Meet the Team - USC COPECC

Leadership Team

Co-Director & GCU Co-Lead

John Carpten, PhD

Co-Director & PEU Co-Lead

Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD

PEU & COGENES Co-Lead

Mariana Stern, PhD

GCU Lead

David Craig, PhD

GCU co-LEAD

Bodour Salhia, PhD

EOU & CoGENES Co-Lead

Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD, MPH

EOU Co-Lead

Charite Ricker, MS

Our Team

co-Investigator (PEU)

Sandra Algaze, MD

Post doctoral Fellow (GCU)

Yonatan Amzaleg, PhD

Project Adminstrator (EOU & COGENES)

Rosa Barahona

Research Coordinator Supervisor (PEU)

Carmen Chavez, MPH

Clinical Information (GCU)

Wendy Chen

Genetic Counselor (PEU & EOU)

Julie Culver, MS

Research Coordinator (PEU)

Lucia Enriquez

Biostatistician (EOU)

James Gauderman, PhD

Genetic Counselor (PEU)

Natalia Gutierrez, MS

Genetic Counselor (EOU)

Daisy Hernandez, MS

co-Investigator (PEU)

Syma Iqbal, MD

co-Investigator (EOU)

Caryn Lerman, PhD

Biostatistician (EOU)

Juan Pablo Lewinger, PhD

Data Specialist (GCU)

Ashley Noriega

Project Administrator (PEU & CoGENES)

Janet Rodriguez, MPH

Program Facilitator (COGENES)

Yaneth Rodriguez, MPH

Project Administrator (CoGENES)

Bianca Rosales

Graduate Research Assistant (PEU)

Joel Sanchez Mendez, MBBS MBA

Graduate Research Assistant (GCU)

Mackenzie Postel

Project Administrator (EOU)

Elena Taylor

co-Investigator (EOU)

Jennifer Tsui, PhD

co-Investigator (GCU)

Enrique Velazquez Villareal, MD

Pathologist (PEU)

William Dean Wallace, MD

Co-Director & GCU Co-Lead

John Carpten, PhD

Co-Director & PEU Co-Lead

Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD

PEU & COGENES Co-Lead

Mariana Stern, PhD

GCU Lead

David Craig, PhD