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Clinical & Translational Science Center

Staff Directory

Contact Information

407 East 61st Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10065
Ph: 646-962-8302
Fax: 646-962-0534

Principal Investigator / Program Director

Julianne Imperato McGinley, MD

Phone:
212-746-6277
jimperat@med.cornell.edu

Executive Director

Dilcia Grenald, MPA

Phone:
646-962-8303
dgrenald@med.cornell.edu

Administration

William McGuinness

Financial Manager
Phone:
646-962-8306
wom2004@med.cornell.edu

Linda Baichoo

Administrative Manager
Phone:
646-962-8304
lib2013@med.cornell.edu

Informatics

Stephen Johnson, PhD

Program Director
Phone:
646-962-9403
johnsos@med.cornell.edu

Elizabeth Wood, MS

Director, Core Informatics Group
Phone:
646-962-8151
eawood@med.cornell.edu

Thomas Campion, PhD

Associate Director, Medical Informatics
Phone:
646-962-2345
thc2015@med.cornell.edu

Tatiana Peshansky

Sr. Systems Administrator
Phone:
646-962-8180
tapechtc@med.cornell.edu

Jessie Lee

Research Data Project Manager
Phone:
646-962-8158
jel2025@med.cornell.edu

Hamzad Persaud

IT Project Manager
Phone:
646-962-8164
hap2004@med.cornel.edu

Guilherme Ortiz

Sr. Programmer Analyst
Phone:
646-962-8151
guo2002@med.cornell.edu

Community Engagement & Research

Jennifer Tiffany, PhD

Program Director
jst5@cornell.edu

Lula Mae Phillips, RN, MED, MDiv, DMin

Community Engagement & Research Manager
Phone:
646-962-8314
lup2005@med.cornell.edu

Jifeng (Jeff) Zhu, MBA

Community Engagement & Research Manager
Phone:
646-962-8300
jez2003@med.cornell.edu

Education & Career Development

Julianne Imperato McGinley, MD

Director, Clinical and Translational Educational Program (CTEP)
Phone:
212-746-6277
jimperat@med.cornell.edu

Dean Bajorin, MD, FACP

Co-Director - KL2 Program
bajorin@MSKCC.org

Yuan Shan Zhu, MD, PhD

Co-Director - KL2 Program
Phone:
212-746-8348
yuz2002@med.cornell.edu

Olaf Sparre Andersen, MD

Co-Director - TL1 Program
sparre@med.cornell.edu

Anthony Brown, PhD

Co- Director - TL1 Program
amcbrown@med.cornell.edu

Mary Jo Ward, PhD

Trainee Ombudsman
mjward@med.cornell.edu

My Linh Novotny

Assistant Director, Programmatic Development
Phone:
646-962-8326
myn2001@med.cornell.edu

Pilot Programs

Andrew Dannenberg, MD

Co-Director, Pilot Programs
ajdannen@med.cornell.edu

Brian Kelly, PhD

Co-Director, Pilot Programs
Bjk2003@med.cornell.edu

Jesus Angulo, PhD

Co-Director, Pilot Programs - Hunter College
angulo@genectr.Hunter.Cuny.edu

Rodrigo Valles, PhD

Co-Director, Pilot Programs - Hunter College
rvalles@Hunter.Cuny.edu

Juan Cordero, MD

Protocol Review and Regulatory Manager
Phone:
646-962-8308
jcordero@med.cornell.edu

Biostatistics

Paul Christos, PhD

Program Director
Phone:
646-962-8018
pac2001@med.cornell.edu

Jaya Satagopan, PhD

Associate Program Director - MSKCC
satagopj@MSKCC.ORG

Stephen Lyman

Associate Program Director - HSS
Stl2017@med.cornell.edu

Weigang Qiu, PhD

Associate Program Director - Hunter
weigang@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Ethics & Regulatory Support

Inmaculada de Melo-Martin, PhD

Co- Director, Ethics and Regulatory Core
Phone:
646-962-8031
imd2001@med.cornell.edu

Joseph Fins, MD

Co-Director, Ethics and Regulatory Core
Phone:
212-746-4246
jjfins@med.cornell.edu

Juan Cordero, MD

Regulatory and Support Facilitator
Phone:
646-962-8308
jcordero@med.cornell.edu

Samantha Knowlton

Research Ethicist
Phone:
212 746 4254
sfk2002@med.cornell.edu

Alavy Sos, MS

Director, Institutional Review Board, IRB liaison
als2082@med.cornell.edu

Joseph Larkin

Protocol Review Manager, Liaison - MSKCC
larkinj@mskcc.org

Laura Godfrey

Manager, HRP Operations, Institutional Liaison - MSKCC
godfreyl@mskcc.org

Carolynn Julien, MA

Institutional Liaison - Hunter College
cjulien@hunter.cuny.edu

Kamala Mantha Thaler, CCRC

Manager, Clinical Research - HSS
manthathalerk@HSS.EDU

Clinical & Translational Resources

Marshall Glesby, MD

Associate Program Director
mag2005@med.cornell.edu

Neera Gupta, MD

Associate Program Director
neg9020@med.cornell.edu

Yuan Shan Zhu, MD, PhD

Core Laboratory Director
Phone:
212-746-8348
yuz2002@med.cornell.edu

Douglas Ballon, PhD

Director, Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Center
djb2001@med.cornell.edu

Barbra Hormann, RN

Nurse Manager
Phone:
212-746-5223
bhormann@nyp.org

Pankaj Patel

Research Manager, CTRU
Phone:
646-962-8154
pap9083@med.cornell.edu

Katie Hootman, PhD, RD, CDN

Director, Nutrition Unit
Phone:
212-746-1094

Trial & Recruitment Innovation

Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil

Program Director
Phone:
212-746-2584
clh2007@med.cornell.edu

Paul Sabbatini, MD

Associate Program Director - MSKCC
sabbatip@mskcc.org

Pankaj Patel

Manager, TIN/RIC
Phone:
646-962-8154
pap9083@med.cornell.edu

Evaluation

William Trochim, PhD

Director of Evaluation
Phone:
646-962-8150
wmt1@cornell.edu

Cathleen Maura Kane, MPA

Assistant Director of Evaluation
Phone:
646-962-8320
cmk42@cornell.edu
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