Meet the Team - USC COPECC

Leadership Team

Director

John Carpten, PhD

Director & PEU Co-Lead

Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD

PEU Co-Lead

Mariana Stern, PhD

GCU Lead

David Craig, PhD

EOU Lead

Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD, MPH

Our Team

(Genetic Counselor) PEU & EOU

Julie Culver, MS

(Research Coordinator) PEU

Grace Diaz

(Biostatistician) EOU

James Gauderman, PhD

(Genetic Counselor) PEU & EOU

Natalia Gutierrez, MS

(Genetic Counselor) EOU

Daisy Hernandez, MS

(co-Investigator) EOU

Caryn Lerman, PhD

(Biostatistician) EOU

Juan Pablo Lewinger, PhD

(Research Coordinator Supervisor) PEU

Elizabeth Quino, MPH

(Research Coordinator) PEU

Brenda Ramirez

(CO-Investigator) EOU & (Genetic Counselor) PEU

Charite Ricker, MS

(Project Administrator) PEU

Janet Rodriguez, MPH

(Research Assistant) PEU

Joel Sanchez Mendez, MBBS MBA

(co-Investigator) GCU

Bodour Salhia, PhD

(Project Administrator) EOU

Elena Taylor

(co-Investigator) EOU

Jennifer Tsui, PhD

(co-Investigator) GCU

Enrique Velazquez Villareal, MD

(co-Investigator) PEU

Sandra Algaze, MD

(co-Investigator) PEU

Syma Iqbal, MD

(Data Specialist) PEU, GCU

Ashley Noriega

(Data Specialist) PEU, GCU

Crystal Rubalcava