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