ABOUT USOur Dedicated Team
Experienced and dedicated professionals focused on supporting investigators, their teams, and our valued research participants.
"Our mission is to provide the highest level of research support to the UCLA-Harbor community.
Contact us to learn how we can help unlock the possibilities of your research."
Dr. Christina Wang
Loren Miller, MD, MPH
CTSI Senior Associate and Site Director
Community Engagement and Research Program Co-Leader and Workforce Development Program Co-Leader
Youngju Pak, PhD
CTSI Biostatistician
Biostatistical support and consultation in study design, grant preparation, and educational courses.
Sarah Irani
CTSI Administrative Manager
Resource coordination and facilitation of key CTSI programs and post awards.
Lynda Polgreen, MD, MS
CTSI Associate Director
Community Engagement and Research Program Co-Leader and Workforce Development Program Co-Leader
Rachelle Bross, PhD, RDN
CTSI Nutrition Manager
Access to metabolic assessment room with DXA, indirect calorimetry, BIA and anthropometric tools that integrates body composition, bone mineral density, and energy expenditure testing.
Scott Filler, MD
CTSI Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
Participant and Clinical Interactions Co-Leader, Pilot, Translational and Clinical Studies Co-Leader, and Workforce Development
Emma Gutierrez
CTSI Administrative Assistant
Providing administrative excellence for clinical research
Loritta Manai, BSN,RN
CTSI Nurse Manager
The Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) provides support, resources and a comfortable environment to conduct clinical studies on human research.
Liz Chen, MBA
CTSI Informatics Manager
Providing access to electronic health record (EHR) data across multiple institutions; building resources for data management, analysis and sharing.
Richard Casaburi, MD
CTSI Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
Participant and Clinical Interactions Co-Leader, and Pilot, Translational and Clinical Studies Co-Leader
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