A clinical research consortium sponsored by NIAID and JDRF
Researchers, doctors and patients

Staff Directory

Leadership

Nepom, Gerald
ITN Director 
St. Clair, E. William
Deputy Director, Clinical Affairs 
Turka, Laurence
Deputy Director, Tolerance Assays 

Executive Staff

Bernstein, Philip
Executive Director of Strategic Review and Planning 
Branz, Kay
Executive Director of Communications 
Genseal, Carol
Executive Director of Tolerance Research and Project Management Operations 
Phippard, Deborah
Executive Director of Tolerance Assays & Data Analysis 
Sayre, Peter
Executive Director, Clinical Trials Group and Chief Medical Officer 
Wolitzky, Barry
Executive Director of Strategic Partnering 
Wood, Jason
Executive Director, IT 

Clinical Trials Group

Achyutha, Anitha
Clinical Operations Associate 
Adamkiewicz, Michael
Clinical Operations Manager 
Chan, Stephanie
Clinical Operations Associate 
DesMarais, Michele
Clinical Operations Manager 
Dias, Allison
Project & Administrative Analyst 
Dooley, Mitzi
Clinical Operations Manager 
Ehlers, Mario
Deputy Director, Clinical Trials Group 
Evind, Judith
Clinical Operations Associate 
Johnson, Melissa
Clinical Operations Manager 
Morse, Patrick
Clinical Operations Manager 
Plough, Audrey
Director, Clinical Operations 
Sharkey, Maureen
Associate Director, Patient Recruitment 
Soppe, Carol
Clinical Operations Manager 
Suh, Lily
Clinical Operations Manager 
Tchao, Nadia
Associate Director, Clinical Development 
Tosta, Patti
Clinical Operations Manager 

Tolerance Assays and Data Analysis

Aggarwal, Sudeepta
Assistant Director, New Technologies 
Ali, Hodan
Core Laboratory Analyst 
Asare, Adam
Senior Director, Data Center & Data Analysis 
Gao, Zhong
Principal Statistician 
Kanaparthi, Sai
Biostat Programmer Analyst 
Konieczny, Michael
Assay Analyst 
Lim, Noha
Biostatistician 
Malhotra, Sachin
Associate Director, Scientific Programs 
Nanduru, Giri
Technical Architect 
Pardo, Jorge
Research Analyst 
Patel, Ankita
Programmer Analyst 
Patel, Purvesh
Sr. ETL Developer 
Philogene, Mary Carmelle
Associate Director, Assay Development and Quality Assurance 

Tolerance Research Project Mgmt & Operations

Asare, Smita
Project Manager 
Barbour, Natasha
Repository Operations Coordinator 
Chani, Eduard
Project Manager 
Cherian, Michelle
Study Tracking Analyst 
Debnam, Tracia
Project Manager 
Felix, Winnie
Trial Implementation Manager 
Harmon, Karen
Project Coordinator 
Jones, Mary Olive
Study Tracking Analyst 
Landis, Jessica
Trial Implementation Manager 
Mensah, Addie
Trial Implementation Manager 
Romaine, Jennifer
Trial Implementation Manager