Our KP Research Bank Team
Vice President
Senior Administrative Leadership
Sarah Rowell, MPH – Administrative Director, Program Office
Alan Bauck, MBA – Data Coordination Core, Lead
Alex Lituev, MD – Biorepository Lead
Anand Sethuraman, PhD— Genomics Engineer
Scientific Leadership
Teaniese Davis, PhD, MPH – KP Georgia Scientific Lead
Andrea Burnett- Hartman, PhD, MPH – KP Colorado Scientific Lead
Stacey Honda, MD – KP Hawaii Scientific Lead
Michael Horberg, MD, MAS, FACP, FIDSA – KP Mid-Atlantic States Scientific Lead
James Ralston, MD, MPH — KP Washington Scientific Lead
Cathy Schaefer, PhD – KP Northern California Scientific Lead and Scientific Director of Data Coordination Core
Sheila Weinmann, PhD, MPH – KP Northwest Scientific Lead
Deborah Young, PhD – KP Southern California Scientific Lead
Heather Feigelson, PhD, MPH – Cancer Cohort Lead
Lisa Croen, PhD – Pregnancy Cohort Lead
Core Staff
Leslie Wright –Community Engagement and Outreach Scientific Lead, KP Colorado
Aldwin Carino, MS, CLS –Quality and Compliance Lead, ISO Management Rep, Program Office
Terrence Chinn, MS – Project Manager Data Coordination Core, KP Northern California
Stephanie Burkes – Financial Analyst, Program Office
Trine Jeppesen, MBA – Lead Project Manager, Program Office
Marianne Sadler, MPH – LIMS and Systems Lead, Program Office
Inga Wagar – Access Administrator, Program Office
Katherine Li – Contact Center Lead, Program Office
Shauna R. Goldberg, MPH, CHES – Operations Lead, KP Colorado
Doraina Walker-Williams, MS, CHRC – Operations Lead, KP Georgia
Cyndee Yonehara, MBA – Operations Lead, KP Hawaii
Cabell Jonas, PhD – Operations Lead, KP Mid-Atlantic States
Elaine Chung, MPH – Operations Lead, KP Northern California
Judy L. Donald – Operations Lead, KP Northwest
Galina Inzhakova, MPH – Operations Lead, KP Southern California
Aaron Scrol, MS — Operations Lead, KP Washington
Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)
The Scientific Advisory Board provides scientific leadership and guidance to the research team. For more information, please contact us.
Joan Bailey-Wilson, PhD
Head, Statistical Genetics Section
Co-Branch Chief, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch
National Human Genome Research Institute
Alpa Patel, PhD
Strategic Director, CPS-3
American Cancer Society
Brenda Eskenazi, PhD
Maxwell Professor of Maternal and Child Health and Epidemiology
Chair, Community Health and Human Development
School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology
University of California, Berkeley
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD
Chief, Division of Ethics
Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics (MHE)
Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University
Daniel Schaid, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Health Sciences Research
Mayo Clinic
Marc Weisskopf, PhD, ScD
Associate Professor
Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD
Director, Office of Public Health Genomics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bioethics Advisory Board (BAB)
The Bioethics Advisory Board provides leadership regarding bioethical issues and best practices in issues of ethics and governance. For more information please contact us.
Eric Garcia, MS
National Research Compliance Officer and Director of the National Compliance in Research Support Program (N-CRSP)
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (KFRI)
Kaiser Permanente
Hank Greely, JD
Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences
Stanford Law School
Malia Fullerton, DPhil
Director, Institute for Public Health Genetics
University of Washington School of Public Health
Barbara Koenig, PhD
Professor, Institute for Health and Aging
University of California, San Francisco
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD
Chief, Division of Ethics
Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics (MHE)
Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Colombia University
Osagie Obasogie, JD, PhD
Haas Distinguished Chair and Professor of Bioethics
Joint Medical Program
Division of Community Health Sciences
University of California, Berkeley
Maile Taualii, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
University of Hawaii
National Community Advisory Board (NCAB)
Our National Community Advisory Board represents the voices of the communities Kaiser Permanente serves. The NCAB provides a diversity of input on a wide range of issues related to the KP Research Bank’s role in public health. Members of our advisory board also sit on the research application review committee.
Members from all 8 Kaiser Permanente regions are represented, as are the voices of advocacy, environmental and community-based health groups, community leaders, social safety-net providers, labor and public health organizations, academic institutions, and others.
Alain Noriega, MBA – Pastor, advocate for children with special needs, community leader (KP Mid-Atlantic States)
Elizabeth Noriega – Advocate, Downs Syndrome Association Northern Virginia; Board of Medical Assistance Services (KP Mid-Atlantic States)
Terri Richardson, MD – Internal Medicine physician; retired from Kaiser Permanente Colorado in 2021 after a 34 -year career at Denver Health and Kaiser Permanente. Co-founder and board member of the Colorado Black Health Collaborative and co-creator of the Barbershop & Salon Program, bringing vital health resources to community members. (KP Colorado)
Jerome Blackwell, MT(ASCP), LSSMBB – KPCO Senior IT Consultant; KP African American Professional Association (KP Colorado)
Refugio Mata – Resource Media California Program Director; Los Angeles-based Public Relations Manager (KP Southern California)
Shannon Crowell, RN, MSN, MHA, CPHQ, C-ONQS – Maternal Child Health Quality RN at KP San Diego; KP SCAL Business Resource Group Co-Lead Women Empowered @ KP; KP Mental Health Advocate – Certified Adult Mental Health First Aid; Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Member. (KP Southern California)
Bart Aronoff, MAT, MPH – Hawaii State Department of Health (retired), KPHI Patient and Family Centered Care (KP Hawaii)
Dawn Koehler – Advocate, KP Hawaii Patient and Family Centered Care Advisor, On Target Diabetes Management Panel Member, KP Women of Color/BIPOC Advisor (KP Hawaii)
Annie Iriye, MD, MPH – KPWA Ob-Gyn (retired), KPWA Olympia Medical Center Director (retired), South Puget Sound Community College Foundation Board, local Medical Reserve and Free Clinic volunteer. (KP Washington)
Winnie Wong, MA – Sr. Strategic Account Manager, SEIU 775 Benefits Group; Member, KP Washington Consumer Advisory Committee; Past Board Member, Asian Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment Votes (KP Washington)
Charles (Chuck) McAvoy – Disability Rights Advocates (DRA Legal); Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP); AXIS Dance Company; Kinetic Designs and Engineering (KP Northern California)
Nihar Koppolu – Currently an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Bioinformatics and volunteering in the OHSU general surgery unit and the CARES Northwest medical clinic. Member of the Asian American diaspora. (KP Northwest)
Santiago Marquez – CEO, Latin American Association; started the first housing department focusing on Hispanic community members in Atlanta, GA and implemented a Latino outreach strategy in multiple Boys & Girls Clubs across the country. (KP Georgia)