Skip to main content

Biomedical Informatics Staff

Research and Division Support

  • Alma Martinez, MA

    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 results

    Education:
    Master of Arts. Education – UCLA
    Bachelor of Arts, Psychology – Occidental College

    Research Project:
    All of Us Research Project (NIH)

    Contact:
    aam019@health.ucsd.edu

     

  • Angelina Cordaro, MS

    Angelina Cordaro, MS

    Technical Project Manager

    Research Interests:
    Health Information Technology; Precision Medicine; Mental Health; OpenNotes

    Education:
    Bachelor of Arts (BA), English – Ashford University
    Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI), National University

    Projects:
    CalIVRS, Maryland Electronic Vital Records

    Contact:
    acordaro@health.ucsd.edu

  • Jamie Le

    Jamie Le

    Consortium Communications Manager

    Research Interests:
    Public Relations; Communication; Marketing; Strategic Initiatives

    Education:
    Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, San Diego State University

    Research Project:
    All of Us Research Project (NIH)

    Contact:
    jjln006@health.ucsd.edu

  • Kaci Marques

    Kaci Marques

    Financial Analyst

    Projects:
    CalIVRS

    Contact:
    kmarques@health.ucsd.edu

  • profile placeholder image

    Kevin Kunkel

    Technical Project Manager

    Research Interests:
    State and federal NCHS data products.

    Projects:
    CalIVRS

    Contact:
    kkunkel@health.ucsd.edu

  • Mathi Ganapathi

    Mathi Ganapathi

    Research Associate

    Research Interests:
    Health Data Management

    Education:
    Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University

    Research Project:
    All of Us Research Project

    Contact:
    mvganapathi@health.ucsd.edu 

  • Maria Triplett, MPH

    Maria Triplett, MPH

    Academic and Research Coordinator 

    Education:
    Bachelor of Science in Public Health, University of California San Diego

    Projects:
    RADx-rad DCC, NLM Fellowship Program, DBMI Summer Internship

    Contact:
    m1triplett@health.ucsd.edu

  • profile placeholder image

    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 Houston

    Projects:
    CalIVRS

    Contact:
    mdfontenot@health.ucsd.edu

  • Morgan Conrad

    Morgan Conrad

    All of Us Consortium Retention and Engagement Manager

    Research Interests:
    Cancer, genetics, enzymatic chemistry, and precision medicine

    Education:
    Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California Santz Cruz

    Projects:
    All of Us Research Project (NIH)

    Contact:
    mconrad@health.ucsd.edu

  • Nancy Herbst, MBA

    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 & Strong

    Publications:
    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:
    858-822-2903; nherbst@health.ucsd.edu

  • Tracy Layton, MS

    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 systems

    Education:
    Master of Science in Biology, Northern Arizona University
    Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, University of Arizona

    Projects:
    All of Us Research Project (NIH)

    Contact:
    tlayton@health.ucsd.edu

  • Vira Danak Bhatt, MS

    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 Davis

    Projects: CalIVRS

    Contact:
    vdanakbhatt@health.ucsd.edu

Programming & Information Systems

  • Alexander Matthews Reyes

    Alexander Matthews Reyes

    QA Release Management Analyst

    Education:
    Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, San Diego State University

    Projects: 
    CalIVRS

    Contact
    amr013@health.ucsd.edu

  • Adrianne Agsolid

    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:
    CalIVRS

    Contact:
    aagsolid@health.ucsd.edu

  • Brian Fox

    Brian Fox

    Information Systems Analyst

    Research Interests:
    Machine Learning, health information technology

    Education:
    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, San Diego State University

    Projects:
    All of Us Research Project (NIH)

    Contact
    Befox@health.ucsd.edu

  • Edward O’Neill

    Edward O’Neill

    Applications Programmer

    Research Interests:
    Data quality.

    Projects:
    CalIVRS

    Contact:
    edoneill@health.ucsd.edu

  • Edwin (Ed) Bean, MS

    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 Davis

    Projects:
    CalIVRS

    Contact:
    ebean@health.ucsd.edu

  • Gary Kean, MS

    Gary Kean, MS

    Bioinformatics Programmer

    Research Interests:
    Health Data Anonymization techniques; No SQL databases; Health care network adequacy

    Education:
    Masters of Science in Health Informatics, University of California, Davis
    Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design, Illinois Institute of Technology

    Projects:
    CalIVRS

    Contact:
    gkean@health.ucsd.edu

  • Jesse King

    Jesse King

    Geographic Info Systems Programmer

    Research Interests:
    Health Data Anonymization techniques; Data Visualization; Data Science

    Education:
    Geographic Information Systems Certificate, American River College
    Bachelor of Science in Geography, Portland State University

    Projects:
    CalIVRS

    Contact:
    j8king@health.ucsd.edu

  • John William Claypool

    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:
    CalIVRS

    Contact:
    jclaypool@health.ucsd.edu

  • Kai Post, MS

    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; gky1098

    Projects:
    RADx, StrongHeart

    Contact
    k1post@health.ucsd.edu

  • Kevin J. Delaney, PhD

    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

    Marco Gonzales

    Bioinformatics Programmer

    Contact:
    m7gonzales@health.ucsd.edu

  • Patrick Mao

    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:
    CalIVRS

    Contact:
    pmao@health.ucsd.edu

  • Ravinder Atwal

    Ravinder Atwal

    Chief Technology Officer
    Chief Architect and Deputy Director, CalIVRS

    Education:
    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:
    CalIVRS

    Contact:
    ratwal@health.ucsd.edu

  • Rob Anderson

    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 Records

    Contact:
    roanderson@health.ucsd.edu

  • Supreeth Shashjumar, PhD

    Supreeth Shashjumar, PhD

    Informatics/Machine Learning Programmer

    Contact:
    spshashikumar@health.ucsd.edu

Clinical Research

  • Daisy Fierros Gonzalez

    Daisy Fierros Gonzalez

    Clinical Research Coordinator – Phlebotomist

    Research Interests:
    Precision medicine and genetics

    Research Projects:
    All of Us Research Program (NIH)

    Contact:
    dfierrosgonzalez@health.ucsd.edu

  • Elizabeth Pecoraro

    Elizabeth Pecoraro

    Clinical Research Coordinator - Phlebotomist

    Research Interests:
    Precision Medicine, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Public Health, and Child Development

    Research Projects:
    All of Us Research Project (NIH)

    Contact:
    epecoraro@health.ucsd.edu

  • Emily Nunez

    Emily Nunez

    Clinical Research Coordinator - Phlebotomist

    Research Interests:
    Precision medicine and genetics ,Child Development, and Clinical Trials

    Research Projects:
    All of Us Research Project (NIH)

    Contact:
    emnunez@health.ucsd.edu

  • Oriana Aguilar

    Oriana Aguilar

    Lead Clinical Research Coordinator - Phlebotomist

    Research Interests:
    Precision medicine and genetics

    Education:
    Associate of Science, Biological Sciences
    Certified Phlebotomy Technician
    Certified Emergency Medical Technician

    Research Projects:
    All of Us Research Project (NIH)

    Contact:
    oaguilar@health.ucsd.edu

  • Sharon Vizcarra Ham

    Sharon Vizcarra Ham

    Clinical Research Coordinator - Phlebotomist

    Research Interests:
    Genetics, public health, clinical trials, precision medicine and cancer

    Education:
    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 Services

    Research Projects:
    All of Us Research Project (NIH)

    Contact:
    svizcarra@health.ucsd.edu