Leadership

Multiple Principal Investigators

Vanessa Jacoby MD, MAS

Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research & Director of CTSI

Harold Collard MD, MS

Vice Chancellor for Research

Tung Nguyen MD

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Opportunity and Impact (ROI)


Administration Leadership Team

Molly Belinski MPA

Director of Program Administration

Nick Clem 

Director of Finance


Faculty Program Leadership

Katrina Abuabara MD

Director, Participant Recruitment Program

Sara Ackerman PhD, MPH

Director, Bioethics & Regulatory Engagement (BRE)

Ifeyinwa Asiodu PhD, RN, FAAN

Director, Research Action Group on Equity (RAGE)

Sharon Chung MD

Medical Director, Clinical Research Services (CRS)

Alka Kanaya MD

Director, Clinical & Translational Science Workforce Development

Anthony Kim MD

Director, Consultation Services

Aras Mattis MD, PhD

Director, Biospecimen Processing Lab (BSPL)

Mark Pletcher MD, MPH

Director, Informatics and Research Technology

Michael Potter MD

Director, Team Science, Research Infrastructure Network (RIN), SFBayCRN, Community Engagement, Team Science

Ma Somsouk MD, MAS

Associate Director, Yearlong Inquiry Program, Clinical & Translational Science Workforce Development

Kathleen Tebb PhD

Director, Pilot Awards

Neeta Thakur MD

Faculty Director, Clinical Trials Operations (CTO), Trial Innovation Network (TIN)


Staff Program Leadership

Rana Barar 

Associate Director, Community Engagement, Impacting Policy by Accelerating Translation (IMPACT), Team Science, Research Action Group for Equity (RAGE), and SFBayCRN

Laurie Herraiz RD

Associate Director, Bioethics & Regulatory Engagement (BRE), Research Infrastructure Network (RIN) Programs and Pilots Awards

Ronald Honrada BS

Associate Director, Biospecimen Processing Lab (BSPL)

Dominica Randazzo 

Associate Director, Clinical Trials Operations (CTO), Trial Innovation Network (TIN), and Participant Recruitment Program

Leslie Yuan MPH

Chief Information Officer & Director, Informatics and Research Technology

Roland Zepf PhD, RN

Nursing Director, Clinical Research Services (CRS)