To contact the JDRF Research Staff, please see below.
Senior Leadership
Aaron Kowalski
Chief Mission Officer
akowalski@jdrf.org
212-479-7512
Research Operations & Program Administration
Sydney Yovic
Assistant Vice President, Research & Mission
syovic@jdrf.org
212-479-7674
Rachel Webb
Director, Research Administration
rwebb@jdrf.org
212-479-7522
Amanda Rieder
Associate Director, Research Operations
arieder@jdrf.org
212-479-7575
Tamara Croland
Senior Manager, Beta Cell Replacement
tcroland@jdrf.org
212-479-7626
Zenia Dacio-Mesina
Senior Program Administrator, Prevention
zdacio-mesina@jdrf.org
212-479-7635
Karen Ng
Senior Program Administrator, Beta Cell Regeneration and Survival and Immunotherapies
kng@jdrf.org
212-479-7563
Nikki Carpenter
Senior Program Administrator, Artificial Pancreas, Metabolic Control, and Complications
ncarpenter@jdrf.org
212-479-7643
Jami Goodman
Project Manager, International Partnerships
jgoodman@jdrf.org
212-479-7603
Christine Dredger
Specialist, Research Operations
cdredger@jdrf.org
212-479-7614
Kristin McGowan
Event Coordinator, Research
kmcgowan@jdrf.org
212-479-7631
Program Management
Catherine McCaffrey
Senior Program Manager
cmccaffrey@jdrf.org
212-479-7864
Daniel Kovarik
Program Manager
dkovarik@jdrf.org
212-479-7565
External Scientific Partnerships
Olivia Lou
Director
olou@jdrf.org
212-479-7606
Richard McGregor
Director
rmcgregor@jdrf.org
212-479-7589
Clinical Trial Management
Shachi Vyas
Clinical Trial Manager
svyas@jdrf.org
212-859-7844
Mahmoud Hassan
Clinical Trial Manager
mhassan@jdrf.org
212-859-7838
Metabolic Control
Sanjoy Dutta
Assistant Vice President, Research
sdutta@jdrf.org
212-479-7668
Esther Latres
Director, Research
elatres@jdrf.org
212-479-7624
Daniel Finan
Director, Research
dfinan@jdrf.org
212-479-7547
Marlon Pragnell
Associate Director, Research
mpragnell@jdrf.org
212-479-7690
Jaime Giraldo
Program Scientist, Research
jgiraldo@jdrf.org
212-479-7663
Jonathan Rosen
Program Scientist, Research
jrosen@jdrf.org
212-859-7896
Cure/Prevent
Andrew Rakeman
Assistant Vice President, Research
arakeman@jdrf.org
212-479-7522
Jessica Dunne
Director, Research
jdunne@jdrf.org
212-479-7595
Simi Ahmed
Director, Research
sahmed@jdrf.org
212-479-7679
Patricia Kilian
Director, Research
pkilian@jdrf.org
212-785-9500
Frank Martin
Associate Director, Research
fmartin@jdrf.org
212-479-7554
Ryne DeBo
Program Scientist, Research
rdebo@jdrf.org
212-859-7891
Carmen Fotino
Program Scientist, Research
cfotino@jdrf.org
212-401-2133
Jacquelyn Brown
Program Scientist, Research
jbrown@jdrf.org
212-401-2135
International
Olivier Arnaud
European Director
oarnaud@jdrf.org
33-6-814-802-71
Jeanette Soderberg
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
For information regarding submission of applications and other pre-award related inquiries please contact preawardsupport@jdrf.org.
For information regarding active awards and other post-award related inquiries please contact postawardsupport@jdrf.org.
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Media Contacts
To coordinate Press Releases, please contact our Media inbox at media@jdrf.org.
Please mail all documentation/requests to:
JDRF Media Department
26 Broadway, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10004
USA