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Meet I-TECH’s interdisciplinary team of UW faculty, global partners, and U.S. and global staff and students. This community of people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions encourages learning from one another to improve our efforts for health equity.

Staff Profiles

Center & Network Leadership

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Ivonne X. Butler, MPH

Co-Director, I-TECH
ixbutler@uw.edu

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Jeff Lane, JD, MPH

Co-Director, I-TECH
Assistant Professor, UW DGH
lanej3@uw.edu

Full Bio

Norbert Forster, MBChB, MSc, DTM&H

Country Director, Namibia
norbert@itech-namibia.org

Alana Lum Lock Cardinez, MSc

Program Advisor, Trinidad & Tobago
alumlockcardinez@itech-caribbean.org

Florindo Mudender, PhD, MSc

Country Director, Mozambique
florindom@itech-mozambique.org

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Ireen Namakhoma, PhD

Country Director, Malawi
inamakhoma@itech-malawi.org

Anna Shapoval, EdD

Country Representative, Ukraine
anna.shapoval@itech-ukraine.org

Faculty

Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH

Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Global Health
lchwast@uw.edu 

Full Bio

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Caryl Feldacker, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor, Global Health
cfeld@uw.edu

Full Bio

Jan Flowers, MS

Clinical Faculty & Research Scientist, School of Nursing
Faculty Co-Lead, DIGI
jflow2@uw.edu

Full Bio

Matthew Golden, MD, MPH

Professor, Medicine – Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology
golden@uw.edu

Full Bio

Alex Greninger, MD, PhD, MS, MPhil

Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Adjunct Professor, Microbiology
agrening@uw.edu

Full Bio

Pamela Kohler, PhD, MPH, BSN

Professor, Global Health & Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing
pkohler2@uw.edu

Full Bio

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Jeff Lane, JD, MPH

Co-Director, I-TECH
Assistant Professor, UW DGH
lanej3@uw.edu

Full Bio

John Lynch, MD, MPH

Professor, Medicine – Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Co-Director, Center for Stewardship in Medicine (CSiM)
jblynch@uw.edu

Full Bio

Julianne Meisner, PhD, BVM&S

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Global Health
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

meisnerj@uw.edu 

Full Bio

Gabrielle O'Malley, PhD

Professor, Global Health
gomalley@uw.edu

Full Bio

Nancy Puttkammer, PhD

Associate Professor, Global Health
Faculty Co-Lead, DIGI
nputt@uw.edu

Full Bio

Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH

Professor, Global Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences & Family Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology & Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
peterr7@uw.edu

Full Bio

Program Management

Alexandra Azor, MPA, MBA

Program Manager, Malawi
azora@uw.edu

Maria Bajenov, MPH

Program Officer, CSiM
mmb2909@uw.edu

Alison Ensminger, MPhil

Senior Program Manager, Namibia
aensming@uw.edu

Fernanda Freistadt, MPH

Regional Director – South America, INSIGHT Project
nanda@uw.edu

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Jennifer Gilvydis, MPH

Director, INSIGHT Project
jmas@uw.edu

Marrianne Holec

Senior Program Manager, 2wT/VMMC
mmholec@uw.edu

Ruth Levine, MA

Regional Lead – EE/CA, INSIGHT Project
rolevine@uw.edu

Natalia Martinez-Paz, MA, MPA

Director, CSiM
nmp@uw.edu

Brynn McKinney

Program Operations Specialist, DIGI
brynnm4@uw.edu

Renata Picoli, MBA

Program Manager, Capacity Building Project
rpicoli@uw.edu

Sonora Stampfly, MPH

Program Manager, TAP Project
stampfls@uw.edu

Kate Thomas, MPH

Senior Program Manager, Malawi
thomaskk@uw.edu

Marisa Van Osdale, MPH

Senior Program Manager, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC
Business Development Manager
mvanosda@uw.edu

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Nali Yang

Fiscal Specialist, 2wT/VMMC
naliyang@uw.edu

Technical Advisors & Specialists

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Ian Bacher, PhD

Senior Software and Interoperability Engineer/DIGI
ibacher@uw.edu

Anna Baines, DVM

Data Manager & Analyst, INSIGHT
baines@uw.edu

Gena Barnabee, MPA, MPH

Senior Research & Evaluation Advisor, Namibia
genab@uw.edu

Vivian Bertman, MSW

Senior Training Program Advisor, INSIGHT
vbertman@uw.edu

Assiatou Diallo, MPH

Senior Technical Advisor, INSIGHT
abdiallo@uw.edu

Beth Dunbar, PhD

Senior Digital Health Specialist, DIGI
edun@uw.edu

Isabella Fabens, MPH

Research Scientist, 2wT/VMMC
ifabens@uw.edu

Yao He, PhD

HIS Evaluation Specialist, DIGI
yaohe@uw.edu

Casey Iiams-Hauser, MIA

Senior Digital Health Specialist, DIGI & Product Owner, OpenELIS Global
caseyi@uw.edu

Abigail Korn, MPH

Senior Research & Evaluation Advisor, Zimbabwe DREAMS
akorn@uw.edu

Stacey Lissit, MPH

Senior Technical Advisor, INSIGHT
slissit@uw.edu

Piotr Mankowski, PhD

Senior Interoperability Engineer, DIGI
pmanko@uw.edu

Gillian O'Bryan, MPH

Senior Research & Evaluation Advisor, Namibia
gilliano@uw.edu

Anthony Poon, PhD

Senior Technical Advisor, INSIGHT
anthop@uw.edu

Patric Prado, MPH

Data Scientist, DIGI
patric@uwdigi.org

Anwar Parvez Sayed, DTM&H, DrGH

Senior Technical Advisor, Capacity Building Program
asayed@uw.edu

Frances Petracca, PhD

Research Scientist, Zimbabwe Care & Treatment
petracca@uw.edu

Kerry Thomson, PhD

Senior Research & Evaluation Advisor, Zimbabwe Care & Treatment
thomsonk@uw.edu

Christina White, MS

Senior Software Engineer, DIGI
nodinx23@uw.edu

Katya Wilson, PhD

Senior Research Scientist
ksw@uw.edu

Center Operations

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Maya Beal, MS

Director of Finance & Operations
mayab@uw.edu

Marleyse Borchard, MPH

Grants & Contracts Specialist
borchard@uw.edu

Laurel Code

HR Business Manager
lcode@uw.edu

Chris Coyle

Senior Computer Specialist
ccoyle@uw.edu

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Mallory Erickson, MBA

Global Financial Analyst
emallory@uw.edu

John Fields

Senior Grants & Contracts Manager
jtfields@uw.edu

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Anne Fox

Assistant Director of Communications
foxanne@uw.edu

Yvonne Ong

Global Systems Financial Analyst
ongy@uw.edu 

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Melanie Rabe

AP Specialist
mjrab255@uw.edu

Bryan Verity, MEd, PHR, SHRM-PC

Director of Human Resources
bverity@uw.edu