Meet the Team

Richard Smith, MD

Richard Smith, MD

Director
Dr. Carla Nester

Carla Nester, MD

Associate Director
Jori Hendon

Jori Hendon

Operations Manager
Amanda Taylor

Amanda Taylor

General Laboratory Supervisor and Safety Officer
Cathy Min Feng

Cathy Feng

Administrative Services Coordinator
Amy Weaver

Amy Weaver

Project Assistant / Administrative Services Coordinator
Hela Azaiez, PhD

Hela Azaiez, PhD

Assistant Professor ( Hearing Research Team Lead)
Nicolo Ghiringhelli Borsa

Nicolo Ghiringhelli Borsa

Research Specialist (Clinical Genetic Renal Team Lead)
Adela Mansilla, PhD

M. Adela Mansilla, PhD

Associate Research Scientist (Clinical Hearing Team Lead)/ CLIA Officer
Yuzhou Zhang, PhD

Yuzhou Zhang, PhD

Senior Research Scientist (Functional Renal/ Renal Research Team Lead)
Corentin Affortit

Corentin Affortit, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Scholar (Hearing)
Jackie DeVries, MD

Jackie DeVries, MD

Postdoctoral Research Scholar (Hearing)
Samantha Blain

Samantha Blain

Research Assistant (Clinical Functional Renal)
Christopher Culek

Christopher Culek

Research Assistant
Renee Goodfellow

Renee Goodfellow

Research Associate (Clinical Functional Renal)
Monica Hall

Monica Hall, RN, BSN, CNN

Clinical Healthcare Research Associate (Renal)
Cobey Heinen

Cobey Heinen

Research Intern (Renal)
Hong

Brian Hong

Application Developer
Sydney Jellison

Sydney Jellison

Research Assistant (Research Renal)
Diana Kolbe, PhD

Diana Kolbe, PhD

Associate Research Scientist/ Engineer (Hearing / Renal)
Nic Meyer

Nic Meyer

Research Associate (Clinical Functional Renal)
Angela Nelson

Angela Nelson

Research Associate (Clinical Functional Renal)
Amanda Schaefer, MS, LGC

Amanda (Schaefer) Odell, MS, LGC

Genetic Counselor (Hearing)
Elena Redondo

Elena Redondo

Research Assistant (Clinical Functional Renal)
Sarah Roberts

Sarah Roberts

Research Assistant (Clinical Functional Renal)
Estella Roster

Estella Roster

Genetic Counseling Assistant
Dingwu Shao

Dingwu Shao

Research Associate (Clinical Functional Renal)
Zach Sperstad

Zach Sperstad

Research Associate (Clinical Genetic Renal)
Lynn Vining, RN

Lynn Vining, RN

Research Assistant (Renal)
Daniel Walls

Daniel Walls

Senior Application Developer (Hearing)
Donghong (Maggie) Wang

Donghong (Maggie) Wang

Research Assistant (Clinical Hearing)
Seth Welsh, PhD

Seth Welsh

Assistant Research Scientist (Renal)
Joseph Chin

Joseph Chin

Graduate Research Assistant (Hearing Research)
Amanda Heiderscheit

Amanda Heiderscheit

Doctoral Candidate Researcher (Renal)
Maria Wong, Graduate Research Assistant

Maria Wong

Graduate Research Assistant (Hearing Research)
Anisa Dominguez

Anisa Dominguez

Student Laboratory Assistant
Lauren Fergus

Lauren Fergus

Student Office Worker- Natural History Study
Jill Hall

Jill Hall

Student Office Worker - Natural History Study
Kiersten Knobbe

Kiersten Knobbe

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Abby Lewis

Abby Lewis

Student Laboratory Assistant (Functional Team)
Tina Liu

Tina Liu

Student Office Worker- Natural History Study
Emmy Liu

Emmy Liu

MORL Animal Husbandry Assistant
Sami Martin

Sami Martin

Student Laboratory Assistant
Lora Mitchell

Lora Mitchell

Student Laboratory Assistant
Madi Morrin

Madi Morrin

Student Office Worker
Clayton Riggleman

Clayton Riggleman

Student Laboratory Assistant

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