Team
John Aitchison, PhD
John Aitchison, PhD, is an affiliate professor at the University of Washington and a president emeritus of the Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR), which joined CGIDR in October 2018. Aitchison previously held the position of chief science officer of CIDR to advance the mission through the development and application of systems biology approaches to infectious diseases. He received his PhD in biochemistry from McMaster University, Canada. He performed postdoctoral research in the Laboratory of Cell Biology at the Rockefeller University under the guidance of Professor Gunter Blobel (Nobel Laureate, 1999). Aitchison is a founding faculty member at the Institute for Systems Biology, where he served as senior vice president and executive director of integrative biology. Aitchison holds part-time, adjunct or affiliate faculty positions at the Institute for Systems Biology, University of Washington (biochemistry), the University of Alberta (cell biology) and the University of British Columbia (biochemistry). Outside of the lab, he enjoys spending time with his family, playing squash and racing sailboats.
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Sara Afereti
Administrative Assistant Senior, Research
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Senior Research Scientist, Management
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Song Li
Research Associate III
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Leslie Miller
Research Associate III
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Bob Morrison
Senior Data Scientist
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Research Scientist, Senior
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Paul Olivier, PhD
Research Scientist, Senior
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Therese Pacio
URM Intern
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Tiffany Silver-Brace
Grants and Contracts Administrator
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Jeannette Staheli, PhD
Research Scientist, Senior
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Jason Wendler, PhD
Lead Data Scientist