Research Operations & Program Administration

Sydney Yovic, MPH
Assistant Vice President, Research & Mission
syovic@jdrf.org
212-479-7674

Rachel Webb, MPA
Director, Research Administration
rwebb@jdrf.org
212-479-7522

Amanda Rieder, MA
Associate Director, Research Operations
arieder@jdrf.org
212-479-7575

Tamara Croland, MPA
Senior Manager, Beta Cell Replacement
tcroland@jdrf.org
212-479-7626

Zenia Dacio-Mesina, MA
Senior Program Administrator, Prevention
zdacio-mesina@jdrf.org
212-479-7635

Karen Ng, BBA
Senior Program Administrator, Beta Cell Regeneration and Survival and Immunotherapies
kng@jdrf.org
212-479-7563

Nikki Carpenter, JD
Senior Program Administrator, Artificial Pancreas, Metabolic Control, and Complications
ncarpenter@jdrf.org
212-479-7643

Jami Goodman, MS
Project Manager, International Partnerships
jgoodman@jdrf.org
212-479-7603

Christine Dredger, BS
Specialist, Research Operations
cdredger@jdrf.org
212-479-7614

Kristin McGowan, MBA, MS
Event Coordinator, Research
kmcgowan@jdrf.org
212-479-7631

 

Program Management

Danny Kovarik, BS
Program Manager
dkovarik@jdrf.org
212-479-7565

 

Research Partnerships

Olivia Lou, PhD
Director
olou@jdrf.org
212-479-7606

Richard McGregor, PhD
Director
rmcgregor@jdrf.org
212-479-7589

 

Clinical Trial Management

Shachi Vyas, MS, PGDip IBM
Senior Clinical Trial Manager
svyas@jdrf.org
212-859-7844

Mahmoud Hassan, MD, MPH
Clinical Trial Manager
mhassan@jdrf.org
212-859-7838

 

Metabolic Control

Sanjoy Dutta, PhD
Assistant Vice President, Research
sdutta@jdrf.org
212-479-7668

Esther Latres, PhD
Director, Research
elatres@jdrf.org
212-479-7624

Daniel Finan, PhD
Director, Research
dfinan@jdrf.org
212-479-7547

Marlon Pragnell, PhD
Associate Director, Research
mpragnell@jdrf.org
212-479-7690

Jaime Giraldo, PhD
Program Scientist, Research
jgiraldo@jdrf.org
212-479-7663

Jonathan Rosen, PhD
Program Scientist, Research
jrosen@jdrf.org
212-859-7896

 

Cure/Prevent

Andrew Rakeman, PhD
Assistant Vice President, Research
arakeman@jdrf.org
212-479-7522

Jessica Dunne, PhD
Senior Director, Research
jdunne@jdrf.org
212-479-7595

Simi Ahmed, PhD
Director, Research
sahmed@jdrf.org
212-479-7679

Patricia Kilian, PhD
Director, Research
pkilian@jdrf.org
212-785-9500

Frank Martin, PhD
Associate Director, Research
fmartin@jdrf.org
212-479-7554

Ryne DeBo, PhD, MS
Program Scientist, Research
rdebo@jdrf.org
212-859-7891

Carmen Fotino, PhD
Program Scientist, Research
cfotino@jdrf.org
212-401-2133

Jacquelyn Brown, PhD
Program Scientist, Research
jbrown@jdrf.org
212-401-2135

 

International

Olivier Arnaud, PharmD
European Director
oarnaud@jdrf.org
33-6-814-802-71

Jeanette Soderberg, PhD
Project Manager
jsoderberg@jdrf.org
46-73-734-99-93

 

Administrative Core

Leslie Polizzi
Administrative Assistant
lpolizzi@jdrf.org
212-479-7528

Aura Duran
Administrative Assistant
aduran@jdrf.org
212-479-7545

 

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