine Learning, health information technologyEducation:
BS in Computer Science, San Diego State UniversityContact
Befox@health.ucsd.edu -
Edward O’Neill
Applications Programmer
Contact:
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Edwin (Ed) Bean, MS
Applications Programmer
Research Interests:
Physical Activity & Energy Expenditure, Natural Language Processing, Internet of Things, Software Process Improvement, Robotic Process AutomationEducation:
Bachelor of Arts (BA), English Literature – University of California at Santa Barbara
Master of Science (MS): Health Informatics – University of California Davis School of MedicineContact:
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Faten Taha
Applications Programmer
Education:
Post Graduate Certificate in Mobile and Web Application, San Diego State University
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Baghdad University
Associate Degree in Web Development, Cuyamaca CollegeResearch Interests:
Web application development, data structure, database analysis, human computer interface, web design.Contact
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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 (MS): Health Informatics - University of California, Davis
Bachelor of Science (BS): Industrial Design - Illinois Institute of TechnologyContact:
gkean@health.ucsd.edu -
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 (BS): Geography - Portland State UniversityContact:
j8king@health.ucsd.edu -
John William Claypool
Applications Programmer
Contact:
jclaypool@health.ucsd.edu -
Kai Post, MS
Bioinformatics Programmer
Research Interests:
Bioinformatics; Electronic Medicine; Data Management and Analysis
Education:
MS 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; gky1098Contact
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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 -
Kevin Kunkel
Information Systems Analyst
Contact:
kkunkel@health.ucsd.edu -
Marco Gonzales
Bioinformatics Programmer
Contact:
m7gonzales@health.ucsd.edu -
Patrick Mao
Applications Programmer
Contact:
pmao@health.ucsd.edu -
Ravinder Atwal
Clinical Applications Professional
Contact:
ratwal@health.ucsd.edu -
Rob Anderson
Applications Programmer
Contact:
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Supreeth Shashjumar, PhD
Informatics/Machine Learning Programmer
Contact:
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Tyler Bath
Programmer Analyst
Research Interests:
User Based Design; Biomechatronics; Brain-Computer InterfacingEducation:
BS in Computer Science, UC San DiegoPosters & Publications:
To view past posters, presentations and magazine publications, please visit Publications and Pubmed Profile.Projects:
MAGI, Web based microRNA sequence analysis
Flightdeck, VM launching webservice
iCONCUR
Strong Heart StudyContact:
tbath@health.ucsd.edu
Clinical Research
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Dahen Ibarra Munoz
Clinical Research Coordinator
Research Interests:
Precision medicine, mental health disorders, and public healthEducation:
MD, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
BS (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) CertifiedResearch Projects:
All of Us Research Program (NIH)Contact:
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Daina Ferguson
Clinical Research Coordinator - Phlebotomist
Research Interests:
Public health, mental health disorders, precision medicine and the neurological impacts of artEducation:
Associates in Fine Art
NHA Licensed & Certified Phlebotomy Technician I
Certified Medical Lab AssistantResearch Projects:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
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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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Devin Tsumura
Clinical Research Coordinator
Research Interests:
Precision medicine and kinesiologyResearch 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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Frine Bosworth
Clinical Research Coordinator - Phlebotomist
Research Interests:
Infectious diseases, Autoimmune diseases/disorders, Precision medicine, Mental Health disorders, Geriatric diseases and clinical trialsEducation:
Associate of Science - Nursing
EKG Technician
CPT I/Medical Lab AssistantResearch Projects:
COVID clinical trials
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
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Gloree Miller
Clinical Research Coordinator
Research Interests:
Mental health disorders; artificial intelligence and its clinical applications; genomics; and immunologyResearch Projects:
All of Us Research Project (NIH)Contact:
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Mericar Domdom
Recruitment Manager
Research Interests:
Public health and precision medicineEducation:
B.S. Health Science with emphasis in Public Health - San Diego State University
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, UC San DiegoResearch 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