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Meet Our Staff and Students

Staff

Kristine Abuls, MPH, MSW

Research Health Educator

Yvette Atempa-Lopez

Medical Assistant/Phlebotomist

yalopez@mcw.edu

Alesia Baldwin-Jone, RN

Research Nurse

abaldwin@mcw.edu

Alexander Beale

Research Program Assistant

Kaylin M. Burgess, MA

Pipeline Program Coordinator

Tou Chad Chang

Research Program Assistant

Sage Coles-Dogan

Clinical Research Coordinator I

Skylar Eisman

Research Program Assistant

Nicole Fergestrom, MS

Biostatistician I

nfergestrom@mcw.edu

Zhuping (Emma) Garacci, MS

Biostatistician I

zgaracci@mcw.edu

Rachel Glassford

Research Program Coordinator I

rglassford@mcw.edu

Jessica Grimm, BSN, RN

Research Nurse II

Tyisha Harper, MBA

Research Program Assistant

tyharper@mcw.edu

Mariah Heller

Research Program Assistant

maheller@mcw.edu

Gretchen Henry

Clinical Research Assistant I

Lauren Hering

Research Program Assistant

Hailey Jaschob

Research Program Assistant

Ryan Kacala

Clinical Research Assistant I

Onissa Lewis

Medical Assistant/Phlebotomist

Emily Matsen

Research Program Assistant

ematsen@mcw.edu

Emily McGinley, MS, MPH

Biostatistician II

mcginley@mcw.edu

Bianca Miranda

Research Program Assistant

Malinda Metcalfe

Medical Assistant/Phlebotomist

Abigail Moore

Research Program Assistant

Elise Mosley-Johnson, MPH

Research Program Coordinator II

emosley@mcw.edu

Sneha Nagavally, MS

Biostatistician I

snagavally@mcw.edu

Emily Plaski

Research Nurse I

eplaski@mcw.edu

Annie Penlesky, MPH

Program Manager I

apenlesky@mcw.edu

Aurora Ramirez

Medical Assistant/Phlebotomist

auramirez@mcw.edu

Julie Rieder, CMA (AAMA)

Clinical Research Coordinator II

jrieder@mcw.edu

(414) 384-2000, Ext. 46628

Dana Ritzman

Research Health Educator

Alyssa Ruediger

Research Program Assistant

Holly Schuldt, CHES

Research Program Assistant

Jillian Scribano

Clinical Research Assistant I

Abigail Thorgerson, MPH

Biostatistician

aathorgerson@mcw.edu

Jacob Tiegs

Clinical Informatics Analyst

Hannah Trasser, BA

Research Program Coordinator I

htrasser@mcw.edu

Julie Vanderhoef, RN

Research Nurse

Laura Villafuerte

Research Program Assistant

lvillafuerte@mcw.edu

Lindsay Walker

Research Program Assistant

Kate Young, RN

Research Nurse

Students and Research Assistants

Olaitan Joel Akinboboye

PhD Student

Ronald Anguzu, MBChB, MPH

Research Assistant, Institute for Health and Equity

Jessica L. Miller

Student Researcher

Rachel Schlaak

Graduate Student

Abdul Rahman Shour, MS

Research Assistant, Institute for Health and Equity

Antoinette Spector, PT

Research Assistant, Epidemiology

Shannon Walker, MEd

Graduate Student, Institute for Health and Equity: Public and Community Health

Fellows, Graduate and Medical Students

Andrew Brown, BS, Medical Student-Summer Research Program

Marie Dreyer, BSBA, Medical Student-Summer Research Program

David Serksnys, Medical Student-Summer Research Program