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Meet our Faculty and Staff

Our faculty and staff are dedicated to the safe and ethical conduct of clinical trials.

Faculty

Our faculty members are experts in clinical research and their infectious disease areas of interest.  They are also vaccinologists, teachers, scientists and licensed health care professionals.  They use their expertise both individually and collaboratively to lead scientifically and ethically sound clinical research trials at the CIR. Visit their faculty pages to learn more about their work and areas of interest.

Anna Durbin
Professor
International Health

Anna Durbin, MD, studies experimental vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, dengue, West Nile, Zika, malaria, and more in human clinical trials and in controlled human infection studies.

David Sack
Professor
International Health

David Sack, MD ’68, is working to eliminate cholera and other enteric infections as public health problems in Africa and Asia using targeted and effective vaccines.

Subhra Chakraborty
Associate Professor
International Health

Subhra Chakraborty, PhD, MPH ’13, MSc, leads research to eliminate mortality and reduce morbidity due to infectious diseases by using improved diagnostics, epidemiology, and vaccines.

Staff

Each CIR staff member is dedicated to the safe and ethical conduct of our clinical research studies.

Rachel Adkinson, MHA

Research Associate

Alfreda Anderson, MDIV, BS

Sr. Regulatory Compliance Monitoring Specialist

Madeleine Blunt, RN

Research Nurse

Jakob Boeye, BA

Research Program Coordinator

Lanisha Burke, AA

Portfolio Manager

Bertha Carter

Adminstrative Secretary

Kathryn Chang, RN, BSN

Sr. Research Nurse

Annie Ciambruschini, RN, BSN

Sr. Research Nurse

Christine Council-Dibitetto, RN, BSN

Research Nurse

Barbara DeNearing, RN, BSN

Sr. Research Nurse Coordinator

Kamal Dhanjani, PA-C

Physician Assistant Manager

Charisse Dorsey

Research Program Coordinator

Sabrina Drayton, BS

Communications Associate

Samantha Dunn, RN

Research Nurse

Xi (Jesse) Fang, MS

Sr. Research Specialist II

Bridgett Finley, RN, BSN

Sr. Research Nurse

Milena Gatto, RN

Sr. Research Nurse

Tina Ghasri, BS

Sr. Research Specialist

Rachel Hampton, RN, MSN

Sr. Research Nurse

Huili (Helen) He

Sr. Research Specialist

Kristi Herbert, BSN, MSN, CRNP-F, CCRP

Sr. Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Farah Jeong, RN, MSN, MPH

Sr. Research Nurse

Maria Jordan, RN, BSN

Sr. Research Nurse

Karen Loehr, RN, BSN, CCRP

Sr. Research Nurse

Lourdes Lopez Avelar

Research Program Assistant II

Megan McKnight, MS, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Jeffrey Mayfield, MS

Sr. Research Specialist

Jason Morsell

Research Program Coordinator

Lina Moscarella, MSN, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner

Dilbur Nurmemet

Sr. Research Specialist

Jennifer Oliva, MS

Sr. Research Specialist II

Leslie Phillips, RN

Research Nurse

Ruby Pritchett, BA

Research Program Coordinator

Sarah Sampson, MSN, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner Clinical Manager

Jocelyn San Mateo, BSN, MSN, CRNP-F, CCRP

Sr. Family Nurse Practitioner

Shone Sterner

Research Program Assistant II

Courtney Swisher, RN, BSN

Sr. Research Nurse

Jennifer Tucker, RN, BSN

Research Nurse

Michael Turner, MT (AAB), MS

Sr. Research Specialist

Cathleen Weadon, RN, BSN

Clinical Nurse II

Sheila Williams, RN

Research Nurse

Paula Williams-Soro

Research Program Assistant

Suzanne Woods, BSN, MSN, CRNP-P, CCRP

Pediatric Clinical Research Nurse Manager

Aislinn Woody, RN, PhD

Sr. Research Nurse