Team

Leadership

Vanessa Jacoby MD, MAS

Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research & Director, CTSI
vanessa.jacoby@ucsf.edu

Katrina Abuabara MD

Director, Participant Recruitment Program
katrina.abuabara@ucsf.edu

Sara Ackerman PhD, MPH

Director, Bioethics & Regulatory Engagement (BRE)
sara.ackerman@ucsf.edu

Ifeyinwa Asiodu RN, PhD, FAAN

Director, Research Action Group on Equity (RAGE)
ifeyinwa.asiodu@ucsf.edu

Sharon Chung MD

Medical Director, CRS
sharon.chung@ucsf.edu

Kevin Grumbach MD

Director, Community Engagement
kevin.grumbach@ucsf.edu

Alka Kanaya MD

Director, Clinical & Translational Science Training
alka.kanaya@ucsf.edu

Anthony Kim MD

Director, Consultation Services
anthony.kim@ucsf.edu

Aras Mattis MD, PhD

Director, Biospecimen Processing Lab
aras.mattis@ucsf.edu

Tung Nguyen MD

Associate Vice Chancellor, Research – IDEA
tung.nguyen@ucsf.edu

Mark Pletcher MD, MPH

Director, Informatics and Research Innovation
mark.pletcher@ucsf.edu

Michael Potter MD

Director, Team Science, Research Infrastructure Network (RIN), SFBayCRN
michael.potter@ucsf.edu

Laura Schmidt PhD, MSW, MPH

Co-Director, IMPACT
laura.schmidt@ucsf.edu

Hilary Seligman MD, MAS

Co-Director, IMPACT

Kathleen Tebb PhD

Director, Pilot Awards
kathleen.tebb@ucsf.edu

Neeta Thakur MD

Faculty Director, Clinical Research Operations
neeta.thakur@ucsf.edu

Rana Barar

Associate Director, Community Engagement and IMPACT Programs and the Research Action Group for Equity (RAGE)
rana.barar@ucsf.edu

Molly Belinski MPA

Director of Program Administration, Associate Director, Pilot Awards Program
molly.belinski@ucsf.edu

Elizabeth Boyd PhD

Director, UC BRAID
elizabeth.boyd@ucsf.edu

Nick Clem

Director of Finance
nicholas.clem@ucsf.edu

Laurie Herraiz RD

Associate Director, Bioethics & Regulatory Engagement (BRE), Research Infrastructure Network (RIN) Programs
laurie.herraiz@ucsf.edu

Ronald Honrada BS

Associate Director, BSPL
Ronald.Honrada@ucsf.edu

Madeline Mann

CTST Administrative Director
madeline.mann@ucsf.edu

Neta Miller MBA

Communications Manager
neta.miller@ucsf.edu

Jillian Reiff

Director, Operations
jillian.reiff@ucsf.edu

Leslie Yuan MPH

Chief Information Officer & Director, Research Technology
leslie.yuan@ucsf.edu