Meet our Team

The members of CIRP span diverse disciplines and varied expertise. We apply our skills to focus areas of research and also collaborate within and across CIRP’s partner programs. To view staff members by their areas of focus, program affiliations, or roles at CIRP, please use the right-hand navigation menu to filter your search.

Leadership Core

Kristy B. Arbogast, PhD

Scientific Director, Minds Matter Concussion Program Research Director

Suzanne D. Hill

Strategy Director

Ronni Kessler, MS

Business and Administrative Director

Rachel K. Myers, PhD, MS

Associate Director

Leadership Council

Daniel J. Corwin, MD, MSCE

Associate Director and Emergency Department Lead, Minds Matter Concussion Program; Faculty and Research Scientist, CIRP Leadership Council

Allison E. Curry, PhD, MPH

Principal Investigator, NJ-SHO Center for Integrated Data, CIRP Leadership Council

Valentina Graci, PhD

Research Scientist III, CIRP Leadership Council

Stephen S. Leff, PhD

Faculty and Research Scientist, CIRP Leadership Council

Elizabeth Walshe, PhD

Research Scientist II, CIRP Leadership Council

Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD

Founder & Former Director

Faculty and Research Scientists

Kristy B. Arbogast, PhD

Scientific Director, Minds Matter Concussion Program Research Director

Akiva S. Cohen, PhD

Faculty and Research Scientist

Daniel J. Corwin, MD, MSCE

Associate Director and Emergency Department Lead, Minds Matter Concussion Program; Faculty and Research Scientist, CIRP Leadership Council

Allison E. Curry, PhD, MPH

Principal Investigator, NJ-SHO Center for Integrated Data, CIRP Leadership Council

Joel Fein, MD, MPH

Faculty and Research Scientist

Rui Fu, PhD

CVP Research Scientist & Research Scholar

Valentina Graci, PhD

Research Scientist III, CIRP Leadership Council

Matthew Grady, MD, FAAP, CAQSM

Faculty and Research Scientist, Minds Matter Concussion Program Co-Clinical Director

Patty Huang, MD

Faculty and Research Scientist

Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD

Senior Principal Scientist

Stephen S. Leff, PhD

Faculty and Research Scientist, CIRP Leadership Council

Helen S. Loeb, PhD

Research Scientist

Jalaj Maheshwari, MSE

Research Staff Scientist II

Christina L. Master, MD, FAAP, CAQSM, FACSM

Faculty and Research Scientist, Minds Matter Concussion Program Director

Ashlee Murray, MD, MPH

CVP Practice-Based Scholar

Rachel K. Myers, PhD, MS

Associate Director

Dorothy R. Novick, MD

CVP Practice-Based Scholar

Brooke Paskewich, PsyD

CVP Director of Operations for School-Based Bullying and Social Emotional Learning

Declan Patton, PhD

Senior Research Scientist

Thomas Seacrist, MBE

Director of Training & Research Scientist

Tracy E. Waasdorp, PhD, MEd

CVP Director of Research for School-Based Bullying and Social Emotional Learning

Elizabeth Walshe, PhD

Research Scientist II, CIRP Leadership Council

James Wilkes, PhD, MEd, ATC

Research Scientist I

Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD

Founder & Former Director

Research Staff

Julianna Berardi, MPH

CVP Clinical Research Coordinator II

Haley Bishop, PhD

Clinical Research Associate II

Alexis Bruno

CVP Clinical Research Coordinator I

Courtney Calloway, MSEd

CVP School Intervention Coach II

Brittany Chamberlin, MSW, MPH

CVP Clinical Research Coordinator

Shukai Cheng

Data Scientist I

Madeline Consuelos

Clinical Research Coordinator 1

Elena Daniel

CVP Clinical Research Coordinator II

Olivia Fedio

Clinical Research Coordinator

Sara A. Freed, PhD

Clinical Research Associate I

Leah Gaetz, MSW

Clinical Research Program Manager

Stephanie Garcia, MPH

CVP Clinical Research Associate II

Sarah Gedeon, MSW

CVP Clinical Research Coordinator II

Rex Godbout

Clinical Research Assistant I

Melissa Godfrey, MPH

Clinical Research Program Manager I

Leila Graham, BA

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Emma Harris

Clinical Research Assistant I

Hillary Mousley Kapa, MPH

CVP Clinical Research Associate II

Kruthika Kunam

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Zijing ‘Jing’ Liu, MS

CVP Data Analyst

Monet McGorda

CVP Research Assistant II

Caitlin Mignogna

Research Coordinator I

Meniyah Miller

CVP Clinical Research Assistant II

Jamillah Millner, MPH

Clinical Research Coordinator III

Elora Mitchell

Clinical Research Assistant 1

Talia Morikawa, DPT, MPH

CVP Clinical Data Management Specialist

Anne Mozel, MS

Clinical Research Study Lead

Niya Murphy, MSIO, PMP

Clinical Research Program Manager

Natalie Oppenheimer

Clinical Research Program Manager II

Sivakami Palaniappan BS, MPH

Clinical Research Assistant

Ann L. Perepezko, MSW, LSW

CVP School Intervention Coach III

Melissa Pfeiffer, MPH

Biostatistician II

Olivia E. Podolak, MD

Clinical Research Associate I

Ashley Preves, MC

CVP Clinical Research Study Lead

Kate Rownd, MEd

Clinical Research Coordinator IV

Derek Scott, MEd

CVP School Intervention Coach II

Aysha Siddiquee

Clinical Research Assistant I

Jazmine Smith, MS

CVP Resource Coordinator II

Romario Smith, MPH, MSW

Data Analyst I

Chelsea Ward McIntosh, MS, CCRP, DRP

Clinical Research Study Manager

Melissa Wolf, OTR/L

Clinical Research Assistant I

Program Staff

James Alfano, PT, DPT, PCS

CVP Practice-Based Scholar

Caitlin Axtmayer, LSW, MPH

Program Coordinator

Vicki Bartek, BA, MS, MSW

Clinical Research Project Manager I

Justin Cobb, MS, LAT, ATC

Athletic Trainer

Malika Cooper

CVP Community Health Worker

Adriana Cromwell

Community Based Social Worker

Bridget Gayton, MA

CVP Program Coordinator II

Caroline Menapace Glavin, DSW, LCSW

CVP Clinical Project Manager II

Camilia Jones, MEd

Violence Prevention Specialist

Cortney Marengo

CVP Intimate Partner Violence Specialist

Valarie Meiser, MS, LPC

CVP Outpatient Trauma Therapist

Shaneeka Monroe, MEd, BA

CVP Family Advocacy & Support Supervisor

Haziz Nelson

Violence Prevention Advocate

Tiziana Novruzaj

CVP Violence Prevention Specialist

Becca Smitton, MSW, MPH, LCSW

CVP Outreach & Assessment Specialist

Kelsy Stenger, BSN, RN

Nurse Navigator

Kimberly Sterner-stein, MSW, MPH

CVP Program Coordinator, Gun Safety Program

Dyanta Timmerman, MSW

CVP Violence Prevention Specialist

Laura Vega, DSW, LCSW

CVP Community Violence and Trauma Support Co-Director & Practice-Based Scholar

Christine Waanders, PhD

CVP Clinical Consultant & Practice-Based Scholar

Communications and Outreach Team

Greg Fry

Communications Program Coordinator

Suzanne D. Hill

Strategy Director

Lindsey Mitros

Associate Director of Communications

Lea Pandy

Communications Associate

Tia Regec

Communications Program Coordinator

Kaitlyn Semborski, MS

Communications Associate

Business Administration Team

Michelle Abel, MSPH

CVP Program Manager II

Megan Fisher Thiel, MPH

Clinical Research Associate

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

Veronica Rog, MPA

Senior Grants Coordinator

Research Trainees

Laura Bricklin, MD

Research Trainee

Ola Kalu, PhD, EdS

CVP Community Violence Prevention Postdoctoral Fellow

Sicong (Grace) Ren, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Affiliate Research Scientists CHOP & Penn

M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

Affiliate Research Scientist

Leigh Ann DiFusco, PhD, RN

Affiliate Research Scientist

Christine Forke, CRNP, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

William Gaetz, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Katelin Hoskins, PhD, MBE, CRNP

Affiliate Research Scientist

Matthew R. Maltese, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Catherine C. McDonald, PhD, RN, FAAN

Affiliate Research Scientist

Sage R. Myers, MD, MSCE

Affiliate Research Scientist

Vinay M. Nadkarni, MD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Michael L. Nance, MD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Kevin C. Osterhoudt, MD, MSCE

Affiliate Research Scientist

Carlyn Patterson Gentile, MD, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Thomas J. Power, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Laura A. Prosser, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Therese S. Richmond, PhD, FAAN, CRNP

Affiliate Research Scientist

Timothy P.L. Roberts, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Dan Romer, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Megan S. Ryerson, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Benjamin Yerys, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Affiliate Research Scientists Non CHOP & Penn

Hasan Ayaz, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Sriram Balasubramanian, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Michael R. Elliott, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Nina Joyce, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Julie A. Mansfield, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Meghan L. Marsac, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Emma Sartin, PhD, MPH, CPST

Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Douglas Wiebe, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE

Affiliate Research Scientist

Andrew Zullo, PharmD, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist