Our Team

Aaron Cohen

Professor

I am leading the OMOP implementation of the Tools module.

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Aaron Lee

C. Dan and Irene Hunter Endowed Professorship

Associate Professor in Ophthalmology

Aaron Lee is the overall principal investigator for the AI-READI project and the co-lead for the Standards module.

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Adrienne Baer

PhD Candidate

I am a scholar of organizations and social change. As a researcher on the team science milestone, I use qualitative and quantitative methods to explore how our larger AI-READI team coordinates and collaborates in pursuit of technological and societal advancement.

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Amir Bahmani

Director of Stanford Deep Data Research Center

I serve as a Stanford PI, leading a team that focuses on wearable data, including smartwatches and CGM. Additionally, I teach Cloud Computing for Biology and Healthcare at Stanford. I'm deeply passionate about bridging the gap between engineering and medicine by building and maintaining large-scale platforms like MyPHD and Data Ocean.

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Anna Heinke

Research Fellow

AI-READI intern

I am an ophthalmologist currently working as a Research Fellow in Vitreoretinal Diseases at UC San Diego. As an AI-READI intern, I have a special interest in the clinical applications of AI and machine learning, particularly in the fields of ophthalmology and retinal imaging analysis.

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Apoorva Karsolia

Research Associate

I'm a Research Scientist with a background in human perception, eye movements, and visual neuroscience. As an AI-READI intern, I'm passionate about using AI and machine learning to enhance patient care and expand our understanding of human perception and learning.

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Aydan Gasimova (she/her)

Web Developer

I'm Web Developer with practical experience developing dynamic front-end web applications. I am elated to build tools that will help researchers and clinicians better use data.

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Benjamin Cordier

Senior Computational Biologist

I'm a computational scientist experienced in algorithm design, model development, and interactive data visualization. As part of AI-READI, I'll be building tools to enable the harmonization, comprehension, and reuse of data by researchers.

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Bhavesh Patel (he/him)

Associate Research Professor

I am an M-PI for the Tools module, leading the development of fairhub.io through my expertise in FAIR data practices and development of research software.

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Bradley Voytek

University of California, San Diego

I'm a Professor of Cognitive Science and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego, where my lab takes a data science approach to cognitive neuroscience: leveraging many, large, heterogeneous neural datasets to understand the physiology of human cognition. For AI-READI, I develop and run education and training modules in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

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Brittany York

Project Manager

Brittany York is a Project Manager for the ETAI module. She joined UC San Diego in 2011 working on federally funded research projects related to physical activity, sedentary behavior, and chronic disease prevention.

Camille Nebeker

Professor

I co-founded and direct UC San Diego ReCODE Health Center, which provides education and consultation services to guide consideration of the ethical, legal, and social implications of digital/AI health research. For AI-READI, our Ethical and Trustworthy AI team will foster awareness of ethical and responsible practices (e.g., risk assessment, informed consent, return of results) across all modules.

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Cecilia Lee

Klorfine Family Endowed Chair Director of Clinical Research

Associate Professor

I serve as the Program Director of the overall AI-READI project and the Site PI of the University of Washington clinical site for the Data Module. My interests include 'Big Data' research involving electronic medical records and non-invasive imaging datasets in the retina. I am passionate about leveraging large datasets and next-generation computational approaches to better understand deep connections between the eyes and other critical systemic diseases.

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Charles Enyaah Amankwa (he/him)

Research Scientist

AI-READI intern

I am a glaucoma research scientist and an intern at the AI-READI program, focused on leveraging AI and machine learning to improve OCT image quality. My role involves employing deep learning techniques to evaluate image quality for the AI-READI Project.

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Christopher Chute

Professor and CRIO

Dr. Chute is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Informatics, Professor of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing at Johns Hopkins University, and Chief Research Information Officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine. His current research focuses on translating basic science information to clinical practice, how we classify dysfunctional phenotypes (disease), and the harmonization and rendering of real-world clinical data including electronic health records to support data inferencing.

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Colleen Cuddy (she/her/hers)

Director, Research and Academic Collaboration

I am an organizational development and change scholar and team science specialist focused on creating effective interdisciplinary and interprofessional teams. Within AI-READI I work to apply and advance the science of team science.

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Cynthia Owsley

Nathan E. Miles Endowed Chair of Ophthalmology

I am MPI on the Data Acquisition Module since I have a great deal of experience in recruiting, enrolling, and supervising large sample studies of adults using detailed protocols, including variables such as vision, cognition and retinal imaging.

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Dawn Matthies

Project Manager

I serve as the project manager for the Data Acquisition module, responsible for coordinating communication between our three data sites and supporting the development of the protocol, its implementation, and data collection.

Debra Mathews

Associate Professor

I'm a human geneticist by training, but all of my work is on ethical and policy issues raised by emerging technologies, including genetics, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, synthetic biology, and AI, including through work with the ETAI module of AI-READI.

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Dorian Portillo (they/them)

Web Developer

I am a web developer who adapts to the needs and pacing of a team to create efficient and performant web apps. I believe in technology as a means to help society so I am excited to be a part of the AI-READI project.

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Erik Benton

Research Engineer, Sr

A curious, thoughtful engineer and technical leader providing guidance and support for the fairhub.io and tools projects.

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Fritz Gerald Kalaw

Visiting Assistant Project Scientist

I am an ophthalmologist currently serving as a Research Fellow in Vitreoretinal Diseases and Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science. I am interested in providing retinal imaging data and leveraging available data.

Gerald McGwin

Professor

I am an epidemiologist and biostatistician at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and lead the data module in collaboration with Dr. Cynthia Owsley.

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Hadi Khazaei

Visiting Professor

Research Scholar

Active researcher and visiting professor in orbital inflammatory disorders department (OHSU). Integration imaging and analysis using DML including lacrimal tear proteomics and POCUS( point of care ultrasonic imaging).

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Hanna Pittock (she/her/hers)

Project Manager

I am the project manager for the Stanford Teaming group.

Jennifer Li-Pook-Than

Senior Research Associate

Expertise in Big-Omics Precision Health Science and Advocacy for the Indigenous and Diverse Populations; AI-READI PEDP Lead.

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Joseph Yracheta

Executive Director

I am a 56-year-old, well-rounded academic scientist specializing in Indigenous and Marginalized group concerns on the Big Data Era.

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Julia Owen

Program Manager

I am the overall Program Manager for the AI-READI project, as well as a Project Manager on the Standards module.

Kadija Ferryman

Core Faculty

I'm an anthropologist and faculty member at Johns Hopkins and I'm a module co-PI of the ETAI module.

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Kate Watkins (She/Her)

Social Science Research Professional

Project manager for the group working to advance team science.

Katie Crist

Assistant Project Scientist

Dr. Crist's research is focused on how behavioral and built environment interventions impact physical activity and health. She brings her experience using wearable technologies to monitor behaviors and environmental exposures to the ETAI module.

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Kyongmi Simpkins

Research Associate

AI-READI intern

I am a molecular neuroscientist by training. My interests are in the application of data science, machine learning, and AI to expand knowledge associated with imaging analysis and genomic sequencing data analysis.

Linda Zangwill

Richard K. Lansche and Tatiana A. Lansche Endowed Chair

I am a Professor at the Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology at UCSD conducting clinical and computational research focusing on glaucoma. I am co-PI with Dr. Sally Baxter on the Skills and Workforce Development Module and am also site PI (with Dr. Sally Baxter as co-PI) on the Data module.

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Lingling Huang (She/her)

Assistant Professor

I am a uveitis specialist at UC San Diego. I am one of the interns in the AI-READI program, who is interested in using AI to advance medicine and improve patient care.

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Megan Collins

Associate Professor

I am a pediatric ophthalmologist and medical ethicist interested in health equity and access to care.

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Michael Snyder

Professor and Chair

Our laboratory is an expert in big data (omics and wearables) and has invented omics technologies (E.g. RNA-Seq, ChIP-Chip (now Chip-Seq), NGS Paired-End sequencing). I participate in the teaming module.

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Missy Takahashi

Lab Manager

I am the research lab manager at the University of Washington for Drs. Aaron and Cecilia Lee, who were awarded the AI-READI grant. I am working with the data module on study start-up as well as providing other administrative and logistical support.

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Nada Haboudal

Data Scientist

Data Scientist intern, guided by the M-PI for the Tools module. Actively involved in the development of fairhub.io.

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Nicole Ehrhardt

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr Ehrhardt is an adult Endocrinologist at the University of Washington Diabetes Institute. Her research is focused on the use of real-time continuous glucose monitoring

Prachee Jain (she/her)

Post Doctoral Researcher

I am user experience researcher. In AI READI, I am responsible for applying and advancing team science to enable collaboration between interdisciplinary teams to achieve their goals.

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Qilu Yu

Biostatistician

I am the lead biostatistician at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH, working as a project scientist for the AI-READI project.

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Sally Baxter

Assistant Professor

I'm an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Informatics at UCSD, and for this project, I lead the yearlong internship program and co-lead data collection efforts at UCSD.

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Samm Hurst (she/her/hers)

Clinical Professor

I am a medical anthropologist and public health scientist at UC San Diego. For this project, I serve as an MPI on the ETAI module. I am also a member of the Skills and Workforce and PEDP modules. In addition, I lead and coordinate the AI-READI Advisory Council for the project as a whole.

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Sanjay Soundarajan (he/him)

Front End Developer

I am a front-end developer with experience in building web applications and data visualization tools. I am excited to be a part of the Tools module and help build tools that will help researchers and clinicians better understand and use data.

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Sara Singer

Professor

Principal Investigator for the AI-READI Teaming Milestone, more generally I study teams and organizations to understand how leaders and policymakers can improve the safety, quality, equity of health and health care delivery through changes in institutional culture, leadership, organization design, and team dynamics.

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Shahin Hallaj

Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Sciences Fellow

I am a pre-residency intern with a special interest in the clinical applications of AI, data sciences, and novel computational approaches.

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Shannon McWeeney

Professor and Chief Data Officer

M-PI of the Tools Module focused on data equity, accessibility, and patient engagement.

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Stephanie Hong (she/her)

Senior Healthcare Informatics Analyst

I participate in standards module. My work focuses on data harmonization and rendering of real-world clinical data to support data validation and data inferencing.

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T. Y. Alvin Liu

Director of the Wilmer Precision Ophthalmology Center of Excellence

Contact PI for the ETAI Module

Victoria Patronilo

Program Coordinator

I am helping coordinate the AI-READI internship program with the skills and workforce development module.

Virginia de Sa

Professor

I'm a Professor in Cognitive Science, and Associate Director of the Halicioglu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego studying vision and learning in humans and machines as well as brain-computer interfaces. For this project, I am developing machine learning training.

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Wei-Chun Lin

Informatician 3

I am a data scientist experienced in ML model development and application. I will be working on creating tools for image quality assessment based on image quality index and CNN models.

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Zainab Garba-Sani

Harkness Fellow in Health Policy and Practice

I'm a Commonwealth Fund UK Harkness Fellow in Health Policy and Practice working at the intersection between public perception, AI, and racio-ethnic health equity. As such, there are areas of overlap with the AI-READI PEDP module.