The Ellison Medical Institute values emotional intelligence and communication with empathy and respect for others. We seek to build a diverse group of people who are curious, have a deep sense of responsibility and the grit needed to achieve excellence.

We believe that an inclusive, collaborative team environment is just as important to our mission as stethoscopes and microscopes. We strive to always provide employees a supportive atmosphere so they feel confident taking creative risks toward innovation.

David Agus, MD

David Agus, MD

Founding CEO

Lisa M. Flashner, JD, CPA

Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Anna Barker

Anna Barker, PhD

Chief Strategy Officer
Jerry-Lee

Jerry S.H. Lee, PhD

Chief Science & Innovation Officer

Shannon M. Mumenthaler, PhD

Chief Translational Research Officer

Reva Basho, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Jason Bowman

Chief Financial Officer

Andrea Armani, PhD

Senior Director

Physical Sciences and Engineering

Mitchell E. Gross, MD, PhD

Faculty and Senior Director

Clinical Translational Program

Kian Kani, PhD

Faculty and Senior Director

Education and Outreach

Naim Matasci, PhD

Senior Director

Applied AI Research

Gabriel Seidman, DrPH

Senior Director

Policy & Strategy

McKenzie Thomas, JD

Senior Director

Business Operations

Katrina Barron

Director

Foundation & Engagement

Olga Caste­llanos, CCRP

Director

Clinical Research

Jonathan Katz, PhD

Faculty and Director

Molecular Analytics

Roopali-Malhotra

Roopali Malhotra, JD, MBe

Director

Legal Affairs

Erika McClain, MS

Head of People

Human Resources

Parisa Mirzadehgan, MPH, MHDS, CCRP

Director

Clinical Trials

Katherin Patsch, PhD

Director

Drug Discovery

Martin Purschke, PhD

Director

Lab Operations

Kelly San­toro, MMSc, PA-C

Faculty and Director

Clinical Operations

Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD

Visiting Member

Ryan Alch

Lead

Information Technology

Ahmad Alkasir, DrPH

Program Manager

Policy

Charlie Ambrose

Research Lab Technician

Lab Operations

Ivanna Anariba

Administrative Coordinator

Facilities

Rifat Ahmmed Aoni, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

Physical Sciences and Engineering

Daoud Arif

Associate

Clinical Research

Sammay Azhand

Laboratory Manager

Lab Operations

Roi Bagsic

Quality Control Analyst

Lab Operations

Lisa Blackwell, MS

Purchasing Manager

Finance

Tom Booth

Manager, IT Operations

Information Technology

Frank Callari

Interim Director

Information Technology

Ethan Canfield

Research Lab Specialist

Mass Spectrometry

Lisa Caparra

Clinical Associate

Ellison Clinic

Sandy Chautran

Director

Finance

Xingyao Chen

Manager

Data Science

Helen Choi

Research Lab Technician

Convergence Systems Research

Brandon Choi

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

Erin Choi

Manager

Ellison Clinic

Jacqueline Chu, MPAP, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Ellison Clinic

Abby Coleman

Associate Computational Biologist

AI & Advanced Molecular Medicine

McKenna Collins

Events Administrative Specialist

Operations

Ivan Copelli

Production Specialist

Information Technology

Irene Crowe

Senior Executive Assistant

Operations

Larry Curie, Jr

Facilities Systems Technician

Facilities

Luciana Custer

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

Francesca D'Annunzio

Clinical Associate

Ellison Clinic

Kruttika Dabke, PhD

Research Scientist

Metabolomics Data

Jordan Davis

Lab Assistant

Facilities

Michael Doche, PhD

Manager

Cell Line Team

Mary Duong, PA-C

Physician Assistant & Clinical Lab Supervisor

Ellison Clinic

Issa Esaid

Quality Assurance Manager

Lab Operations

Stacey Finley, PhD

Visiting Member

Stanley Flores

Senior Financial Analyst

Finance

Emma Fong, PhD

Research Scientist

Convergence Systems Research

Eileen Fung, PhD

Principal Scientist

Translational Research

Dana Goldman, PhD

Visiting Member

Bethany Haliday

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

Caitlin Hastings, BSN

Registered Nurse

Ellison Clinic

Edwin Heredia, PhD

Manager

AI & Advanced Molecular Medicine

Danny Hillis

Visiting Member

Danielle Hixon, MS

Project Coordinator

Facilities

Yu-Kai Huang, PhD

Microscopy Operation Engineer

Translational Research

Mickey Huang

Research Lab Specialist

Drug Discovery

LaRon Hughes, PhD

Biocurator

AI & Advanced Molecular Medicine

Beverly Ikwueme, BSN

Registered Nurse

Ellison Clinic

Angelica Ilagan

Coordinator

Communications

Jillian Infusino, DrPH, MPH, CHES

Program Manager

Business Operations

Jenny Jang, MS

Research Lab Technician

Convergence Systems Research

Thomas Jonsson, PhD

Senior Program Manager

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Darren Kessner, PhD

Software Engineer

AI & Advanced Molecular Medicine

Seungil Kim, PhD

Manager

Translational Research

Hanaa Knaneh, MSc, MBA

Project Manager

Drug Discovery

Pratiksha Kshetri, MS

Research Lab Technician

Cell Line Team

Bianca A. Lacson, MA

Manager

Education & Outreach

Brittany Lanham

Clinical Associate

Ellison Clinic

Roy Lau

Research Lab Specialist

Cell Line Team

Clifton Leaf

Visiting Member

Jiajun Lei, PhD

Research Scientist

AI & Advanced Molecular Medicine

Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD, FACP

Visiting Member

Chun-Peng Liao, PhD

Research Scientist

Convergence Systems Research

Marko Lilic

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

Jackie Lopez

Medical Assistant

Ellison Clinic

Vaidhyanathan Mahaganapathy, PhD

Computational Biologist

AI & Advanced Molecular Medicine

Bayan Mahgoub

Bayan Mahgoub

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

LaShon Malone

Senior Executive Assistant

Operations

Brandon Materna

Associate Project Specialist

Business Operations

Trish McDonnell

Registered Nurse

Ellison Clinic

Charles McKenna, PhD

Visiting Member

Iris Megiris

Manager

Business Operations

Melissa Melgoza

Executive Assistant

Operations

Yasaman Moradi

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

Paul Newton, PhD

Visiting Member

Vern Norviel

Visiting Member

Kate O’Brien, PhD, RBP (ABSA)

Senior Manager

Environmental Health and Safety

Ken Okajima

Senior Manager

IT Production

Mahsa Pahlavan, MS

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

John Paine

Junior AI Research Engineer

AI and Advanced Molecular Medicine

Shiva Patre, MS

AI Research Engineer

AI and Advanced Molecular Medicine

Jack Paulson

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems

Rachel Perez

Research Lab Specialist

Convergence Systems

Michael Press, MD, PhD

Visiting Member

Shirley Razdoroff

Controller

Finance

Ana Rocha, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, AOCNP

Nurse Practitioner

Ellison Clinic

Nicole Rudin

Coordinator

Clinical Research

Cara Sake, PhD

Chemical and Biological Engineer Scientist

AI and Advanced Molecular Medicine

Lexie Scholtz, MS

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

Tiffany Schulz, BN, OCN

Registered Nurse

Ellison Clinic

Sam Shafiee

Lead Clinical Associate

Ellison Clinic

Curran Shah

Curran Shah

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

Denisse Sibrian

Research Technician

Clinical Research

Brianna Simental

Research Lab Technician

Clinical Research

Fakhar Singhera

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

Soheil Soltani, PhD

Research Scientist

Digital Microscopy

Carly Strelez, PhD

Manager

Organ-on-a-Chip Team

Ruojiao Sun

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

Jaclyn Taft

Associate Director

Staff Operations

Brian Tran

Data Specialist

Clinical Research

Michael Trejo

Lead

Facilities Operation

Kylie Trettner

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

Carolyn Tsao, MBA

Senior Manager

Human Resources

Nolan Ung, PhD

Senior Manager

Data Management & Analytics

Armando Urbina

Armando Urbina

Graduate Assistant

Convergence Systems Research

Antonio Waller

Accounts Payable Specialist

Finance

Anna Williamson

Manager

Communications

Ah Young Yoon

Research Lab Specialist

Molecular Analytics

Julianne Yu, MSHI

Manager

Information Systems

Yuyuan Zhou, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

Microscopy

Helen Zukoski-Bartlett

Research Lab Technician

Cell Line Team

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