Our Team

Clinical studies are managed by the SABER team who specialize in statistics, database programming, data management, project management, clinical monitoring, and research administration. Dr. Cathie Spino is the director of SABER and a research professor in the department of biostatistics. Dr. Wen Ye is a faculty scientist and SABER's assistant director. Other faculty members in the biostatistics department lead statistical activities in the SABER portfolio. SABER members work with faculty partners throughout the University of Michigan health research community and beyond.

Management


Collaborative Biostatistics Faculty

Tom Braun, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics

Irina Gaynanova, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Peisong Han, PhD
Research Associate Profressor,
Biostatistics

Wei Hao, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Kelley Kidwell, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD 
Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics

Susan Murray, ScD
Professor of Biostatistics

Trivellore Raghunathan, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics

John Rice, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics

Peter X.K. Song, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics

Bingkai Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics

Lu Wang, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics

Zhenke Wu, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Min Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics

Lili Zhou, PhD
Research Associate Professor


Leadership Team

Giselle Kolenic, MA
Manager, Statistics

Gloria Morgan, MS
Manager, Portfolio & Quality

Mike Schropp, BS
Manager, Software Development

Cathy Scott, AAS
Manager, Data Management

Steven Thelen-Perry, MS
Manager, Research Portfolio 

Kaneesha Wallace, MBA
Manager, Research Portfolio

Kevin Weatherwax, BS
Managing Research Director


Staff

Stacey Anderson, MPH
Program Manager

Breanna Bladowski, MS
Clinical Monitor

Joseph Colbert, BA 
Project Manager

Zachery DeLong, MPH
Regulatory Specialist

Donna DiFranco, MPH
Senior Program Manager

Wendy Fane, BS
Software Developer Lead

Cristina Gutierrez, BS
Research Administrator 

Anna Harris, MA, MPH
Project Manager

Noelle Herzog, PhD
Program Manager

Lisa Holloway, BS, CCRC
Clinical Monitor

Gregor Horvath, MS
Statistician Intermediate

Suiyuan Huang, MPH
Statistician Senior

Rose Ignacio, MS
Assistant Manager, Statistics

Jordan Jahnke, MS 
Statistician Lead

Kiah Jobe, MS
Clinical Data Manager

Meghan Johnson, BS
Project Manager

Deanna Jones, AND
Clinical Data Manager

Karen Jones, BS, MT, CCRA
Program Manager

Amy Krambrink, MS
Statistician Lead

Zhongze (George) Li, MS
Statistician Lead

Megan Marceau, BS 
Research Finance Associate

Adam Martin-Schwarze, PhD
Statistician Lead

Miriam Michaels, BFA
Administrative Assistant

Nazila Mirzadjahromi, MS
Project Manager

Chandrakanth Nadella, MS
Software Developer Lead

Lisa Nickels, MS, CCRP
Program Manager

Shirley-Ann Osei-Onomah, MPH
Project Manager

Subrahmanyam Pilli, MS
Statistician Expert

Allison Quatrini, Associates
Administrative Assistant

Marcela Rendon, BS
Clinical Data Manager

Satya Siddhantam, PhD
Software Developer Lead

Taylor Simon, MPH
Statistician Intermediate

Sharvetta Sylvester, MA
Assistant Manager, Data Management

Shelby Thieleman, AS
Clinical Data Manager

Yihsuan Tu, PhD
Statistician Lead

Sydney Whitson, BS
Project Manager

Reagan Young, BA
Clinical Research Associate


Students