Contact Us
We're here to help: Request a consultation with our Research Navigators by filling out this form. We also welcome your questions and comments. Please contact our administrative office via the information below:
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
750 N. Lake Shore Dr., 11th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-503-1709
nucats@northwestern.edu
Clinical trial participants should visit our Participate in Clinical Research page for further contact information.
NUCATS Executive Council
The NUCATS Executive Council is comprised of associate directors, program heads, and other Institute leaders. It meets quarterly to discuss Institute priorities and objectives.
Richard D'Aquila, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research
Director of NUCATS
Center for Clinical Research Director
Justin Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI
Deputy Director of NUCATS
Director, Center for Data Science and Informatics
Donald M Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM
Former Director of NUCATS
Ronald Ackermann, MD, MPH
Associate Director of NUCATS, Center for Community Health
James Adams, MD
Associate Director of NUCATS for Adult Medicine
Abby Cosentino-Boehm, DrPh
Assistant Director, Center for Data Science and Informatics
Mercedes Carnethon, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Education and Career Development
Ravi Kalhan, MD, MS
Director, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation Program and Co-Director, Center for Education and Career Development
Keith Herzog
Associate Director, Administration
Philip Hockberger, PhD
Associate Director of NUCATS for Core Resources
Kristi Holmes, PhD
Associate Director of NUCATS for Evaluation
Richard Lieber, PhD
Associate Director of NUCATS for Rehabilitation Medicine
Alicia Löffler, PhD
Associate Director of NUCATS, Center for Translational Innovation
Yuan Luo, PhD
Chief AI Officer and Assistant Director of NUCATS for AI
Susanna McColley, MD
Associate Director of NUCATS for Child Health, TL1 Director
Richard Pope, MD
PI, Multidisciplinary Mentored Career Development Award (KL2)
Bonnie Spring, PhD
Associate Director of NUCATS, Team Science Program
Leah Welty, PhD
Associate Director of NUCATS, Biostatistics Collaboration Center
NUCATS Leadership and Administration

Richard D'Aquila, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research
Director of NUCATS

Justin Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI
Deputy Director of NUCATS
Director of the Center for Data Science and Informatics

Keith Herzog, MPPA
Administrative Director and Director, Trial Innovation Network Liaison Team
(312) 503-2383

Cynthia Cruz
Associate Institute Administrator
(312) 503-5815

Roger Anderson
Director of Marketing and Communications
(312) 503-2903

Amanda Zhou
Senior Research Administrator
(312) 503-2205
Kena Jackson
Financial Assistant
(312) 503-2307
Diana Webb
Program Assistant
(312) 503-1709
NUCATS Navigator

Toddie Hays
Senior Research Navigator
(312) 503-2308
Center for Clinical Research

Kelsey Richey
Associate Director, Clinical Operations
(312) 503-2227
Mary Beth Blocher
Program Assistant
(312) 503-2093
Rose Broccolo
Regulatory Coordinator
(312) 503-5647
Vic Caterina
Regulatory Manager
(312) 503-1508
Elizabeth Garcia
Financial Administrator
(312) 503-2225
Sobia Haleem
Program Assistant
(312) 503-2498
James Kim
Financial Coordinator
(312) 503-2271
Michell Kim
Regulatory Coordinator
(312) 503-2229
Sharnia Lashley
Senior Regulatory Coordinator
(312) 503-4128
Nellie Perez
Program Assistant
(312) 503-2219
Thomas Shanks
Regulatory Coordinator
(312) 503-2267
Tina Ward
Clinical Operations Manager, Recruitment
(312) 503-2068
Center for Community Health
Jen F Brown, MPH
Director, Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities
(312) 503-2942
Josefina Serrato
Consultation Manager, Stakeholder-Academic Resource Panels
312-503-3363
Amanda Venables
Administrator, Northwestern Primary Care Practice-Based Research Program
(312) 503-0854
Ariel Thomas
ARCC Community Engagement Liaison
(312) 380-9151
Jessica Johnson
Senior Program Administrator, Dissemination and Implementation
(312) 503-6808
Center for Education & Career Development

Emily Traw
Assistant Director, CECD
(312) 503-7942
Christine Charles
Senior Project Coordinator
(312) 503-3284
Jason Kniss
Training Specialist - Instructional Design
(312) 503-5811
Nicole Masen
Program Administrator CRPT
(312) 503-3337
Adam White
Program Administrator
(312) 503-2244
Jaime Ziegler
Program Coordinator
(312) 503-2253
Informatics: Applied Research Informatics Group

Abby Cosentino-Boehm, DrPH
Director of Clinical Research Operations
(312) 503-2306
Matthew Baumann
Developer
(312) 503-2345
Yulia Bushmanova
Senior Developer
(312) 503-2835
Pearl Go
Research Data Analyst
(312) 503-2389
Michael Gurley
Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer
(312) 503-2329
Linda Lewandosky
Senior User Support Specialist
(312) 503-2331
Jalpa Patel
Lead Developer
(312) 503-2316
Joseph Perkins
Senior User Support Specialist
(312) 503-5319
John Serafin
Systems Analyst/Programmer
(312) 503-4086
Todd Shamaly
Senior Project Manager
(312) 503-2321
Samer Sharba
Senior Developer
(312) 503-2329
Stacia Sliger
Administrative Assistant
(312) 503-1879
Eric Stanczyk
Senior User Support Specialist
(312) 503-2359
Laura Wimbiscus Yoon
Senior Project Manager
(312) 503-2319
Leticia Vega
Senior User Support Specialist
(312) 503-2827
Informatics: Center for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Abby Cosentino-Boehm, DrPH
Director of Clinical Research Operations
(312) 503-2306
Therese Nelson
Director, Socio-Tech Innovation
312-503-2353
Stacia Sliger
Administrative Assistant
(312) 503-1879
Center for Translational Innovation

Alicia Löffler, PhD
Executive Director, INVO, Center for Translational Innovation
(847) 491-4647

Alexandra de Paz, PhD
Assistant Director of New Ventures
(312) 503-2213
Galter Health Sciences Library
Northwestern Medicine Enterprise Data Warehouse
Quan Mai
Research Data Analyst Associate
(312) 694-0796
Anna Pawlowski
Senior Data Analyst
(312) 694-0776
Dan Schneider
Team Leader, Database
(312) 694-0819
Philip Silberman
Research Data Analyst
(312) 694-0767
Adam Frink
Research Data Analyst Associate
(312) 694-0805
Northwestern University Data & Analysis Coordinating Center

Denise Scholtens, PhD
Director, Northwestern University Data Analysis and Coordinating Center
Research Design and Analysis Methods Program
Team Science Program

Bonnie Spring, PhD
Director of the Team Science Program and Center for Behavioral Health
Megha Patel
Developer
(312) 503-6594
Voucher & Pilot Programs

Keith Herzog, MPPA
Administrative Director and Director, Trial Innovation Network Liaison Team
(312) 503-2383