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LEADERSHIP

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Arlene Brown, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research (GIM and HSR)  
Chief of GIM and HSR at Olive View
UC Los Angeles 
ABrown@mednet.ucla.edu  |  MCoffee@mednet.ucla.edu

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Dan M. Cooper, MD 

Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science

Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Science
UC Irvine
dcooper@uci.edu  |  ewhitton@uci.edu
714-456-2317

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Steven M. Dubinett, MD

Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute 

Senior Associate Dean, Translational Science

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

Dean of Medicine
UC Los Angeles
sdubinett@mednet.ucla.edu  |  tlsilva@mednet.ucla.edu
310-267-2725

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Gary S. Firestein, MD

Director, Clinical and Translational Research Institute

Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor of Translational Medicine
UC San Diego
gfirestein@ucsd.edu  |  transmed@ucsd.edu
858-822-0480

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Michael Hogarth, MD, FACMI, FACP

Assistant Vice Chancellor of Clinical and Translational Research

Professor of Biomedical Informatics

Clinical Research Information Officer (CRIO)

UC San Diego
mihogarth@health.ucsd.edu

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Vanessa Jacoby, MD, MAS

Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research (AVC-CR)
UC San Francisco

vanessa.jacoby@ucsf.edu  |  

415-514-8299

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Arash Naeim, MD

Co-Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics and Hematology-Oncology

Professor of Bioengineering

Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Research

UC Los Angeles 

anaeim@mednet.ucla.edu  | hxavier@mednet.ucla.edu
 

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Tung Nguyen, MD

Co-Director, UCSF Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute 

Endowed Chair in General Internal Medicine and Professor of Medicine, UCSF

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA), UCSF

UC San Francisco
Tung.Nguyen@ucsf.edu  |  Susie.Kuo@ucsf.edu
415-235-4839

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David “Davey” Smith, MD, MAS, FACP, FIDSA

Assistant Vice Chancellor of Clinical and Translational Research

Infectious Disease Specialist

Chief, Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego
d13smith@health.ucsd.edu  |  DSmith_Admin@health.ucsd.edu
415-235-4839

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Eric Vilain, MD, PhD

Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science

Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Science
UC Irvine
evilain@hs.uci.edu  |  ewhitton@uci.edu
310-980-6826 

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Theodore Wun, MD - UC BRAID Chair   

Director, Clinical and Translational Science Center

Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research 

Chief of Hematology Oncology, VA N. CA Health Care System

Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology
UC Davis
twun@ucdavis.edu  |  camckay@ucdavis.edu

916-734-8012

SPECIAL ADVISORS & LIAISONS

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Nicholas Anderson, PhD

Director of Informatics Research
Assoc. Professor, Health Informatics
UC Davis
nranderson@ucdavis.edu
916-703-6976

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Atul Butte, MD, PhD

Director, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute

UC San Francisco
Chief Data Scientist, University of California Health

UC Health

atul.butte@ucsf.edu  |  andrew.jan@ucsf.edu

415-514-0528

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Eric Mah, EdD, MHS

UC BRAID IRB Project Director
Associate Dean, Clinical & Translational Research
UC San Diego
emah@ucsd.edu  |  ctpmo@ucsd.edu
858-822-4700

UC BRAID TEAM

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Elizabeth Boyd, PhD

Director, UC BRAID
elizabeth.boyd@ucbraid.org

415-912-9006

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David Grady, MA

Program Manager, UC BRAID
david.grady@ucbraid.org

510-457-5584

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WORK GROUPS

Contracting

Erick Jenkins, UC Davis

Tam Tran, UC Irvine

Ann Ciminera, UC Los Angeles

Maria Rutecki, UC Los Angeles

Ursula Prins, UC Riverside

Sanaz Masha, UC San Diego

Lauren Sanfilippo, UC San Diego

Sierra Clark, UC San
   Francisco

Brian Russ, UC Office of the 
   
President

Participant Recruitment

Fred Stevenson, UC Davis

Adrijana Gombosev, UC Irvine

Joshua Grill, UC Irvine

Douglas Bell, UC Los Angeles

Antonia Petruse, UC Los Angeles

Brandon Brown, UC Riverside

Tia Levine, UC San Diego

Molly Belinski, UC San Francisco

Ruth Gebrezghi, UC San Francisco

Vanessa Jacoby, UC San Francisco
Katherine Connors, Stanford University

John Maul, Stanford University
 

IRB

John Tupin, UC Davis

Beverley Alberola, UC Irvine

Kristin Craun, UC Los Angeles

Kip Kantelo, UC San Diego

Edward Kuczynski, UC San
   Francisco

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