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Division of Research Administrative Team

Krissa Packard, MS, ACRP-CP, CRA

Research Program Director

kpackard@mcw.edu

Maria McQuestion

Communications Associate

mmquestion@mcw.edu

Kelly Birmingham

Research Program Coordinator I

kebirmingham@mcw.edu

Lynn Cummings

Grants Operations Coordinator Sr.

lcummings@mcw.edu

Clinical Research Staff

Ariel Berry

Clinical Research Assistant III, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Calista Capaul

Clinical Research Assistant II, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

ccapaul@mcw.edu

Susan Cotey

Clinical Research Assistant III, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Jorian Greenwood

Clinical Research Assistant III, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

jgreenwood@mcw.edu

Olivia Guerra, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator II, LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program

oguerra@mcw.edu

Yara Hamadeh

Clinical Research Assistant III, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

yhamadeh@mcw.edu

Caroline Herdeman, CCRC

Clinical Research Manager, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

cherdeman@mcw.edu

Kathryn Hoffman, CCRP

Clinical Research Coordinator III, Colorectal Surgery

khoffman@mcw.edu

Kelley Jazinski-Chambers

Clinical Research Coordinator II, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

kjazinski@mcw.edu

Isabel Johnson

Clinical Research Assistant III, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

irjohnson@mcw.edu

Anne Laulederkind, RN

Clinical Research Manager, Congenital Heart Surgery

alaulede@mcw.edu

Margo Mantz-Wichman, RN

Research Nurse II, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

mmantzwichman@mcw.edu

Emilie McLeod

Clinical Research Assistant I, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

emcleod@mcw.edu

Kaitlyn Nimmer

Clinical Research Coordinator I, Surgical Oncology

knimmer@mcw.edu

Kelly Potzner

Clinical Research Coordinator II, Cardiothoracic Surgery

kpotzner@mcw.edu

Madison Rundell

Clinical Research Coordinator III, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

mrundell@mcw.edu

Tabatha Rush Briones

Clinical Research Assistant II, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Janelle Scales, MS

Clinical Research Coordinator I, Transplant Surgery

jscales@mcw.edu

Anna Allysse Stark, BS, MPH

Clinical Research Coordinator I, LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program

anstark@mcw.edu

Kaylen Vine

Clinical Research Coordinator I, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Beth Weseman, RN

Research Nurse II, Vascular Surgery

ewesemen@mcw.edu

James Zelten, MS, ACRP-CP

Clinical Research Manager, Cardiothoracic and Transplant Surgery

jzelten@mcw.edu

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