Children's National Research Institute

Kerstin Hildebrandt, MSHS

Vice President, Research Administration | Children’s National Research Institute

Natheer Samarraie, MSPN, PMP

Operations Manager, Research Administration | Children’s National Research Institute

Faizah Gillen

Project Manager, Research Administration | Children’s National Research Institute

Nathan Schlabach

Operations Lead, Research Administration | Children’s National Research Institute

William-Jose Velez Gonzalez

Research Digital Communications Lead | Children’s National Research Institute

Colby Rymes

Operations Coordinator, Research Administration | Children’s National Research Institute

Planning Committee

Kenta Umetsu, MS​

Research Facility & Biosafety Director | Biosafety Officer | Children’s National Research Institute

Stephanie Bair​

Director, Research Business Office | Children’s National Research Institute

Julie Butler

Vice President of Development | Children's National Hospital Foundation

Danielle Dooley, MD, MPhil, FAAP

Medical Director, Community Affairs and Population Health| Children’s National Hospital

Pamela S. Hinds, RN, PhD, FAAN

The William and Joanne Conway Chair in Nursing Research | Executive Director, Department of Nursing Science, Professional Practice, and Quality Outcomes | Research Integrity Officer | Children's National Research Institute

Carmen Mendez

Vice President of Finance and Academic Administration, Grants & Contracts | Children's National Research Institute

Anthony Sandler, MD

Senior Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief, Joseph E. Robert, Jr. Center for Surgical Care | Children's National Hospital | Director, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation | Children's National Research Institute

Eric Vilain, MD, PhD

A. James Clark Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics | Director, Center for Genetic Medicine Research Children's Research Institute | Professor and Chair, Department of Genomics and Precision Medicine | George Washington University

Priti Bhansali, MD

Director, Children's Academy of Pediatric Educators | Associate Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship | Hospitalist | Children's National Hospital

Eileen Engh, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NE-BC, CPN

The Department of Nursing Science, Professional Practice, and Quality | Nursing Research & Translation | Nursing Research and Development Program Manager | Children's National Hospital

Leandra Godoy, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Diana L. and Stephen A. Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health | Program Manager | Child Health Advocacy Institute | Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Infant and Toddler Mental Health Program | Children's National Hospital

Michelle Budd

Staff Assistant | Community Health Advocacy Institute | Children's National Hospital

Manelle Ramadan

Research Technician I | Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation | Children's National Hospital

Catherine Bollard, MD, MBChB

Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine | George Washington University | Director, Center for Cancer and Immunology Research | Director, Program for Cell Enhancement and Technologies for Immunotherapy | Children's National Research Institute

Julia DeAngelo, MPH

Program Manager, School Strategies | Community Affairs and Population Health| Children's National Hospital

Chelsea Dobson, MSHAL

GME Data Analyst Lead | Children's National Hospital

Kathy Ferrer, MD AAHIVS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics | George Washington University | Specialist | Division of Hospital Medicine | HIV Prevention and Treatment Program, Division of Infection Diseases | | Education Lead | Global Health Initiative | Children's National Hospital

Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, MD

McGehee Joyce Professor of Pediatrics | Associate VP for Clinical and Translational Research | George Washington University | Director, Center for Translational Science | Director, CTSI-CN | Children's National Hospital

Annie Fulton

Center Manager | Center for Translational Research | Children's National Research Institute

PR & Marketing

Valeria Sabaté

Senior Communications Specialist, Research and Innovation | Marketing and Communications| Children's National Hospital

Kate Forte

Director, Digital Strategy & Integration | Children's National Hospital

Information Technology

Kofi Afihene, Oracle DBA Certified

Database Solutions Architect | The Bear Institute | Cerner Corporation | Children's National Hospital

Mohammad S Khan, MS

R & D DevOps Engineer | Children's National Research Institute | Children's National Hospital

Gulshan Mehta, CPHIMS

Director, IT Strategy and PMO | The Bear Institute | Cerner Corporation | Children's National Hospital

Mike Brown

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst | ITWx Cerner App Mgmt, Bear Institute | Children's National Hospital

Junyan (John) Li, MCSE: SI & Cloud P&I, MCTS: SCCM2012, ITIL, VCP5-DCV

System Architect | The Bear Institute | Cerner Corporation | Cerner Corporation |Children's National Hospital

Val Levin, MCSA,MCTS

Team Lead | Lead System Engineer | The Bear Institute | Cerner Corporation | Children's National Hospital

Hao Jiang, LPIC-3; CCNA; ITIL Foundation

Systems Engineer | The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation | Children's National Research Institute |Children's National Hospital

Srinivas Varanasi

Project Manager, R&D Dev/Ops Engineer, Children's National Health System | Children's National Research Institute |Children's National Hospital