Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC)
Contact Us & Staff
Mailing address:
Seattle ERIC
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
1660 S Columbian Way, S-152-E
Seattle, WA 98108
Email: SeattleCSPEC@va.gov
Phone: (206) 764-2773
Key Personnel
Nicholas L. Smith, PhD: Director
Jen Sporleder, BS: Associate Center Director, Research Operations
Mary Jo May, BA Ed: Administrative Officer
Research Staff & Quality Assurance
Amber Banerjee, MPH: Program Manager, Research Operations
Sarah Keithly, MPH: Program Manager, Integrated Veteran Epidemiologic Study Data Resource (INVESTD-R)
Cindy Liu, BA: Program Manager, CSP #2028: Epidemiology, Immunology and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 (EPIC3)
Julieann Marshall, MSPH: Program Manager, Research Operations
Karen Nakayama, BS: Program Manager, CSP #595: Service and Health Among Deployed Veterans (SHADE)
Laura Rabuck, MPIA: Program Manager, Digital Team
Shauna Frank, MPH: Lead Project Manager, Vietnam-Era Registries
Heidi Hummel, PhD: Project Manager, CSP #2028: Epidemiology, Immunology and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 (EPIC3)
Erin Hoffman, MPH: Project Manager, CSP #505: Millennium Cohort Study
Bianca Irimia, MPH: Project Manager
Nicole LeBlanc, MA: Project Manager, CSP #595: Service and Health Among Deployed Veterans (SHADE)
Akemi Miyamoto, BS: Project Manager, Integrated Veteran Epidemiologic Study Data Resource (INVESTD-R)
Adrienne Tanus, MPH: Project Manager, CSP #2028: Epidemiology, Immunology and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 (EPIC3)
Jonathan Adams, PhD: National Study Coordinator, CSP #2028: Epidemiology, Immunology and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 (EPIC3)
Isaac Purton, MA: Data Administrator
Gretchen Bauermeister, MPH: Team Lead
Teresa Chen, MPH: Research Coordinator
Karl Freese, BS: Research Coordinator
Tess Harpur, MPH: Research Coordinator
Ashley Tedesco, MA: Research Coordinator
Sydney Thurman, MPH: Research Coordinator
Tracy Wang, MS: Research Coordinator
Chris Bromberg, MA: Research Specialist
Katie Shroeder, BS: Research Specialist
Olivia Amestoy, BA: Research Assistant II
Morgan Bergerud, BS: Research Assistant II
Deshae’ McNeil, MS: Research Assistant II
Scientific Staff
Investigators
Edward J. Boyko, MD, MPH: Clinical Liaison
Gary Chen, PhD: Senior Biostatistician
Alyson Littman, PhD
Pradeep Suri, MD, MSc
Affiliate Investigators
Marc Blondon, MD
Jason Dominitz, MD, MHS
James Floyd, MD
Beverly Kocarnik, MD
Bessie (Young) Mielcarek, MD, MPH
Jennifer Ross, MD, MPH
Molly Shores, MD
Epidemiologist
Jonathan Sugimoto, PhD, MHS
Biostatistics Team
Anna Korpak, PhD: Lead Biostatistician
Aaron Baraff, MS: Biostatistician
Chris Forsberg, MS: Biostatistician
Amy Jeon, MS: Biostatistician
Andrew Timmons, MS: Biostatistician
Data Management Team
Dan Morelli, BA: Program Manager
Alexandra Fox, MSIS: Data Analyst
Alexander Peterson, MSc: Data Analyst
Elaine Hu, MS: Data Analyst
Katrina Wicks, MPH: Data Analyst