LEADERSHIP
Arlene Brown, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research (GIM and HSR)
Chief of GIM and HSR at Olive View
UC Los Angeles
ABrown@mednet.ucla.edu | MCoffee@mednet.ucla.edu
Dan M. Cooper, MD
Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Science
UC Irvine
dcooper@uci.edu | ewhitton@uci.edu
714-456-2317
Gary S. Firestein, MD
Director, Clinical and Translational Research Institute
Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor of Translational Medicine
UC San Diego
gfirestein@ucsd.edu | transmed@ucsd.edu
858-822-0480
Michael Hogarth, MD, FACMI, FACP
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Clinical and Translational Research
Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Clinical Research Information Officer (CRIO)
UC San Diego
mihogarth@health.ucsd.edu
Vanessa Jacoby, MD, MAS
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research (AVC-CR)
UC San Francisco
415-514-8299
Arash Naeim, MD
Co-Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics and Hematology-Oncology
Professor of Bioengineering
Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Research
UC Los Angeles
Tung Nguyen, MD
Co-Director, UCSF Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Endowed Chair in General Internal Medicine and Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA), UCSF
UC San Francisco
Tung.Nguyen@ucsf.edu | Susie.Kuo@ucsf.edu
415-235-4839
David “Davey” Smith, MD, MAS, FACP, FIDSA
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Clinical and Translational Research
Infectious Disease Specialist
Chief, Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego
d13smith@health.ucsd.edu | DSmith_Admin@health.ucsd.edu
415-235-4839
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Eric Vilain, MD, PhD
Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Science
UC Irvine
evilain@hs.uci.edu | ewhitton@uci.edu
310-980-6826
Mitchell Wong, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Clinical & Translational Science Institute
Program Leader, Workforce Development (KL2)
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research
UC Los Angeles
sdubinett@mednet.ucla.edu | WMGutierrez@mednet.ucla.edu
310-267-2725
Theodore Wun, MD - UC BRAID Chair
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Center
Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Chief of Hematology Oncology, VA N. CA Health Care System
Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology
UC Davis
twun@ucdavis.edu | camckay@ucdavis.edu
916-734-8012
SPECIAL ADVISORS & LIAISONS
Nicholas Anderson, PhD
Director of Informatics Research
Assoc. Professor, Health Informatics
UC Davis
nranderson@ucdavis.edu
916-703-6976
Atul Butte, MD, PhD
Director, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute
UC San Francisco
Chief Data Scientist, University of California Health
UC Health
atul.butte@ucsf.edu | andrew.jan@ucsf.edu
415-514-0528
Eric Mah, EdD, MHS
UC BRAID IRB Project Director
Associate Dean, Clinical & Translational Research
UC San Diego
emah@ucsd.edu | ctpmo@ucsd.edu
858-822-4700
UC BRAID TEAM
WORK GROUPS
Contracting
Erick Jenkins, UC Davis
Tam Tran, UC Irvine
Ann Ciminera, UC Los Angeles
Maria Rutecki, UC Los Angeles
Ursula Prins, UC Riverside
Sanaz Masha, UC San Diego
Sierra Clark, UC San
Francisco
Brian Russ, UC Office of the
President
Melissa Waver, UC UC Office of the President
Participant Recruitment
Fred Stevenson, UC Davis
Adrijana McFerran, UC Irvine
Joshua Grill, UC Irvine
Douglas Bell, UC Los Angeles
Antonia Petruse, UC Los Angeles
Molly Belinski, UC San Francisco
Ruth Gebrezghi, UC San Francisco
Katherine Connors, Stanford University
John Maul, Stanford University
IRB
John Tupin, UC Davis
Beverley Alberola, UC Irvine
Kristin Craun, UC Los Angeles
Ben Mooso, UC San Diego
Edward Kuczynski, UC San
Francisco
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