Our Staff
Our staff works for CHDI Management. CHDI Management provides administrative, management, and contracting services to CHDI Foundation, as well as to other non-profit organizations dedicated to HD research. CHDI Management has offices in Los Angeles CA, New York NY, and Princeton NJ.
Staff list
Jeff Aaronson Director, Bioinformatics |
Emilie Anderson, MSLIS E-Resources Librarian & Office Administrator |
Samantha Autar Clinical Research Program Manager |
Hoda Bahgat Program Manager |
Jonathan Bard, PhD Director, Molecular Pharmacology |
Ruth Basu Chief Administrative Officer |
Irina Batushansky Program Manager |
Vahri Beaumont, PhD Vice President, Preclinical Biology |
Paolo Beuzer, PhD Director, Translational Biomarkers |
Kate Bifulco, MBA Clinical Research Program Manager |
Crystal Blankenbaker Digital Technology Program Manager |
Robi Blumenstein President |
Martina Blumenthal, PhD Program Manager, Team Lead |
Braden Boone Program Manager |
Kiran Borkar, MPH Clinical Research Program Manager |
Julien Boudet, PhD Director, Computational Drug Discovery and Structural Biology |
Nicole Bracy-Johnson Clinical Research Program Manager |
Mark Burton Software Applications Manager |
Roger Cachope, MD, MS Director, Systems Neurobiology |
Nina Cerminaro Program Manager |
Richard Chen, PhD Director, Genome Engineering & Drug Discovery |
Jian Chen, PhD Director, Network Modeling & Bioinformatics |
Kinga Chrobak Clinical Research Program Manager |
Docia Demmin, PhD Director, Assessment Development |
Shilpa Deshpande, MBA Director, Clinical Operations - Enroll |
Anna Dickstein, MPH Clinical Research Program Manager |
Liz Doherty, PhD Director, Medicinal Chemistry |
Robert Doot, PhD Director, Molecular Neuroimaging |
Ken Duphiney Contracts Administrator |
Jennifer (Shapiro) Dziurzynski Program Manager, Team Lead |
Illona Feldman Clinical Research Program Manager |
Dan Felsenfeld, PhD Director, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine |
Michael Finley, PhD Director, Target Validation and Drug Discovery |
Darren Freeman Data Manager |
Rebecca Fuller, PhD Vice President, Clinical Outcomes |
Evelyn Galstian Program Manager, Contract Finance & Operations |
Anju Gangadharan, PhD Director, Clinical Biorepository |
Emily Gantman, PhD Vice President |
Fan Gao, MBA Program Manager |
Doneshia Garner Program Manager |
Evan Garonzik Clinical Research Program Manager |
Tamara Gillot Clinical Research Program Manager |
Deborah Guest, PhD Director, Clinical Statistics |
Jamie Hamilton, PhD Director, Clinical Outcome Assessments |
Tasir Haque, PhD Director, Medicinal Chemistry |
Todd Herbst Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics Program Manager |
Stephen Horvath, MBA Clinical Research Program Manager |
David Howland, PhD Vice President, Preclinical Biology |
Brianna Jackson Office Administrator |
Kristin Jenkins Meetings & Events Manager |
Ayisha Jones Office Administrator |
Natallia Kalinava, PhD Director, Clinical Wet Biomarkers Discovery |
Julia Keklak, MS Clinical Research Program Manager, Biorepository |
Alison Khan Talent Manager |
Omar Khasawneh Clinical Research Program Manager |
Vinod Khetarpal, PhD Director, DMPK |
Jannie Kim, MPH Clinical Research Program Manager |
John King Finance Administrator |
Abby Korintus, MBA Program Manager |
Seung Kwak, PhD Director, Molecular Systems |
Brenda Lager Platform Lead, In Vivo Biomaterials Management |
Oxana Lavrova, MBA Program Manager, Team Lead |
Ramee Lee, PhD Director, Molecular Networks |
Jamie Levey, MBA Co-Director, Clinical Research Platform* |
Sherry Lifer Director, Contract Finance & Operations |
Longbin Liu, PhD Director, Medicinal Chemistry |
Douglas Macdonald, PhD Director, Research Operations and Scientific Alliances |
Mithra Mahmoudi, MS Platform Lead, Reagents & Research Tools |
Vladimir Maiorov, PhD Platform Lead, Compound Management and Cheminformatics |
Deanna Marchionini, PhD Director, Discovery Biology |
George McAllister, PhD Director, HTT Lowering Pharmacology* |
John McCool Clinical Research Program Manager |
Briana McLeod, MPH Clinical Research Program Manager |
Carl Meinhof, PhD Director, Informatics |
Liliana Menalled, PhD Director, In Vivo Pharmacology |
Jonathan Mendez Technical Support Engineer |
Noopur Modi Director, Clinical Operations - Enroll |
Rida Mohammed Data Program Manager |
Keshia Monroe Program Manager |
Edith Monteagudo, PhD Director, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics* |
Eileen Neacy Chief Operating Officer |
Elena Ngangom Clinical Research Program Manager |
Simon Noble, PhD Director, Scientific Communications |
Miguel Onate Program Manager |
Robert Pacifici, PhD Chief Scientific Officer |
Elena Pak Clinical Research Program Manager and Study Lead, HDClarity |
Nikki Palasits Clinical Research Program Manager |
Liuba Parfenova, PhD Program Manager |
Akshara Patel Clinical Research Program Manager |
Alex Pero, MPH Clinical Research Program Manager |
Brinda Prasad, PhD Director, Protein Structure Function and Biomarkers |
Alicia Preiss Program Manager, Team Lead |
Harriet Prescott Office Manager |
Travis Price Training Program Manager |
Sharon Purcell Clinical Research Program Manager |
Dorian Pustina, PhD Director, Experimental Neuroimaging |
Chris Rackow Director, Information Technology |
Shauna Rahim, PHR, SHRM-CP Human Resources Director |
David Rankin Chief Legal Officer |
Faisal Rashid Clinical Research Program Manager |
Tamara Rehl Program Manager |
Kelsey Ricci, MA Clinical Research Program Manager |
Matthew Roche, PhD Director, Outcomes Research |
Crystal Rodriguez Office Administrator |
Jim Rosinski, PhD Director, Computational Biology |
Cristina Sampaio, MD, PhD Chief Medical Officer |
Migdalia Sanchez Office Administrator |
Swati Sathe, MD Medical Vice President, Clinical Research |
Mark Schoenberg, CPA Controller |
Kaileen Schweighardt Clinical Research Program Manager |
Jade Shevchenko Clinical Research Program Manager |
Patrick Sicilia Clinical Research Program Manager |
Faez Siddiqi, PhD Director, Clinical Wet Biomarkers Development |
Ethan Signer, PhD Senior Scientific Advisor Emeritus |
Neha Sinha, PhD Director, Clinical Assessment Methodology |
Mette Skinbjerg, PhD Director, Clinical Neuroimaging |
Balajee Somalinga, PhD Director, RNA Biology |
Andy Stamford, PhD Vice President, Chemistry |
Haiying Tang, PhD Director, Clinical & Translational Neuroimaging |
Allan Tobin, PhD Senior Scientific Advisor Emeritus |
Sandra Tran Program Manager |
Helena Tran Program Manager |
Jennifer Tung Program Manager |
Jerry Turner Director, Meetings & Events |
Muriel Valencia Program Manager |
Karin Vislocka, MRA Clinical Research Program Manager |
Thomas F. Vogt, PhD Vice President, Preclinical Biology |
Jen Ware, PhD Director, Experimental Design |
John Warner, PhD Director, Biostatistics |
Sarah Weingast Clinical Research Program Manager |
Amy Weiss, MA Program Manager |
Sagarika Wijeratne Clinical Research Program Manager |
Hilary Wilkinson, PhD Vice President, Fluid Biomarkers |
Andrew Wood, PhD Vice President, Clinical Neuroimaging Research |
Faraz Zaidi Program Manager |
Victoria Zolfaghari, MPH Clinical Research Program Manager |