Research Institute Leadership

 

  • Laura Baker

    Laura Baker, MS, RN, NE-BC
    Senior Director, Clinical Research Integration

  • Jenny Barrett

    Jenny Barrett 
    Senior Director, Center Business Operations

  • David Beier research institute leadership 

    David Beier, MD, PhD
    Director, Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine
    Professor, Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine

  • Brent Bell

    Brent Bell 
    Vice President, Research Administration

  • Vickie Cleator

    Vickie Cleator 
    Vice President, Research Facilities Operations and System Capital Projects

  • Dr. Jason Debley

    Jason Debley, MD, MPH 
    Director, Center for Respiratory Biology and Therapeutics
    Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine

  • Lisa Frenkel

    Lisa M. Frenkel, MD
    Director, Center for Global Infectious Disease Research
    Professor, Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine 

  • Vittorio Gallo

    Vittorio Gallo, PhD
    Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer 

  • Carrie Heike

    Carrie Heike, MD, MS
    Interim Co-Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Research
    Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine

  • LyKheng Huot

    LyKheng Huot 
    Senior Director, Center Business Operations

  • Mignon Loh

    Mignon Loh, MD
    Director, Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders Research
    Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy
    Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
    Head, Section of Pediatric Oncology, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

  • Tonya Palermo PhD

    Tonya Palermo, PhD
    Interim Director, Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development
    Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine

  • Matt Pommer

    Matt Pommer 
    Senior Director, Research Strategy, Financial Planning and Projects

  • Kathy Porada

    Kathy Porada 
    Senior Director, Research and Clinical, Marketing and Communications

  • Laurie Price 

    Laurie Price, JD
    Senior Director, Office of Institutional Assurances

  • Nino Ramirez 

    Jan “Nino” Ramirez, PhD
    Director, Norcliffe Foundation Center for Integrative Brain Research
    Professor, Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine

  • Daksha Ranade 

    Daksha Ranade, BHMS, MBA, MPH
    Senior Director, Research Informatics and Biostatistics

  • david rawlings 

    David Rawlings, MD
    Director, Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies
    Chief, Division of Immunology, Seattle Children's Hospital
    Professor, Pediatrics and Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine

  • Mushka Rohani 
    Director, People Operations – Research

  • Margaret Rosenfeld 

    Margaret Rosenfeld, MD, MPH
    Interim Co-Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Research
    Professor and Associate Vice-Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine

  • Eric Tham
    Eric Tham, MD, MS 
    Senior Vice President and Chief Research Operations Officer

  • Rajesh Uthamanthil
    Rajesh Uthamanthil, DVM, PhD
    Assistant Vice President, Research and Innovation
    Chief Medical Officer, Preclinical and Translational Medicine
    Affiliate Professor, Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine

  • Leslie R. Walker-Harding, MD

    Leslie R. Walker-Harding, MD 
    Senior Vice President, Chief Academic Officer
    Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
    Associate Dean, UW Medicine