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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. All inquiries submitted through this form will be responded to by our NUCATS Navigator team. Clinical trial participants should visit our Participate in Clinical Research page for further contact information.

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

Keith Herzog, MPPA

Administrative Director and Director, Trial Innovation Network Liaison Team

keith.herzog( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2383

Cynthia Cruz

Associate Institute Administrator

cynthia.cruz( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-5815

Roger Anderson

Director of Marketing and Communications

roger-anderson( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2903

Amanda Zhou

Senior Research Administrator

cuiping.zhou( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2205

Kena Jackson

Financial Assistant

shakena.jackson( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2307

Diana Webb

Program Assistant

diana.webb( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-1709

NUCATS Navigator

Toddie Hays

Senior Research Navigator

patricia.hays( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2308

Center for Clinical Research

Michael Ison, MD MS

Director, CCR

mgison( at )northwestern.edu

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Kelsey Richey

Associate Director, Clinical Operations

kelsey.richey( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2227

Mary Beth Blocher

Program Assistant

mary.blocher( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2093

Rose Broccolo

Regulatory Coordinator

rose.broccolo( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-5647

Vic Caterina

Regulatory Manager

vic.caterina( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-1508

Elizabeth Garcia

Program Administrator

elizabeth.garcia1( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2225

Christian Heck

Financial Coordinator

christian.heck( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2268

James Kim

Financial Administrator

james.kim2( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2271

Michell Kim

Regulatory Coordinator

michell.kim( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2229

Sharnia Lashley

Senior Regulatory Coordinator

sharnia.lashley( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-4128

Nellie Perez

Program Coordinator

nellie.perez( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2219

Fujan Simorgh

Financial Assistant

fujan.simorgh( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2272

Tina Ward

Clinical Research Project Manager

tina.ward( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2068

Sherri Willoughby, RN, MSN

Manager, Clinical Research Unit

swilloug( at )nm.org

(312) 694-4898

Center for Community Health

Namratha Kandula, MD, MPH

Co-Director, Center for Community Health

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Darius Tandon, PhD

Co-Director, Center for Community Health

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Jen F Brown, MPH

Director, Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities

jenbrown( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2942

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Josefina Serrato

Consultation Manager, Stakeholder-Academic Resource Panels

josefina.serrato( at )northwestern.edu

312-503-3363

Amanda Venables

Administrator, Northwestern Primary Care Practice-Based Research Program

amanda.venables( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-0854

Ariel Thomas

ARCC Community Engagement Liaison

arielthomas( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 380-9151

Jessica Johnson

Senior Program Administrator, Dissemination and Implementation

jessica.johnson01( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-6808

Marquita Lewis-Thames, PhD, MPH, MS

marquita.lewis-thames( at )northwestern.edu

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Center for Education & Career Development

Mercedes Carnethon, PhD

Co-Director, Center for Education and Career Development

carnethon( at )northwestern.edu

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Ravi Kalhan, MD

Co-Director, Center for Education and Career Development

r-kalhan( at )northwestern.edu

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Emily Traw

Assistant Director, CECD

emily.traw( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-7942

Christine Charles

Senior Project Coordinator

christine.charles( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-3284

Olivia Griffin

Content Coordinator

olivia.griffin( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2274

Jason Kniss

Training Specialist - Instructional Design

jason-kniss( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-5811

Nicole Masen

Program Administrator CRPT

n-masen( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-3337

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: Applied Research Informatics Group

Firas Wehbe, MD, PhD

ARIG Director, Chief Research Informatics Officer

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Justin Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI

CBIDS Director

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Abby Cosentino-Boehm, PhD

Director of Clinical Research Operations

(312) 503-2306

Yuan Luo, PhD

Chief AI Officer

yuan.luo( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-5742

Faculty Profile

Nicholas Soulakis, PhD

Director of Data Science Services

nicholas.soulakis( at )northwestern.edu

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Matthew Baumann

ARIG Developer

matthew.baumann( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2345

Yulia Bushmanova

ARIG Senior Developer

y-bushmanova( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2835

Pearl Go

ARIG Research Data Analyst

pearl.go( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2389

Charlotte Kissinger

ARIG Developer

charlotte.kissinger( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-3820

Linda Lewandosky

ARIG Senior User Support Specialist

linda.lewandosky1( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2331

Jalpa Patel

ARIG Lead Developer

jalpa-patel( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2316

Joseph Perkins

ARIG Senior User Support Specialist

joseph.perkins( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-5319

Tara Radford

Research Data Analyst

tara.radford( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-4878

John Serafin

ARIG Systems Analyst/Programmer

j-serafin( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-4086

Todd Shamaly

ARIG Senior Project Manager

t-shamaly( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2321

Samer Sharba

ARIG Senior Developer

samer.sharba( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2329

Stacia Sliger

ARIG and CBIDS Administrative Assistant

stacia.sliger( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-1879

Eric Stanczyk

ARIG Senior User Support Specialist

eric.stanczyk( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2359

Laura Wimbiscus Yoon

ARIG Senior Project Manager

l-wimbiscus( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2319

Leticia Vega

ARIG Senior User Support Specialist

leticia.vega( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2827

Informatics: Center for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Justin Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI

CBIDS Director

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Abby Cosentino-Boehm, DrPH

Director of Clinical Research Operations

(312) 503-2306

Stacia Sliger

Administrative Assistant

stacia.sliger( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-1879

Nicholas Soulakis, PhD

Director of Data Science Services

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Yuan Luo, PhD

Chief AI Officer

yuan.luo( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-5742

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Center for Translational Innovation

Alicia Löffler, PhD

Executive Director, INVO, Center for Translational Innovation

a-loffler( at )northwestern.edu

(847) 491-4647

Alexandra de Paz, PhD

Assistant Director of New Ventures

alexandra.depaz( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2213

Galter Health Sciences Library

Kristi Holmes, PhD

Director, Galter Health Sciences Library

kristi.holmes( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-1906

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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

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Research Design and Analysis Methods Program

Leah Welty, PhD

BERD Director

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Team Science Program

Bonnie Spring, PhD

Director of the Team Science Program and Center for Behavioral Health

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Megha Patel

Developer

megha.patel( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-6594

Angela Pfammatter, PhD

312 503 1574

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Voucher & Pilot Programs

Keith Herzog, MPPA

Administrative Director and Director, Trial Innovation Network Liaison Team

keith.herzog( at )northwestern.edu

(312) 503-2383