Scientists & Staff

Scientific Staff:
Patricia J. Blanche, B.A., Laboratory Scientist, pblanche@chori.org
Sally Chiu, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, schiu@chori.org
Sungshin Choi, Ph.D., Assistant Staff Scientist, schoi@chori.org
Feng Gao, Ph.D., Research Graduate Student, fgao@chori.org
Lara Mangravite, Ph.D., Assistant Staff Scientist , lmangravite@chori.org
Marisa Wong-Medina, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow , mwong@chori.org
Maxwell A. Ruby, B.S., Research Graduate Student, mruby@chori.org        
Patty W. Siri Tarino, Ph.D., Assistant Staff Scientist, psiri@chori.org
Jiong Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Staff Scientist, jizhang@chori.org        

Laboratory Staff:
Tola Asuni, Student Intern, tolasuni@berkeley.edu
Arnelio Acosta, B.S., Staff Research Associate , aacosta@chori.org
Wing Choy, Student Intern, wlchoy@calmail.berkeley.edu        
Casey Geaney, B.S., Staff Research Associate, jgeaney@chori.org
Ellis Ng, B.S., Staff Research Associate, eng@chori.org
Joseph R. Orr, Staff Research AssociatE , jorr@chori.org
Jeff Payumo, Staff Research Associate, jpayumo@chori.org
Bahareh Sahami, Staff Research Associate , bsahami@chori.org
Jon Watson, Staff Research Associate, jwatson@chori.org
Katie Wojnoonski, B.S., Laboratory Manager, kwojnoonski@chori.org

Clinical Staff:
Robin Rawlings, R.N., Clinical Studies Unit Co-Director & Nurse Manager, rrawlings@chori.org
Megan Bennett, Case Coordinator, mbennett@chori.org
Anthony Binsacca, Case Coordinator, abinsacca@chori.org
Noreen Chan, Case Coordinator, nchan@chori.org        
Sue Fernstrom, M.P.H., Nutritionist/Scientist, sfernstrom@chori.org
Caryn Goldman, R.N., Clinical Studies, kgardner@chori.org
Cynthia Keane, R.N., Clinical Studies, ckeane@chori.org
Terra Lepper, Case Coordinator, tlepper@chori.org
Carol Procter, Administrative Coordinator, cprocter@chori.org
Gayatri Salvidar, Case Assistant
Julie Simon, R.N., Clinical Studies, jsimon@mail.cho.org
Barbara Sutherland, Ph.D., Clinical Dietitian

Administrative Staff:
Linda Abe, Systems Analyst, labe@chori.org
Myra Gloria, B.B.A., Administrative Coordinator, mgloria@chori.org
Eva Torres, Administrative Assistant, evtorres@chori.org