Our philosophy
Our philosophy
KEVIN WARD, MD
Executive Director
Emergency Medicine
XUDONG (SHERMAN) FAN, PhD
Associate Director
Biomedical Engineering
PHIL JACOKES
Managing Director
Emergency Medicine
KENN R. OLDHAM, PHD
Associate Director
Mechanical Engineering
RODNEY DANIELS, MD
Associate Director
Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
ROBERT DICKSON, MD
Associate Director
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
KAYVAN NAJARIAN, PHD
Associate Director
Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
KATHLEEN STRINGER, PHARMD
Albert B. Prescott Professor of Pharmaceutics
Pharmacy
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MICHAEL MAILE, MD
Associate Director
Anesthesiology
LENA NAPOLITANO, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM
Associate Director
Acute Care Surgery
Ashwin Belle - Analytics Architect
Ashwin focuses on the development of translational medicine that expedites the discovery of new diagnostic tools by using a multidisciplinary, 'bench-to-bedside' approach -belle@umich.edu
Drew Bennett - Licensing Liaison
Drew is the Associate Director of Licensing at the Office of Technology Transfer. He acts as the interface between MCIRCC and outside counsel for intellectual property protection matters -andbenne@umich.edu
Bryce Benson - Research Computer Specialist
Bryce is part of the team building software for MCIRCC’s Big Data Analytic Platform, specializing in quality assurance and signal processing to develop new diagnostic tools - brbenson@med.umich.edu
Erin Bisco - Clinical Subject Coordinator
Erin works with the Clinical Research Unit and assists in recruiting patients and collecting data for MCIRCC members' clinical studies - biscoe@umich.edu
Brandon Cummings - Research Laboratory Assistant
Brandon is a part of MCIRCC’s Clinical Research Unit and the Large Animal Intensive Care Unit, where he focuses on data collection and analytics, and works to validate non-invasive monitoring technologies - cummingb@umich.edu
Justin Massey - Clinical Subject Coordinator
Justin facilitates patient recruitment and data collection for MCIRCC members' clinical studies as part of the Clinical Research Unit - jrmassey@umich.edu
Brendan McCracken - Research Laboratory Specialist
Brendan operates MCIRCC’s Large Animal Intensive Care Unit facility, where he develops and manages protocols for experimental models requiring large animal care and use - bmccrac@umich.edu
Alexandra Nowlin - Marketing and Communications Specialist
Alexandra provides assistance with MCIRCC's marketing and communications initiatives, including writing and editing content, graphic design and website management - aenowlin@umich.edu
Amanda Pennington, MS - Clinical Research Unit Manager
Amanda manages MCIRCC’s Clinical Research Unit and assists MCIRCC members in developing and managing IRB protocols and data collection - amanpenn@umich.edu
Denise Poirier - Administrative Specialist
Denise is responsible for managing day-to-day operations at MCIRCC by providing administrative support to the team. In addition, she directly supports Kevin Ward - poirierd@umich.edu
Mark Salamango - Chief Information Officer
Mark bridges the gap between business goals and technical possibilities. His focus is to create products, strategically communicate with different U-M groups, and assemble teams to drive projects to completion - mmango@umich.edu
Ken Spenser - Commercialization Coach
Ken guides multidisciplinary teams in the development of commercialization roadmaps that accelerate the bench to bedside process and prepares their innovations for licensing or potential business startups - kspenser@umich.edu
M. Hakam Tiba, MD, MS
Dr. Tiba manages MCIRCC’s Preclinical Operative and Intensive Care Unit facility. He advises and lends his expertise with large animal models to other investigators locally and nationally, assisting with protocol development, refinement and execution - tibam@umich.edu
Megan VanStratt - Director, Marketing & Communications
Megan is responsible for MCIRCC's marketing operations including brand management, marketing strategy, internal and external communication programs and member engagement -vanstrat@umich.edu
Richelle Weihe - Manager, Proposal Development Unit
Richelle provides strategic research and proposal development consulting. She serves as the funding liaison on behalf of MCIRCC and provides team science coaching for research opportunities - wrichell@med.umich.edu
Sue Wozniak - Events Specialist
Sue is part of MCIRCC's office team, specializing in events. Sue ensures that all events, small or large, run smoothly and are executed to a high level. She is also responsible for day-to-day administrative duties for the broader team - swo@umich.edu
The critical care experts
The critical care experts
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