Leadership

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Managing Director Bharat Krishna

Bharat Krishna, MSc, MBA

Senior Vice President & Managing Director

Bharat S. Krishna serves as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of CITI Program, a worldw...

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Team Member Jaime Arango

Jaime A. Arango, EdD, CIP

Vice President, Content and Education
Dr. Arango serves as the Vice President of Content and Education and chairs the Program Advisory Com...
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Team Member Adiper Bello

Adiper Bello, BS

Director, Operations and Support
Adiper Bello, BS, is the Operations and Support Director of CITI Program. She oversees the office op...
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team member cid gomes

Cid Gomes, MS

Senior Director, Information Technology
Cid Gomes is the Director of Information Technology for CITI Program. He has served in multiple lea...
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Team member brenda johnson

Brenda Johnson, MEd, CHCP

Director, Continuing Professional Education
Brenda joins us after serving as Director of CME and CE at the University of Texas system for the pa...
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Team member Maria Ojeda

Maria Ojeda, BBA

Director, Revenue Management
Maria joined CITI Program in 2011, where she has held various financial roles. Currently she serves ...
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CITI Program team member daniel smith

Daniel Smith, BA

Director, Content and Education
Daniel Smith is the Associate Director of Content and Education at CITI Program. He focuses on devel...
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Team Member Gina Sullivan

Gina Sullivan, BS

Director, Sales
Gina is the Director, Sales of CITI Program. She joined CITI Program in 2016 with twenty years of n...
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External Advisory Board

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Our External Advisory Board (EAB), led by Ada Sue Selwitz, MA and Vice Chair Dushyantha Jayaweera, MD, includes industry experts and representatives of CITI Program and BRANY executive leadership team. The EAB provides program review and oversight services for the CITI Program.
EAB member Ada Sue Selwitz

Ada Sue Selwitz, MA

University of Kentucky and EAB Chairwoman
Ada Sue Selwitz MA, Executive Integrity/Compliance Advisor, assists the University of Kentucky in de...
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EAB Member Dushyantha Jayaweera

Dushyantha Jayaweera, MD, MRCOG (UK), FACP

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and EAB Vice Chair
Dr. Dushyantha Jayaweera is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami. He is the former Ass...
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Content Contributor Curt Civin

Curt Civin, MD, ScD (hon)

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dr. Civin is Professor, Pediatrics and Physiology; Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenera...
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EAB Member linda coleman

Linda Coleman

Yale University
Linda Coleman is the Director of the Human Research Protection Program at Yale University. Before jo...
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EAB Member Brian Currie

Brian Currie, MD, MPH

Montefiore Medical Center (RETIRED), Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Brian P. Currie MD, MPH previously held the position of VP and Medical Director for Research at Mont...
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Content Contributor Cindy Gates

Cindy Gates, RN, JD, CIP

University of Miami
Ms. Gates obtained her JD from Seattle University School of Law. She served as Vice President at Wes...
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EAB Member celia maxwell

Celia J. Maxwell, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Howard University College of Medicine
Dr. Maxwell, a graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, currently serves ...
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Content contributor Susan Miller

Susan M. Miller, MD, MPH

The Methodist Hospital
Susan M. Miller is the John S. Dunn Sr. Research Chair in General Internal Medicine at Houston Metho...
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EAB member eric perakslis

Eric Perakslis, PhD

Duke Clinical Research Institute
Eric Perakslis is the Chief Science & Digital Officer for Duke Clinical Research Institute and Profe...
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Program Advisory Committee

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Our Program Advisory Committee (PAC), led by Jaime Arango, EdD, CIP, includes expert writers, editors, reviewers, and members of the CITI Program leadership team. The PAC creates and manages research education materials for a broad range of subjects.
program advisory committee member emily bradford

Emily Bradford, PhD

University of Kentucky
Emily Bradford, PhD has extensive experience in academia. As an assistant professor in Gastroenterol...
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PAC member marsha pesch

Marsha Daerda, BA, GRC, ECoP ITAR and EAR

University of Florida
Marsha Daerda is the Associate Director for UF Research Integrity, Security, and Compliance at the U...
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Content Contributor Benjamin Fontes

Benjamin Fontes, MPH, CBSP

Yale University
Ben has an undergraduate degree in Biology from Wesleyan University (1986) and a MPH in Industrial H...
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PAC member Ross Hickey

Ross Hickey, JD, CIP, CPIA

University of Southern Maine
Ross Hickey is the Assistant Provost for Research Integrity at the University of Southern Maine (USM...
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PAC Member Sally Mann

Sally L. Mann, MS

Consultant
Sally Mann has been active in the CITI Program since it began in 2000. She serves as a consultant fo...
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PAC member Alejandro Martinez

Alejandro Martinez, MPA, CIP

Duke University
Alejandro Martinez is the Associate Director for the Duke University Campus Institutional Review Boa...
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Content Contributor Randall Nelson

Randall J. Nelson, PhD

University of Tennessee - Health Science Center
Dr. Nelson is Professor Emeritus at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and se...
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PAC member Andy Perkins

Andrew Perkins, BA

CITI Program
Andy has served in numerous research administration, compliance, and IACUC roles at multiple academi...
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Content Contributor Mark Suckow

Mark A. Suckow, DVM

University of Kentucky
Mark Suckow DVM, DACLAM has over 30 years of experience and expertise in rodent biology, research et...
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Former Committee Members

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EAB Member Paul Braunschweiger

Paul Braunschweiger, PhD

(Former EAB Member)
Senior Advisor; Emeritus Professor, University of Miami
Dr. Paul Braunschweiger, Professor Emeritus at the University of Miami, conducted basic cancer resea...
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PAC Member Karen Arts

Karen Arts, MSN, BSN, RN, CRCC

(Former PAC Member)
Works of Arts, Network of Networks
Karen's professional experience includes a variety of positions, with a focus on Oncology and clinic...
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Jerry J. Castellano, PharmD, CIP

Jerry J. Castellano, PharmD, CIP

(Former EAB Member)
Christiana Care Health System
EAB member Karen Hansen

Karen Hansen, BA

(Former EAB Member)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Karen Hansen served as the Institutional Review Office Director at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Resear...
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EAB member Ernest Prentice

Ernest D. Prentice, PhD

(Former EAB Member)
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dr. Prentice is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, the Univ...
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Juan Pablo Uribe, MD

Juan Pablo Uribe, MD

(Former EAB Member)
Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá

Our Team

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Ed Butch, MS

Assistant Director, Content & Education
Ed Butch is the Assistant Director of Content and Education at CITI Program. He focuses on developin...
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team member ryan bliss

Ryan Bliss, BS

Technical Writer, Customer Success Team
Team Member David Cuadra

David Cuadra

Associate, Continuing Professional Education
team member reid cushman

Reid Cushman, PhD

Senior Advisor and former Director of Information Technology
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team member kevin delrisco

Kevin del Risco, BS

Help Desk Technician
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Corina Dobinda-Dzwill, BS

Senior Sales & Marketing Associate
Team Member Jon Fineout

Jonathan Fineout, BS

Programmer Analyst
Team member Kim Foley

Kim Foley, BS

Manager, Customer Success Team
Team Member Evelyn Fornell

Evelyn Fornell, MBA

Performance Marketing Lead
Team member Viviane Francis

Viviane Francis, BSc, PMP

Senior E-Learning Production Manager
Team Member Alex Golden

Alex Golden

Senior Technician, Customer Success Team
Team Member stacy harden

Stacy Harden

Accounts Receivable / Collections Specialist
team member anne hawkinsbadge

Anne Hawkinsbadge, DHSc, MSPH, MA, CSP, CHSP, CHEP, C(ASCP)

Assistant Director, Environmental Health & Safety
Anne Hawkinsbadge, DHSc is the Assistant Director of EHS. She focuses on developing content related ...
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team member daniel jaffe

Daniel Jaffe, BS

Technician, Customer Success Team
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Dee Joseph, MS

Manager, Support
Team Member eric kupferberg

Eric Kupferberg, PhD

Assistant Director, Clinical Research Education
Eric D. Kupferberg, PhD received his doctorate in Science, Technology, and Society from MIT. He is c...
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Team Member Nicolas Lagueruela

Nicolas Lagueruela, BS

Senior E-Learning Production Specialist
Team Member Raymond Longaray

Raymond Longaray, BA

Marketing Supervisor
CITI Program team member Alexa McClellan

Alexa McClellan, MA

Associate Director, Research Foundations
Alexa McClellan is the Associate Director of Research Foundations at CITI Program. She focuses on de...
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Team Member Cornelius McCray

Cornelius McCray

Operations Coordinator
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Julius McLean

Sales Coordinator
CITI Program team member brandon melendez

Brandon Melendez, BS

Finance Assistant
CITI Program team member miguel morales

Miguel Morales, BA

Help Desk Technician
team member kheenan morvan

Kheenan Morvan, BS

Technician, Customer Success Team
CITI Program team member andra popa

Andra Popa, JD, LLM

Assistant Director, Healthcare Compliance
Andra M. Popa is the Assistant Director, Healthcare Compliance at CITI Program. She focuses on colla...
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Team Member Chris Rodriguez

Chris Rodriguez, BBA

Product Manager
team member gabriel rossie

Gabriel Rossie, BS

Technician, Customer Success Team
Team Member Cenna Skulsky

Cenna Skulsky, PMP

Senior IT Project Manager
team member megan stuart

Megan Stuart, BS

Marketing Coordinator
Team Member Pablo Vasconcelos

Pablo Vasconcelos, BA

Project Manager, Finance Tech & International
team member julie wong

Julie Wong, MA

Instructional Designer
Team Member Pamela Walker

Pam Walker

Senior Financial Assistant
CITI Program team member ray zanders

Ray Zanders, BA

Help Desk Technician
team member cristian zelaya

Cristian Zelaya, BS

Quality Assurance Analyst