Medical Director, Innovation Network : Dawn Fishbein, MD
Dr. Fishbein is an Infectious Diseases Specialist with a particular interest in viral hepatitis and chronic hepatitis C in minority, underserved populations. Dr. Fishbein joined the MedStar Washington Hospital Center Infectious Diseases faculty in July 2012, creating a new program in hepatitis C clinical care and health services research.
Prior to this position, she served as the Medical Director of a newly created partnership between NIH and the District of Columbia, and was responsible for developing on-site integrated viral hepatitis clinics in DC. The primary goal was to provide hepatitis C clinical care and establish research protocols. Prior to moving to Washington, DC she was faculty at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where she implemented an HIV-hepatitis clinic and had a NIH K23 award for assessing engagement in care for hepatitis C patients. Her current funding is for Health Services research from CDC and industry grants for hepatitis C testing, linkage and navigation into care. She has served as a stakeholder for PCORI and for the HHS Viral Hepatitis Action Plan.
Operations Director : Emily Paku
Emily Paku manages overall programmatic and operational responsibilities of the Hub Liaison Team. She oversee site staff setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities and coordinating with departments within the MedStar Health system to ensure synergy. She ensures that advice and directions provided by the GHUCCTS Participant Advisory Board are integrated based on feasibility and alignment with the GHUCCTS and MHRI’s overall business strategy.
Informatics Lead
Stephen Fernandez, MPH: As the Informatics Lead for the Trial Innovation Network, Stephen Fernandez, MPH provides services for PI’s and MHRI investigators by providing data through various EMR Systems within MedStar.
As the manager of MedStar Health Research Institute’s Biomedical Informatics team, he develops and oversees the implementation of site management and monitoring functions, including developing data management plans, creating databases, assigning project tasks, ensuring the sites are monitored and contacted as outlined in the site monitoring plan, reviewing and approving visit reports, and providing feedback to the Clinical Research Associates at each site regarding site performance and/or additional training needs.
Additional Team Members
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- Finie Richardson, PhD, MPH (HU)
- Florencia Gonzales (HU)
- Chad League, JD (MHRI)
- Marie Therese Jeffs, RN (GU, CRU)
- Yejide Obisesan (HU)
- Justin Hughes (MHRI)
- Claudia Gunawan (DAVAMC)
- Tolu Ijayekunle (DCVAMC)
- Angie Wilkis (GU)
- Tonya Bishop (MHRI)
- Marjorie Gondre-Lewis (HU)
- Thomas Mellman, MD (HU)
- Neil Weissman, MD (MHRI)
- Marc Blackman, MD (DCVAMC)
- Joseph Verbalis, MD (GU)