CIBMTR leadership is provided by transplant physicians, many with statistical training, as well as other national and international experts in transplant research and biostatistics.

Who We Are

• Senior Leadership
  
• Scientific Directors
  
• Statistical Directors
  
• Other Leadership Staff

Senior Leadership

The Senior Leaders of CIBMTR work with the scientific, advisory, executive, and oversight committees to provide vision and leadership for CIBMTR’s programs and activities.

​	M​ary Horowitz, MD, MS Chief Scientific Director Principal Investigator for the Data and Coordinating Center of the BMT CTN Research Director for the SCTOD Robert A. Uihlein Professor of Hematologic Research at MCW
​	Steven Devine, MD Associate Scientific Director Chief Medical Officer, NMDP/Be The Match  Co-Scientific Director of the RCI BMT
​	India Hook-Barnard, PhD Senior Vice President, Patient Outcomes and Experience, NMDP/Be The Match
​	Mary Eapen, MBBS, MS Senior Scientific Director of Research Operations Scientific Director for the Graft Sources and Manipulation; Pediatric Cancer; and Non-Malignant Diseases Working Committees Protocol Officer for several BMT CTN trials Professor of Medicine at MCW
​	Kathryn E. Flynn, PhD Senior Scientific Director of Patient-Reported Outcomes Associate Professor of Medicine at MCW
​	​Roberta King, MPH Vice President for CIBMTR Minneapolis Staff Liaison to the NMDP/Be The Match Donor and Patient Safety Monitoring Advisory Group
​	Martin Maiers, MS Vice President of Biomedical Informatics Staff liaison to the Immunobiology Steering Committee Co-Chair of Informatics: International Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Workshop Member of World Health Organization HLA Nomenclature Committee
​	​Marcelo Pasquini, MD, MS Cellular Therapy Registry Director and Principal Investigator of the CIDR Scientific Director for the Cellular Immunotherapy for Cancer Working Committee and the Regimen-Related Toxicity and Supportive Care Working Committee Protocol Officer and Director of Medical Monitors for the BMT CTN CIBMTR representative to the WBMT Associate Professor of Medicine at MCW
​	J. Douglas Rizzo, MD, MS Senior Scientific Director and Principal Investigator of the SCTOD Professor of Medicine at MCW Associate Director of Clinical Operations for the Froedtert and MCW Cancer Center
​	Bronwen Shaw MD, PhD Senior Scientific Director of Data Operations Co-Scientific Director for the RCI BMT Scientific Director for the Late Effects and Quality of Life Working Committee as well as the Donor Health and Safety Working Committee Professor of Medicine at MCW
​	Patricia Steinert, PhD, MBA Executive Director for CIBMTR Milwaukee
​	Mei-Jie Zhang, PhD Chief Statistical Director Biostatistician for the Acute Leukemia Working Committee and Graft Sources and Manipulation Working Committee Professor of Biostatistics at MCW

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Scientific Directors

Scientific Directors lead the 15 CIBMTR Working Committees to ensure that each is meeting the needs and addressing the priorities of the scientific and medical communities that CIBMTR serves.

	​Mukta Arora, MD, MBBS, MS Co-Scientific Director of the Graft-versus-Host Disease Working Committee Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota
​	Saurabh Chhabra, MD, MS Assistant Scientific Director for the Regimen-Related Toxicity and Supportive Care Working Committee Associate Professor of Medicine at MCW
​	​Anita D’Souza, MD Assistant Scientific Director for the Plasma Cell Disorders and Adult Solid Tumors Working Committee Assistant Professor of Medicine at MCW
​	​Mehdi Hamadani, MD Scientific Director for the Lymphoma Working Committee Director of Adult Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program at MCW Professor of Internal Medicine at MCW
​	Parameswaran Hari, MD, MS Scientific Director for the Plasma Cell Disorders and Adult Solid Tumors Working Committee Armand J. Quick – William F. Stapp Professor of Hematology at MCW Division Chief of Hematology and Oncology at MCW
​	​Stephanie J. Lee, MD, MPH Senior Scientific Director of Immunobiology Research Co-Scientific Director for the Immunobiology Working Committee Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington
​	​Rachel Phelan, MD, MPH Assistant Scientific Director for the Late Effects and Quality of Life Working Committee Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hematology / Oncology / BMT at MCW Director of the Next Steps Survivorship Program at Children's Wisconsin
	​Marcie Riches, MD, MS Scientific Director for the Infection and Immune Reconstitution Working Committee Protocol Officer and Medical Monitor for several BMT CTN trials  Clinical Associate Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Clinical Medical Director of the BMT Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Clinical Associate Professor Director of Clinical Research and Data Quality, BMT at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
​	​Wael Saber, MD, MS Scientific Director for the Chronic Leukemia Working Committee and Health Services and International Studies Working Committee Assistant Scientific Director for the Acute Leukemia Working Committee Associate Professor of Medicine at MCW
​	​Stephen Spellman, MBS Co-Scientific Director for the Graft-versus-Host Disease Working Committee and Immunobiology Working Committee Director of Immunobiology Research Principal Investigator for the Research Repository Staff liaison to the Immunobiology Steering Committee Program Manager for the NMDP/Be The Match Office of Naval Research Grant Graduate faculty in the University of Minnesota Bioinformatics and Computational Biology program

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Statistical Directors

Statistical Directors provide high level biostatistical support for CIBMTR studies, both observational research and clinical research trials, including special statistical methodologies for the unique challenges of transplantation analysis.

​	​Kwang Woo Ahn, PhD Statistical Director for the Chronic Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Pediatric Cancer Working Committees Associate Professor of Biostatistics at MCW Graduate Program Director at MCW
​	​Ruta Brazauskas, PhD Statistical Director for the Cellular Immunotherapy for Cancer, Health Services and International Studies, and Late Effects and Quality of Life Working Committees Associate Professor of Biostatistics at MCW
​	​Raphael Fraser, PhD Statistical Director for the Plasma Cell Disorders Working Committees and the BMT CTN Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at MCW
​	​Soyoung Kim, PhD Statistical Director for the Chronic Leukemia, Infection and Immune Reconstitution, and Non-Malignant Diseases Working Committees Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at MCW
​	​Brent Logan, PhD Statistical Director for the Donor Health and Safety Working Committee and the Regimen-Related Toxicity and Supportive Care Working Committee Lead Statistician for the BMT CTN and Statistical Consultant to the NMDP/Be The Match Professor of Biostatistics at MCW Director of the Division of Biostatistics at MCW
​	​Tao Wang, PhD Statistical Director for the Graft-versus-Host Disease Working Committee and Immunobiology Working Committees Associate Professor of Biostatistics at MCW

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Other Leadership Staff

	​Erik Bergman, MBA, MS Director of IT for CIBMTR Milwaukee Oversees management of the Research Database, including extraction of data from source systems as well as their transformation and loading to the database Responsible for data retrievals from the Research Database as well as key solutions for sharing data with stakeholders
​	Yung-Tsi Bolon, PhD Directs the Bioinformatics Research team Graduate faculty for the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology program at the University of Minnesota
	​Janet Brunner-Grady, PA-C Program Director of Data Operations Manages the clinical research coordinators, develops training programs, and monitors center CPI Assists clinical research coordinators on both campuses with clinical transplant-related questions
	​Sharniece Covill Director of Business Operations for CIBMTR Milwaukee Oversees the deliverables and milestones associated with the full portfolio of CIBMTR products
	​Sherry Fisher Director of Advancement for CIBMTR Milwaukee Manages the advancement activities to generate continued non-federal financial support Oversees meetings and communications activities, including the annual TCT Meetings
	Erin Leckrone Director of Prospective Research Manages the activities of the RCI BMT, including the Survey Research Group Oversees the administration of the Clinical Trials Advisory Committee
	Waleska S. Pérez, MPH Program Director of Statistical Operations and Clinical Outcomes Research Oversees Master’s-level statisticians Provides administrative oversight of the Clinical Outcomes Research Program
	​Matt Prestegaard Director of IT for CIBMTR Minneapolis Develops IT systems in the areas of searching and matching, case management, international communications, and research
​	Guillermo Vazquez-Toro, PhD Director of the Corporate Office for CIBMTR Milwaukee Directs acquisition of corporate opportunities  Provides oversight of the Corporate Project portfolio

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