Directory

Dan Cooper, MD

Director

dcooper@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-3350

Andria Pontello Meyer, MBA

Administrator

apontell@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-3353

Sarah Cushing-Britigan,
MA

HR and Finance Manager

scushing@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-3577

Erika Whitton

Administrative Staff

ewhitton@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-3350

Joseph Wu

Programmer Analyst

wuf@hs.uci.edu

(714) 456-3621

Joni Ricks-Oddie, PhD, MPH

Director

jricksod@uci.edu

Tuyen Hoang, PhD

Assistant Director

tuyenh1@hs.uci.edu

Anton Palma, PhD, MPH

Principal Biostatistician

palmaa@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-7422

Dara Sorkin, PhD

Community Engagement Director

dsorkin@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-0149

Robynn Zender, MS

Community Engagement Manager

rzender@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-3160

Pam Pimentel, RN

ICTS Community Representative

pimentep@uci.edu

Jacqueline Tran

ICTS Community Representative

jackie.tran@gmail.com

Miriam Bender, PhD

D&I Co-Director

miriamb@uci.edu

(949) 824-6181

Stephen Schueller, PhD

D&I Co-Director

s.schueller@uci.edu

(949) 824-3850

April Bagaporo, MBA

D&I Manager

abagapor@hs.uci.edu

(714) 456-7524

Vince Caiozzo, PhD

NRSA/Mentored Career Development Co-Director

vjcaiozz@uci.edu

(949) 824-5571

Oladele Ogunseitan, MPH, PhD

Workforce Development Director

oladele.ogunseitan@uci.edu

(949) 824-6350

Harinder Singh, PhD

Workforce Development Co-Director

harinder.singh@uci.edu

Behnoosh Afghani, MD

Medical Scholarly Program Director

bafghani@hs.uci.edu

(714) 456-5726

Brooke Piercy, MA

Workforce Development Manager

piercyb@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-3173

Marguerite Klumb

Training Programs Manager

mklumb@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-3351

Michael Demetriou, MD, PhD

Mentored Career Development Co-Director

mdemetri@uci.edu

(949) 824-9775

Elizabeth Head, PhD

NRSA Co-Director

heade@uci.edu

(949) 824-1225

Margaret Schneider, PhD

Evaluation Director

margaret.schneider@uci.edu

(949) 824-8853

Lisa B. Jones, MA

Evaluation Manager

lbj@uci.edu

(949) 824-2198

Eric Slack

Evaluation Data Analyst

eslack1@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-3356

Kai Zheng, PhD

Informatics Director

kai.zheng@uci.edu

(949) 824-6920

Padhraic Smyth, BE, PhD

Data Science Lead

p.smyth@uci.edu

(949) 824-2558

Yunan Chen, PhD

Education Lead

yunanc@uci.edu

(949) 824-0959

Scott Rudkin, MD, MBA

Health System Liaison

srudkin@hs.uci.edu

(714) 456-2916

Alessandro (Alex) Ghigi, MCSE

Informatics Specialist

aghigi@hs.uci.edu

(949) 491-2473

Margaret Schneider, PhD

Pilot Grant Director

margaret.schneider@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-8853

April Bagaporo, MBA

Pilot Grant Manager

abagapor@hs.uci.edu

(714) 456-7524

Josh Grill, PhD

Accrual and Retention Consult Service (ARCS) Director

jgrill@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-5905

Adrijana Gombosev, MS

Accrual and Retention Consult Service (ARCS) Manager

agombose@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-5265

Daniela Bota, MD, PhD

PCI Director

dbota@hs.uci.edu

(714) 456-7214

Ruth Mulnard,
DNSc

PCI Faculty

ramulnar@uci.edu

Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD

Regulatory Knowledge and Support Director

kglinden@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-0606

Uma Rao, MBBS

Special Populations Lead

umar@hs.uci.edu

(714) 602-0442

Frank Zaldivar, PhD

Special Populations Faculty

fpzaldiv@hs.uci.edu

(714) 456-6914

Leigh Turner, PhD

Ethics Leader

leigh.turner@uci.edu

Maritza Salazar, PhD

Team Science Director

maritza.salazar@uci.edu

(949) 824-6127

Daniel Stokols, PhD

Team Science Faculty

dstokols@uci.edu

(949) 824-5294

Tahseen Mozaffar, MD

TIC Director

mozaffar@hs.uci.edu

(714) 456-2332

Lisa Hinojosa, MPH

Research Development Manager

lisahino@hs.uci.edu

(714) 456-3379