CTSI - Key Persons


Ainsley Snow

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Manager

Alex Shcheglovitov

Job Titles:
  • Director, CTRC ( Home Dept: Neurobiology )

Angela Presson

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director, TRIAD

Angie Fagerlin

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director, STARS
Co-Director, STARS T32 and R25 BRIDGE-UP HBCU (Home Dept: Population Health Sciences)

Annelise Vorkink

Job Titles:
  • QA / QC Navigator

Anthea Letsou

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Human Genetics Co - Director, MSCI Program

Ashley Kapron

Job Titles:
  • Administration
  • Director of Research and Science Operations

Blaire Davis

Job Titles:
  • Grants Accounting Officer

Breanne Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Pilot Program & Grants and Contracts Officer

Clara Pelfrey

Job Titles:
  • Program Evaluation Director, Case Western Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative

Colin Maguire

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Manager, CTRC

Cooper Atkinson

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst

Daming Song

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director for Finance
  • Associate Director, Accounting & Finance

Daniel Leung

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, STARS
Associate Director, STARS T32 & R25 BRIDGE-UP HBCU (Home Dept: Internal Medicine)

David W. Wetter

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, PET
Associate Director, PET (Home Dept: Population Health Sciences)

Dholani Perera

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Compliance Manager

Dixie D. Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Director, Research & Science - CRU

Evan Heller

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Site Monitor
  • University of Utah in 2018 As a Research Assistant
Evan joined the University of Utah in 2018 as a Research Assistant and worked his way up to Clinical Research Coordinator prior to joining the CRSO QA team as a Clinical Site Monitor. He is passionate about the research being conducted at the University, and aims to support study teams in their efforts by providing oversight, guidance, and training. Patient safety and data integrity are at the core of his research interests. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with friends and family, cooking, writing, exploring Utah's great outdoors, and gaming.

Grace McComsey

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Research, University Hospitals Health System - Case Center for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Gretchen Seipp-Inman

Job Titles:
  • Senior Regulatory Coordinator / EReg Coordinator

Ingrid Nygaard

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
Associate Director of K12 & R01 Writing Groups (Home Dept: Obstetrics and Gynecology)

J. Robinson Singleton

Job Titles:
  • Director, CRU
Director, CRU; Co-Lead, Pilots Program & RSA Committee (Home Dept: Neurology)

Jaci Skidmore

Job Titles:
  • Director, Clinical Research Support Office
  • Director, CRSO
Dholani started working in clinical research at the University of Utah in 2005 and have been in various positions since then. She enjoys the regulatory and compliance aspects of research the most and learns something new every day. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, hiking, long walks and cooking.

Jamie P. Dwyer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of​ Clinical Research​, CRSO, Medical Director
  • Medical Director, CRSO
Medical Director, CRSO; Associate Dean of Clinical Research, University of Utah Health (Home Dept: Internal Medicine)

Jennifer Zitterkoph

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Grants and Contracts

Joel Tsevat

Job Titles:
  • Director, Center for Research to Advance Community Health - University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School

Jonna Lee Davis

Jonna has over 23 years of experience working with the FDA, beginning in regulatory compliance in drug development at a biotech company and then moving over to academic clinical research in 2003. She has been in the role of IND/IDE Specialist at the University of Utah since 2016. Jonna has extensive experience developing, coordinating, and implementing research strategies essential to the successful management of FDA meetings, Investigational New Drug (IND) applications for preliminary studies, Phase I, II, III, and/or IV clinical trials and Investigational Device Exemptions (IDE). She offers high-level expertise, guidance, and support to investigators by reviewing, developing, and submitting applications to the FDA to support sponsor-investigator INDs and IDEs, and managing active IND and IDEs and IND/IDE closures. Outside of work, Jonna enjoys time with her family, the outdoors, camping, and exploring.

Joyce C. Havstad

Job Titles:
  • Director, Research

Julie H. Shakib

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics Co - Director, MSCI Program

Julio C. Facelli

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, BMIC ( Home Dept: Biomedical Informatics )

Katherine Luzuriaga

Job Titles:
  • Vice Provost for Research PI Director, University of Masschusetts Center for Clinical & Translational Science

Katty Youd

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Keke Fairfax

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director, STARS
Co-Director, STARS T32 & R25 BRIDGE-UP HBCU (Home Dept: Bioscience)

Kellie E. Brown

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor II

Kimberly Pickens

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Kristen Bell

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Laura James

Job Titles:
  • Director, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Translational Research Institute

Lindsay Vargo

Job Titles:
  • Training and Development Coordinator

Lisa Stock

Job Titles:
  • Research Billing Specialist

Louisa A. Stark

Co-Lead, Pilots Program & RSA Committee (Home Dept: Human Genetics)

Lyalya Sultanova

Job Titles:
  • Post Award Grants and Contracts Officer, Training Career and Development Programs

Mariessa Turner

Job Titles:
  • Training & Development Coordinator

Mark A. Supiano

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair, CTSA Lifespan Integration Enterprise Committee

Marlyn Galindo

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Acct & Finance

Maureen Murtaugh

Job Titles:
  • Director
Director, K12 Program & R01 Writing Groups (Home Dept: Internal Medicine)

Michael Varner

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
Associate Director, R01 Writing Groups & K12 Program (Home Dept: Obstetrics And Gynecology)

Nate O'Neil

Job Titles:
  • Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Nate Tevlin

Job Titles:
  • Information Coordinator

Rachel Hess

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director, CTSA Co
CTSI Co-Director, CTSA Co-PI; AVP for Research, University of Utah Health (Home Dept: Population Health Sciences and Internal Medicine)

Ram Gouripeddi

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Informatics, BMIC

Randy Madsen

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations, BMIC

Rebecca Bryan

Job Titles:
  • Grants and Contracts Officer

Rebekah Hendon

Job Titles:
  • Intake and Navigation Manager
Rebekah Hendon, BS, is the Intake and Navigation Manager for the Utah CTSI. She has been with the CTSI since 2015. She previously supported the CTSI's Service Recharge Centers and their billing processes. In addition, Rebekah has provided administrative support for the CTSI Co-Directors, Faculty and Staff, gaining a thorough understanding of the Utah CTSI.

Sara Knight

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director, CCET

Sarah Ward

Job Titles:
  • Budget Planning Analyst

Shaylee Scott

Job Titles:
  • Program Assistant

Spencer Jensen

Job Titles:
  • Grants Accounting Officer

Taylor Mathie

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Site Monitor

Tom H. Greene

Job Titles:
  • Director, TRIAD
Director, TRIAD (Home Dept: Population Health Sciences)

Tonya Edvalson

Job Titles:
  • CRSO Operations Manager

Trent Matheson

Job Titles:
  • Director, Continuous Quality Improvement, Tracking, and Evaluation
  • Lead, Continuous Quality, Improvement, Tracking & Evaluation ( CITE )