Our Team

Research Administrative Leadership

• Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH, Chairman, Department of Medicine (Dr. Younossi’s bio )
• Manirath Srishord, RN, BSN, Senior Director
• Lynn Gerber, MD, Director of Research
• Zachary Goodman, MD, PhD, Director

Program Support

• Trevor Gogoll, MHA, MPA, Director
• Puneetinder Kaur Mann, BS, Project Manager and Research Coordinator
• Aimal Arsalla, BS, Program Manager, Research Business

Administrative Team

• Deena Hallaji, Executive Assistant
• Gerry Rice, Program Manager, Center for Liver Diseases

Beatty Liver and Obesity Research Scientists

• Aybike Birerdinc, PhD, George Mason University Research Scientist and Collaborator (see selected bibliography )
• Elzafir Elsheikh, PhD, Research Scientist (see selected bibliography )
• James Michael Estep, PhD, Research Scientist (see selected bibliography )
• Azza Karrar, PhD, Research Scientist (see selected bibliography )
• Rohini Mehta, PhD, Research Scientist (see selected bibliography )
• Ancha Baranova, PhD, George Mason University Research Scientist and Collaborator

Beatty Liver and Obesity Clinical Trials Research Team

• James N. Cooper, MD, Research Advisor (bio )
• Nila Rafiq, MD, Principal Investigator
• Brian Lam, PA-C, Physician Assistant and Sub-Investigator (bio )
• Rebecca Cable, BS, CCRC, CCRP, Team Lead (bio )
• Mariam Afendy, BS, Clinical Research Associate (bio )
• Jane Pham, CCRC, Research Project Associate (bio )
• Alita Mishra, MD, Sub-Investigator
• Ian Shenk, MD, Sub-Investigator

Beatty Liver and Obesity Outcomes Research Program

• Carey Escheik, BS, Program Manager
• Patrick Austin, MPH, Clinical Research Associate
• Jillian Price, Graduate Student

Beatty Liver and Obesity Clinical Genomics Team

• Zahra Younoszai, BS, Program Manager
• Tom Jeffers, BS, Research Project Associate
• Sean Felix, Research Project Associate
• Hussain Allawi, ARDMS, Clinical Research Associate, Liver Ultrasound Technician

Data Management and Biostatistics

• Andrei Racila, BS, Informatics Manager
• James Paik, PhD, MGR Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• Yun Fang, MS, Database Administrator, Department of Medicine
• Radhika Tampi, MHS, Health Economics Research Associate

Center for Liver Diseases – Liver Pathology Research

• Hala Abdul-Al, MD, PhD, Research Pathologist
• Fanny Monge, Program Manager
• Lakshmi Alaparthi, Image Analysis Scientist
• Fatema Nader, MSBM, CCRC, Research Consultant
• Hala Abdelaal, Research Project Associate
• Albert Tan, Research Project Associate