Meet Our Team

The interdisciplinary CIRP team spans a wide spectrum of specialties. To view staff members by their primary area of expertise or by their role at CIRP, please use the right-hand navigation menu and “Filter By Role”.

Leadership

Kristy B. Arbogast, PhD

Co-Scientific Director & Director of Engineering

Suzanne D. Hill

Principal Strategic Partnership Advisor

Ronni Kessler, MS

Business and Administrative Director

Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD

Founder & Co-Scientific Director

Administrative

Vicki Bartek, BA, MS, MSW

Clinical Research Project Manager I

Ayana Bradshaw, MPH

Senior Fellow

Teena Fletcher-Horton, MDiv, BS

Program Manager Analyst

Patricia Ann Harris, BS

Office Manager

Ashley Jones, AS, BS

Program/Operations Coordinator

Ronni Kessler, MS

Business and Administrative Director

Natalie Oppenheimer

Clinical Research Program Manager II

Veronica Rog, MPA

Senior Grants Coordinator

Behavioral Science

Caitlin Axtmayer, LSW, MPH

Program Coordinator

Leah Brogan, PhD

Associate Fellow

Megan Fisher Thiel, MPH

Research Coordinator

Christine Forke, CRNP, PhD

Associate Fellow

Leila Graham, BA

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Aimee Hildenbrand, PhD

Associate Fellow

Venk Kandadai, MPH

Associate Fellow

Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD

Associate Director for Behavioral Research

Anne Kazak, PhD, ABPP

Associate Fellow

Bhakti Marfatia, BS

Clinical Research Assistant I

Meghan L. Marsac, PhD

Associate Fellow

Jamillah Millner, MPH

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Carol Murray, MSS, MLSP

Training Manager

Rachel K. Myers, PhD, MS

Research Scientist

Thomas J. Power, PhD

Associate Fellow

Dan Romer, PhD

Senior Fellow

Elizabeth Walshe, PhD

Research Scientist II

Benjamin Yerys, PhD

Associate Fellow

Engineering

Amanda Agnew, PhD

Associate Fellow

Kristy B. Arbogast, PhD

Co-Scientific Director & Director of Engineering

Hasan Ayaz, PhD

Associate Fellow

John Bolte, PhD

Associate Fellow

Shukai Cheng

Data Scientist I

Jason Forman, PhD

Associate Fellow

Valentina Graci, PhD

Scientist III

Madeline Griffith, MS

Research Project Engineer

Yun Seok Kang, PhD

Associate Fellow

Jason Kerrigan, PhD

Associate Fellow

Helen S. Loeb, PhD

Research Scientist

Jalaj Maheshwari, MSE

Clinical Research Associate II

Matthew R. Maltese, PhD

Associate Fellow

Julie A. Mansfield, PhD

Associate Fellow

Susan Margulies, PhD

Associate Fellow

Declan Patton, PhD

Research Scientist I

Megan S. Ryerson, PhD

Senior Fellow

Thomas Seacrist, MBE

Director of Training & Biomechanics Project Manager

Patrice D. Tremoulet, PhD

Human Factors Scientist

Ashley Weaver, PhD

Associate Fellow

James C. Won, PhD

Senior Fellow

Epidemiology

Haley Bishop, PhD

Associate Fellow

Allison E. Curry, PhD, MPH

Senior Scientist & Director of Epidemiology

Ashley Downs, MPH

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Michael R. Elliott, PhD

Associate Fellow

Sara A. Freed, PhD

Clinical Research Associate I

Nina Joyce, PhD

Associate Fellow

Lauren O’Malley, MPH

Clinical Research Program Manager I

Melissa Pfeiffer, MPH

Biostatistician II

Emma Sartin, PhD, MPH, CPST

Research Scientist I

Romario Smith, MPH, MSW

Data Analyst I

Andrew Zullo, PharmD, PhD

Associate Fellow

Information Technology

Santiago Ontañón, PhD

CIRP Associate Fellow

Outreach and Advocacy

Greg Fry

Communications Program Coordinator

Suzanne D. Hill

Principal Strategic Partnership Advisor

Lindsey Mitros

Outreach Manager

Christine Norris

Communications Manager

Kaitlyn Semborski, MS

Communications Associate

Pediatric Medicine

Laura Bricklin, MD

Clinical Fellow

Akiva S. Cohen, PhD

Senior Fellow

M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

Associate Fellow

William Gaetz, PhD

Senior Fellow

Leah Gaetz, MSW

Clinical Research Program Manager

Melissa Godfrey, MPH

Clinical Research Project Manager I

Patty Huang, MD

Senior Fellow

Anne Mozel, MS

Clinical Research Study Lead

Vinay M. Nadkarni, MD

Senior Fellow

Michael L. Nance, MD

Senior Fellow

Tara Nichols

Clinical Research Assistant I

Olivia E. Podolak, MD

Clinical Research Associate I

Laura A. Prosser, PhD

Senior Fellow

Sicong (Grace) Ren, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Kate Rownd, MEd

Clinical Research Coordinator IV

Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD

Founder & Co-Scientific Director