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We're here to help: NUCATS has a broad array of resources and services to assist you. We welcome all inquiries and are equipped to help you in your search for information and resources. Visit the Need Help? section of our website to connect with our NUCATS Navigator team. Clinical trial participants should visit the Clinical Research page on our Feinberg Research website for information.

The NUCATS Institute is located at Northwestern's Chicago campus:

Arthur J. Rubloff Building
750 N. Lake Shore Dr., 11th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
312-503-1709
nucats@northwestern.edu

 NUCATS Leadership and Administration

Richard D'Aquila, MD

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research
Director of NUCATS

Faculty Profile

Justin Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI

Deputy Director of NUCATS
Director of the Center for Data Science and Informatics

Faculty Profile

Nicole Woitowich, PhD

Executive Director

nicole.woitowich( at )northwestern.edu

Faculty Profile

Roger Anderson

Director of Marketing and Communications

roger-anderson( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2903

Kena Bilbrew

Associate Institute Administrator

shakena.jackson( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2307

Erika Martinez

NUCATS Evaluator

erika.martinez.picazo( at )northwestern.edu

Pearl Go

Assistant Director, QA/QC & Continuous Improvement

pearl.go( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2389

De'Andra Graham

Program Assistant

deandra-graham( at )northwestern.edu

Claire Powers

Pilot and Voucher Program Coordinator

mary.powers( at )northwestern.edu

Colton Snow

Financial Assistant

colton.snow( at )northwestern.edu

 NUCATS Navigator

Toddie Hays

Senior Research Navigator

patricia.hays( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2308

 Center for Clinical Research

Anju Peters, MD

Director, CCR

anjupeters( at )northwestern.edu

Faculty Profile

Katherine Hammond

Managing Director, CCR

katherine.hammond( at )northwestern.edu

Ashley Bowman

Senior Regulatory Coordinator

ashley.bowman1( at )northwestern.edu

Mary Beth Blocher

Program Assistant

mary.blocher( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2093

Maya Delgado

CRU Program Assistant

maya.delgado( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2498

Bridget Gerk

Regulatory Coordinator

bridget.gerk( at )northwestern.edu

Bri Guzouskis

Regulatory Coordinator

brianne.guzouskis( at )northwestern.edu

Erica Hart

Financial Assistant

erica.hart( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-4122

Christian Heck

Financial Coordinator

christian.heck( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2268

James Kim

Financial Administrator

james.kim2( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2271

Lillie McBride

CRU Program Assistant

lillie.mcbride( at )northwestern.edu

Ariana Memishi

Regulatory Coordinator

ariana.memishi( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-5647

Sarah Mitchell

Financial Coordinator

sarah.mitchell( at )northwestern.edu

Anthony Moreno

Regulatory Coordinator

anthony.moreno( at )northwestern.edu

Nellie Perez

Program Coordinator

nellie.perez( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2219

Fujan Simorgh

Financial Assistant

fujan.simorgh( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2272

Sherri Willoughby, RN, MSN

Manager, Clinical Research Unit

swilloug( at )nm.org

(312) 694-4898

Crystal Williams

Regulatory Coordinator

crystal.williams( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2267

Tomasz Wojtasik

Program Assistant III

tomasz.wojtasik( at )northwestern.edu

 Center for Community Health

Darius Tandon, PhD

Co-Director, Center for Community Health

Faculty Profile

Jen F Brown, MPH

Director, Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities

jenbrown( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2942

Faculty Profile

Josefina Serrato

Consultation Manager, Stakeholder-Academic Resource Panels

josefina.serrato( at )northwestern.edu

312-503-3363

Marquita Lewis-Thames, PhD, MPH, MS

marquita.lewis-thames( at )northwestern.edu

Faculty Profile

 Center for Education & Career Development

Mercedes Carnethon, PhD

Co-Director, Center for Education and Career Development

carnethon( at )northwestern.edu

Faculty Profile

Ravi Kalhan, MD

Co-Director, Center for Education and Career Development

r-kalhan( at )northwestern.edu

Faculty Profile

Kenzie Cameron, PhD, MPH

Director of NUCATS Mentoring Programs

k-cameron( at )northwestern.edu

Faculty Profile

Priya Tripathi

Assistant Director, Center for Education and Career Development

priya.tripathi( at )northwestern.edu

Morgan Barrowman

Senior Project Coordinator

morgan.barrowman( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-3284

Amna Moustafa

Senior Content Specialist

amna.moustafa( at )northwestern.edu

Adam White

Program Administrator

adam-white( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2244

Jaime Ziegler

Program Coordinator

jaime.ziegler( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2253

 Informatics: Center for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Justin Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI

CBIDS Director

Faculty Profile

Yuan Luo, PhD

Chief AI Officer

yuan.luo( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-5742

Faculty Profile

 Center for Translational Innovation

Lisa Dhar, PhD

Associate Vice President of Innovation

lisa.dhar( at )northwestern.edu

Alexandra de Paz, PhD

Assistant Director of New Ventures

alexandra.depaz( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2213

 Northwestern Medicine Enterprise Data Warehouse

Adam Frink

Research Data Analyst Associate

adam.frink( at )nm.org

(312) 694-0805

Quan Mai

Research Data Analyst Associate

(312) 694-0796

Anna Pawlowski

Senior Data Analyst

(312) 694-0776

Dan Schneider

Team Leader, Database

dschneid( at )nm.org

(312) 694-0819

Philip Silberman

Research Data Analyst

psilber1( at )nm.org

(312) 694-0767

Parmeen Singh

Research Data Analyst Associate

parmeen.bindra( at )northwestern.edu

 Northwestern University Data & Analysis Coordinating Center

Denise Scholtens, PhD

Director, Northwestern University Data Analysis and Coordinating Center

Faculty Profile

 Research Design and Analysis Methods Program

Leah Welty, PhD

BERD Director

Faculty Profile

 Team Science Program

Bonnie Spring, PhD

Director of the Team Science Program and Center for Behavioral Health

Faculty Profile

Madison Hartstein

Senior Project Manager

madison.hartstein( at )northwestern.edu

Megha Patel

Developer

megha.patel( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-6594

 Voucher & Pilot Programs

Claire Powers

Program Coordinator, Pilot and Voucher Program

mary.powers( at )northwestern.edu

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