Faculty and Staff Directory

Service Area

Olga Acosta Price

Faculty Lead
Recruitment Innovation Center
Consultant
Community Engagement
oaprice@gwu.edu
202-994-4848

Homa Ahmadzia

KL2 Award Recipient
hahmadzia@mfa.gwu.edu

Annette Aldous

Staff Biostatistician, Program Lead
Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design
aaldous@gwu.edu

Elizabeth Andrade

Faculty Lead
Community Advisory Board
Community Engagement
elandrade@gwu.edu
202-994-3577

Payal Banerjee

Bioinformatics Analyst
Children's Research Institute
pbanerjee@childrensnational.org

Hayk Barseghyan

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Eric Vilain Lab
Children's Research Institute
hbarseghya@childrensnational.org

Michael Bell

Faculty Lead
Trial Innovation Center
MBell@childrensnational.org

Madison Berl

Faculty Lead
Recruitment Innovation Center
mberl@childrensnational.org
202-476-2545

James Bernot

REDCap Navigator
Informatics
jbernot@gwmail.gwu.edu

Surajit Bhattacharya

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Eric Vilain Lab
Children's Research Institute
sbhattach2@childrensnational.org

James Bost

Faculty Lead
Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design
jbost@childrensnationl.org
202-476-6702

Reamer Bushardt

Faculty Lead
Translational Workforce Development
rbushardt@email.gwu.edu
202-994-3564

Aileen Chang

KL2 Award Recipient
chang@email.gwu.edu

Yi-Wen Chen

MSHS in CTR Program
Translational Workforce Development
ychen@childrensnational.org
202-476-4923

Yao Cheng

Data Analyst
Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design
yaocheng@childrensnational.org
202-476-5959

Sean Cleary

Faculty Lead
Collaboration & Multidisciplinary Team Science
sdcleary@gwu.edu
202-994-5757

Kevin Cleary

Faculty Lead
Collaboration & Multidisciplinary Team Science
kcleary@childrensnational.org
202-476-3809

Camilla Colvin

Administrative Program Lead
Participant & Clinical Interactions
ccolvin@childrensnational.org
202-476-5305

Keith Crandall

Faculty Lead
Informatics
kcrandall@email.gwu.edu

Igor Efimov

Lead
Orphan Product Accelerator
efimov@gwu.edu
202-994-2152

Kolaleh Eskandanian

Manager
Orphan Product Accelerator
keskanda@childrensnational.org
202-476-6854

Annie Fulton

Program Lead
Child Health Research Acceleration through Multi-Stage Planning
afulton@childrensnational.org

Nancy Gaba

Faculty Lead
Integrating Special Populations
Ngaba@mfa.gwu.edu

Sheila Garrity

Manager
Regulatory Knowledge & Support
srgarrity@email.gwu.edu
202-994-6255

Elena Gibson

Nurse Manager
Participant & Clinical Interactions
egibson@childrensnational.org
202-476-6877

Ann Goldman

Program Lead
Collaboration & Multidisciplinary Team Science
annieg@gwu.edu
202-994-4581

Lisa Guay-Woodford

Director, CTSI-CN
Faculty Lead, Child Health Research Acceleration through Multi-Stage Planning
lguaywoo@childrensnational.org

Alison Hall

Faculty Co-Lead, KL2 Program
KL2 Liaison to Translational Workforce Development
akhall@gwu.edu

Kristina Hardy

Neuropsychologist
Participant & Clinical Interactions
kkhardy@childrensnational.org
202-476-2514

Michelle Harris

Research Nurse
Participant & Clinical Interactions
mharris@childrensnational.org

Kazue Hashimoto-Torii

Principal Investigator
Center for Neuroscience Research
khtorii@childrensnational.org
202-476-4449

N. Sharon Hill

Faculty Lead
Collaboration & Multidisciplinary Team Science
nshill@gwu.edu

Anelia Horvath

Bioinformatics - Epigemoics Tools
Informatics
202-994-2114

Michael Hsieh

Faculty Lead
Communications
MHsieh@childrensnational.org

Jiji Jiang

Biostatistician
Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design
jjiang@childrensnational.org

Michael Keller

Immunologist
Allergy and Immunology Department
MKeller@childrensnational.org
202-476-5843

Dongkyu Kim

Database Architect
Informatics
Co-Lead
Recruitment Innovation Center
dkkim@childrensnational.org
202-476-6871

Helen Kim

Program Director, NIAID Partnership
Program Lead, Integrating Special Populations
hkim4@childrensnational.org

Susan Knoblach

Faculty Lead
Collaboration & Multidisciplinary Team Science
Orphan Product Accelerator
sknoblach@childrensnational.org
202-476-6094

Stephan Ladisch

Director, Grants Enhancement Program
sladisch@childrensnational.org
202-476-3883

Ianka Laidlow

Program Coordinator
Participant & Clinical Interactions
ilaidlow@childrensnational.org
202-476-1077

Daisy Le

Faculty Lead
Recruitment Innovation Center
daisyle@gwu.edu
202-994-1745

Paul Levett

Reference Librarian
Himmelfarb Library
prlevett@gwu.edu

Catherine Limperopoulos

Faculty Lead
Integrating Special Populations
climpero@childrensnational.org
202-476-5293

Marius George Linguraru

Principal Investigator
Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation
mlingura@childrensnational.org
202-476-3059

Naomi Luban

Faculty Lead
KL2 Program
nluban@childrensnational.org
202-476-5292

Richard Lush

Faculty Lead
Participant & Clinical Interactions
Trial Innovation Center
RMLush3@email.gwu.edu

Laurie Lyons

Instructional Designer
Translational Workforce Development
lbl@gwu.edu
202-994-8376

Yan Ma

Biostatistician
Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design
yanma@gwu.edu
202-994-0955

Suvankar Majumdar

Director, Clinical Research Unit
Faculty Lead, Participant & Clinical Interactions
smajumdar@childrensnational.org

An Massaro

Faculty Co-Lead
KL2 Program
anguyenm@childrensnational.orgz
202-476-5448

Raja Mazumder

Bioinformatics - Cancer Genomics Tools
Informatics
202-994-5004

Timothy McCaffrey

Faculty Lead
Pilot Translational & Clinical Studies Program
mcc@email.gwu.edu
202-994-8919

Robert McCarter

Faculty Lead
Evaluation & Continuous Improvement
Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design
rmccarte@childrensnational.org
202-476-3140

Karen McDonnell

Faculty Lead
Evaluation & Continuous Improvement
kmcdonne@gwu.edu
202-994-6823

Chaya Merrill

Faculty Lead
Community Engagement
cmerrill@childrensnational.org

Maureen Monaghan

Faculty Lead
Pilot & Translational Clinical Studies Program
MMonagha@childrensnational.org

Hiroki Morizono

Faculty Lead
Informatics
hmorizono@childrensnational.org
202-476-4862

Sarah Mulkey

KL2 Scholar
sbmulkey@childrensnational.org
202-476-5815

Nitasha Chaudhary Nagaraj

Program Lead
Evaluation & Continuous Improvement
nitasha@gwu.edu
202-994-4351

Melissa Napolitano

Faculty Lead
Participant & Clinical Interactions
mnapolitano@gwu.edu
202-994-9099

Samar Nasser

Program Lead
Translational Workforce Development
snasser@email.gwu.edu
202-994-5105

Javad Nazarian

Biorepository Tissue Lead
Participant & Clinical Interactions
jnazarian@childrensnational.org
202-476-6022

Stephanie Norman

Research Coordinator
NIAID Partnership
snorman@childrensnational.org

Patrick O'Keefe

Program Lead
Translational Workforce Development
pokeefe@childrensnational.org

Lynn R. Offermann

Faculty Lead
Collaboration & Multidisciplinary Team Science
lro@gwu.edu

Debra Paxton

Program Lead
Regulatory Knowledge and Support
dapaxton@email.gwu.edu

Christine Peng

Research Nurse
NIAID Partnership
cpeng@childresnational.org

Marco Perez-Losada

Bioinformatics - Infectious Diseases
Informatics
mlosada@gwu.edu
571-553-0243

Lydia Prentiss

Sr. Sponsored Project Administrator
lydiaprentiss@gwu.edu
202-994-4848

Douglas Redd

Senior Software Developer
Informatics
202-994-6861

Debra Regier

Faculty Lead
Translational Workforce Development
DRegier@childrensnational.org
202-476-3637

Adelaide Robb

Faculty Lead
Trial Innovation Center
arobb@childrensnational.org
202-476-3042

Kathleen Roche

Faculty Lead
Community Engagement
kroche@gwu.edu
202-994-3858

Maryann Rossi

Accredidation and Education Manager
Regulatory Knowledge & Support
mrossi@childrensnational.org
301-565-8485

Adriana Salazar

Program Lead
Quality & Efficiency
asalazar@childrensnational.org

Stefanie Salazar

Senior Administrator, CTSI-CN
Project Manager, Informatics
ssalazar@gwu.edu
202-994-0220

Hiromi Sanders

Program Lead
Regulatory Knowledge and Support
SandersH@email.gwu.edu

Sneha Saraf

Data Manager
REDCap Navigator
BERD
Informatics
ssaraf@childrensnational.org

Peter Scheidt

Grants Enhancement Program
Pilot Translational & Clinical Studies Program
pscheidt@childrensnational.org
202-476-3121

Tre Schulbaum

Program Lead
Administrative Core
TSCHULBAU2@childrensnational.org

Rahul Shah

Faculty Lead
Quality & Efficiency
RShah@childrensnational.org

Yijun Shao

Data Scientist
Informatics
801-230-4494

Samuel Simmens

Co-Lead
Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design
simmens@gwu.edu
202-994-7887

Kara Simpson

Rare Disease Institute Liaison
Trial Innovation Center
ksimpson@childrensnational.org
202-476-6216

Mitchell R. Smith

Co-Director, CTSI-CN
mismith@mfa.gwu.edu

Terrance Stowers

Software Engineer - Platform Security
Informatics
stowerst@gwu.edu
571-553-3604

Nicole Swanson

Manager
Trial Innovation Center

Eduardo Trujillo-Rivera

Statistician & Tools Developer
Informatics
eduardotrujillo@email.gwu.edu

Mendel Tuchman

Grants Enhancement Program
mtuchman@childrensnational.org
202-476-2549

Johannes van den Anker

Co-Chair
Orphan Product Accelerator
jvandena@childrensnational.org
202-476-2893

Eric Vilain

Faculty Lead
Orphan Product Accelerator
evilain@childrensnational.org
202-476-3216

Bendu Walker

Administrative Director, CTSI-CN
bcwalker@childrensnational.org
202-476-2375

Jichuan Wang

Biostatistician
Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design
jlwang@childrensnational.org
202-476-2978

Elizabeth Wells

Associate Director
Participant & Clinical Interactions
ewells@childrensnational.org

Jurran Wilson

Program Lead, Recruitment & Engagement
Clinical Research Navigator, Recruitment Innovation Center
REDCap Navigator, Informatics
juwilson@childrensnational.org
202-476-2196

Ginger Winston

Faculty Lead
Integrating Special Populations
GWinston@mfa.gwu.edu

Adam Wong

High Performance Computing Specialist
Informatics
aklwong@gwu.edu
571-553-0248

T. Elizabeth Workman

Informatics
lizworkman@email.gwu.edu

Valery Yankov

Program Lead, Finance
Program Lead, Pilot & Translational Clinical Studies
vyankov@childrensnational.org
202-476-6623

Qing Zeng

Co-Lead
Informatics
zengq@email.gwu.edu
202-994-5105