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New Hires June 2021

Faculty Title Division Stephen Sykes Assoc Professor Hematology/Oncology Staff Favio Pesaola Postdoc Research Associate Genetics & Genomics Naresh Ramavath Postdoc Research Associate Endocrinology&Diab Hailey Bertani Pediatric Cardiac Sonographer Cardiology Natalie Booher-Clayton Patient Care Assoc II Hematology/Oncology Melissa Casteel Psychometrician II Newborn Medicine Erin Coats Case Worker II Infectious Disease Christina Evans …

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New Employees April/May 2021

April 2021 Staff Title Division Olivea Burns Patient Billing/Servcs Rep II Ambulatory Care Aliyah Graves Case Worker I Infectious Disease Tammy Dalynn Green Clinical Nurse Coordinator Hematology/Oncology Heather Marie Harry Staff Nurse Pediatric Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) Randolph La Barrie Case Worker I Infectious Disease Margaret Lutz Medical Assistant II …

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Funded Awards April 2021

PI Agency Title  Jeffrey Bednarski HRSA/University of California, San Francisco Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) Screening and Education  Thomas Ferkol State of Missouri Genetics Program, Newborn Cystic Fibrosis-Region 3  Jessica Pittman CFF/Seattle Children’s Hospital A Prospective Study to Evaluate Biological and Clinical Effects of Significantly Corrected CFTR Function (The PROMISE Study) …

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Funded Awards March 2021

PI Agency Title  Jorge Di Paola SLCH Foundation Pedal The Cause: Cancer Clinical Trial Program / Director of Clinical Research  Jorge Di Paola SLCH Foundation Pedal the Cause: Seahorse Analyzer  Misty Good CZI/NEC Society Biorepository for Necrotizing Enterocolitis  Robert Hayashi SLCH Foundation 2020 Funding Request – AFR-2020-880 SLCH Audiology   David …

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Faculty Feature Carol Kao

Carol “Mimi” Kao was born in Blacksburg, Virginia. Her parents emigrated from Taiwan to the United States where her father pursued his PhD in aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech, some of her earliest childhood memories are cheering on the Hokies. In kindergarten, she remembers being hospitalized after many days of …

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Faculty Feature Steve Ming-Che Liao

Steve never imagined that one day he would live and have a great family in the United States. You see, Steve was born and grew up in Taiwan. He lived with his grandparents for the first four years while his parents both worked in the city of Taipei. His parents …

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Human Resources 101 for Faculty

“Demystifying the hiring, retention, and discharge of employees for faculty members and administrators”  Presented by: Nannette Vaughn, HR Consultant This is a 3 part series. One part is offered each week and you may attend any number you choose.  All are held from 8-9 am in MPRB 8101  Registration appreciated …

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January 2020 New Employees

      Faculty Title Division Alicia Bach Instructor Hematology/Oncology Jamie Colombo Assistant Professor Cardiology     Staff Title Division Julie Belt LPN Ambulatory Care Tiara Cobb Patient Billing/Servcs Rep II Cardiology Precious Crittenden Research Technician II Gastroenterology Zipporah Ritter Medical Assistant I Ambulatory Care

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Faculty Feature Beverly Brozanski

Dr. Beverly Brozanski was born in a small town southeast of Pittsburgh, PA to parents who were second-generation descendants from Eastern Europe.  Dad was a steelworker and mom stayed at home to raise their two daughters. A budding neonatologist, Bev was always interested in tiny humans, and at an early …

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New Employees December 2019

Staff Title Division Nicholas Ryan Banull WU Student Endocrinology&Diab Sherika Cosey Payroll Associate Central Admin Erin Fey Asst Genetic Counseling Genetics & Genomics Keishi Hinton Foecke WU Student Diagnostic Center Jeanine Gerson Accounting/Purchasing Asst II Central Admin Amber Hagar Medical Assistant III Cardiology Nicole Hollander Coord Residency/Fellowship Newborn Medicine Elizabeth …