
Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, FRCP
Asst. Dean for Clinical Research
Chief, Endocrinology, Professor and Tullis-Tulane Alumni Chair--Diabetes
CCTS Resources & Services Co-Lead
Tulane University
vfonseca@tulane.edu

Pankit Vachhani, MD
Director, CRU
pvachhani@uabmc.edu

Timothy Turner, PhD
Associate Vice President for Health-Related Research
Co-Director, Tuskegee University RCMI
CCTS Site Lead
Tuskegee University

Dana Rizk, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Cynthia Joiner
Assistant Dean Clinical Research Operations & Vice Chair Research Operations & Development, Department of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine

ThomasFrazier
Director, Business Operations and Systems

Meredith Fitz-Gerald, RN, MSN
Director, CCTS Clinical Research Support Program
Director, CCTS Clinical Research Support Program
University of Alabama at Birmingham
mfitzgerald@uabmc.edu

Jeff Edberg, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, CCTS SPAN-BIO
University of Alabama at Birmingham
jedberg@uab.edu

Maitlyn Eady
Researcher
University of Alabama at Birmingham
mait9225@uab.edu

Orlando M. Gutiérrez, MD, MMSc
Marie S. Ingalls Endowed Chair in Nephrology Leadership
Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Nephrology
Director (cMPI), Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Heersink School of Medicine
Associate Vice President for Medicine and Biomedical Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ciara Mitchell, PhD, RDN, LD
Bionutrition Researach Dietitian and Program Director
ciaramitchell@uabc.edu

Betty Darnell, MS, RD, LD
Bionutrition Research Dietitian
University of Alabama at Birmingham
bdarnell@uabmc.edu

Josh Vernon
CCTS CRU Nurse Manager

Daniel Feig, MD, PhD, MPH
Director, CHRU
dfeig@uab.edu

Geoff Gordon
Chief Technology Officer, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science,Heersink School of Medicine

Ashley Specht
OnCore Team Lead