Directory

ADMINISTRATION



Andria Pontello, MBA

Administrator

apontell@uci.edu 

(949) 824-3353

Sarah Cushing-Britigan, MA

HR and Finance Manager

scushing@uci.edu

(714) 456-2313

Erika Whitton

Administrative Staff

ewhitton@uci.edu

(949) 824-3350

Joseph Wu

Programmer Analyst

wuf@uci.edu

(714) 456-3621

BIOSTATISTICS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND RESEARCH DESIGN (BERD)

Joni Ricks-Oddie, PhD, MPH

Director

jricksod@uci.edu

Tuyen Hoang, PhD

Assistant Director

tuyenh1@uci.edu

Lishi Zhang, MS

Senior Biostatistician

lishiz@uci.edu

Anton Palma, PhD, MPH

Principal Biostatistician

palmaa@hs.uci.edu

(949) 824-7422

CLINICAL SERVICES

Angela Mendoza

Administrative Staff

angelam@uci.edu

(714) 456-2307

Bridgett Duarte

Administrative Staff

bduarte@uci.edu

(949) 824-3358

Diane Capobianco, RN

Clinical Nurse Manager

diane.capo@uci.edu

(949) 824-3358

Connie Parido, RN

Clinical Nurse

cparido@uci.edu

(714) 456-2318

Melanie Meton, RN

Clinical Nurse

mmeton@uci.edu

(949) 824-3358

Diana Moyer, RN

Clinical Nurse

dsmoyer@uci.edu

Elena Slabbekoorn, RN

Clinical Nurse

eslabbek@uci.edu 

Genie Tolentino, RN

Clinical Nurse 

gtolenti@uci.edu 

Rehana Rafi

Medical Assistant

rsrafi@uci.edu

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Dara Sorkin, PhD

Community Engagement Director

dsorkin@uci.edu

(949) 824-0149

Robynn Zender, MS

Community Engagement Manager

rzender@uci.edu

(949) 824-3160

Pam Pimentel, RN

NCATS Recruitment Innovation Center

pimentep@uci.edu

MOMS OC, CEO

Jacqueline Tran

ICTS Community Representative 

jackie.tran@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Vince Caiozzo, PhD

NRSA/Mentored Career Development Co-Director

vjcaiozz@uci.edu

(949) 824-5571

Ed Monuki, MD, PhD

NRSA Co-Director

emonuki@uci.edu

(949) 824-9604

Oladele Ogunseitan, MPH, PhD

Workforce Development Director

oladele.ogunseitan@uci.edu

(949) 824-6350

Behnoosh Afghani, MD

Medical Scholarly Program Director

bafghani@uci.edu

(714) 456-5726

Diana Stephens, MBA

Education Administrator

dvigil1@uci.edu

(949) 824-1231

Brooke Piercy, MA

Research Program Manager

piercyb@uci.edu

(949) 824-3173

EVALUATION

Margaret Schneider, PhD

Evaluation Director

margaret.schneider@uci.edu

(949) 824-8853

Lisa Jones, MA

Evaluation Manager

lbj@uci.edu

(949) 824-2198

INFORMATICS

Kai Zheng, PhD

Informatics Director

kai.zheng@uci.edu

(949) 824-6920

Padhraic Smyth, BE, PhD

Data Science Lead

p.smyth@uci.edu

(949) 824-2558

Yunan Chen, PhD

Education Lead

yunanc@uci.edu

(949) 824-0959

Scott Rudkin, MD, MBA

Health System Liaison

srudkin@uci.edu

(714) 456-2916

PILOT FUNDING

Margaret Schneider, PhD

Pilot Grant Director

margaret.schneider@uci.edu

(949) 824-8853

April Bagaporo, MBA

Pilot Grant Manager

abagapor@uci.edu

(714) 456-7524

RECRUITMENT INNOVATION CENTER (RIC)

Josh Grill, PhD

Accrual and Retention Consult Service (ARCS) Director

jgrill@uci.edu

(949) 824-5905

Adrijana Gombosev, MS

Accrual and Retention Consult Service (ARCS) Manager

agombose@uci.edu

(949) 824-5265

RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION AND PARTICIPATION

Daniela Bota, MD, PhD

PCI Director 

dbota@uci.edu

(714) 456-7214

Ruth Mulnard, DNSc

PCI Faculty

ramulnar@uci.edu

Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD

Regulatory Knowledge and Support Director

kglinden@uci.edu

(949) 824-0606

Uma Rao, MBBS

Special Populations Lead

umar@uci.edu

(714) 602-0442

Frank Zaldivar, PhD

Special Populations Faculty

fpzaldiv@uci.edu

(714) 456-6914

Sid Golub, PhD

Ethics Leader

sgolub@uci.edu

(949) 824-1377

TEAM SCIENCE

Maritza Salazar, PhD

Team Science Director

maritza.salazar@uci.edu

(949) 824-6127

Daniel Stokols, PhD

Team Science Faculty

dstokols@uci.edu

(949) 824-5294

TRIAL INNOVATION CENTER (TIC)

Tahseen Mozaffar, MD

TIC Director

mozaffar@uci.edu

(714) 456-2332

Lisa Hinojosa, MPH

Research Development Manager

lisahino@uci.edu

(714) 456-3379