Administration and Staff

Administration

Wayne M. Yokoyama, MD

Professor, Director

Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology & Immunology
Immunology Program

Research interest: Host innate immune responses to pathogens and tumors

Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD

Associate Director, Associate Professor

Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology & Immunology
Immunology and Human & Statistical Genetics Programs

Research interest: The biology of natural killer (NK) cells and immune defects in patients with autoimmunity

Jorge Di Paola, MD

Professor/Division Chief, Associate Director

Department of Pediatrics
Molecular Cell Biology Program

Research interest: The genetics of bleeding and thrombotic disorders and mechanisms of platelet activation

Nathan O. Stitziel, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Associate Director

Departments of Internal Medicine and Genetics
Human & Statistical Genetics, Molecular Genetics & Genomics, and Computational & Systems Biology Programs

Research interest: We try to understand the inherited basis underlying cardiovascular disease and leverage insights from our work to improve patient care

Staff

Brian P. Sullivan, MBA

Executive Director

Clarissa Craft, PhD

Associate Director

Christy Durbin

Administrative Manager

Linda Perniciaro

Administrative Coordinator

Rakiyah Talavedra

Coordinator, Diversity and Community Engagement