Leadership

Multiple Principal Investigators

Vanessa Jacoby MD, MAS

Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research & Director of CTSI
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Harold Collard MD, MS

Vice Chancellor for Research
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Tung Nguyen MD

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Opportunity and Impact (ROI)
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Administration Leadership Team

Molly Belinski MPA

Director of Program Administration
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Nick Clem 

Director of Finance
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Faculty Program Leadership

Katrina Abuabara MD

Director, Participant Recruitment Program
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Sara Ackerman PhD, MPH

Director, Bioethics & Regulatory Engagement (BRE)
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Ifeyinwa Asiodu PhD, RN, FAAN

Director, Research Action Group on Equity (RAGE)
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Sharon Chung MD

Medical Director, Clinical Research Services (CRS)
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Alka Kanaya MD

Director, Clinical & Translational Science Workforce Development
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Anthony Kim MD

Director, Consultation Services
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Aras Mattis MD, PhD

Director, Biospecimen Processing Lab (BSPL)
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Mark Pletcher MD, MPH

Director, Informatics and Research Technology
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Michael Potter MD

Director, Team Science, Research Infrastructure Network (RIN), SFBayCRN, Community Engagement, Team Science
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Ma Somsouk MD, MAS

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

Director, Pilot Awards
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Neeta Thakur MD

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

Director, UC BRAID
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Laurie Herraiz RD

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

Associate Director, Biospecimen Processing Lab (BSPL)

Madeline Mann 

Associate Director, Clinical and Translational Science Workforce Development, and Consultation Services
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Dominica Randazzo 

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

Chief Information Officer & Director, Informatics and Research Technology
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Roland Zepf RN, PhD

Nursing Director, Clinical Research Services (CRS)
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