Our Team

Beverly Davidson, PhD

Director, Translational Research

Ingo Helbig, MD

Director, Clinical Research

Michael Boland, PhD

Strategic Director

Deborah French, PhD

Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Core Director

Elizabeth Heller, PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Renée Allen, MA

Center Coordinator

Bintou Bane, BA

Clinical Resource Coordinator

Alexey Bogush, PhD

Research Specialist

Brandon Brown, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Guillem Chillón, BS, BA

Graduate Student

Torrey Chisari, BA

Clinical Research Coordinator

Kristin Girardi Cunningham, MS, OTR/L, BCP

Clinical Specialist and Senior Occupational Therapist

Jennine Dawicki-McKenna, PhD

Senior Research Investigator

Rency Dhaduk, BS

Genetic Counseling Assistant

Lea Dungan, BS

Research Technician

Alex Felix, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Peter Galer, MSc

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Max Gessner, BS

Research Technician

Caryln Glatts, MD

Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician

Alexander Gonzalez, MBA, MS

Sr. Manager, Research Data Integration

Alicia Harrison, MS

Genetic Counselor

Marlene Helman

Davidson Lab Project Coordinator

Nathan Henderson, PhD

Senior Research Specialist

Michael Kaufman, MS

Data Scientist

Hillary Kruger, MD

Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician

Dulcie Lai, PhD, PharmD

Research Scientist

Nick Marotta, BS

PhD Student

Macie McCarthy, BA

Genetic Counseling Assistant

Jillian McKee, MD, PhD

Attending Neurologist

Ian McSalley, MS

Bioinformatics Scientist

Johanna Mercurio, BS, BSFCS

Clinical Research Coordinator

Shareen Nelson, BS

Research Assistant

JoeyLynn Nolan, RRT, NPS, AEC

Clinical Study Coordinator

Julie Orlando, DPT, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Vivek Padmanabhan, MS

Data Integration Analyst

Giulia Pavani, PhD

Co-Director, hPSC Core

Samuel Pierce, PT, PhD, NCS

Physical Therapist

Nanthana Ravichandran, BS

Research Specialist

Dulce Reinhardt, BS

Research Specialist

Laura Sichlinger, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sarah Tefft, MSN, CRNP

Nurse Practitioner

Elisa Waxman, PhD

Neuroscience Leader of the hPSC Core

Charlene Woo, OTR/L

Occupational Therapist

Julie Xian, BA

Data Researcher

Stephanie Zbikowski, MACCCSLP, CNDT

Speech Language Pathologist