Our Team

Principal Investigators

Angela Branche, M.D.
Director, Infectious Disease Research Clinic
Co-Director, URMC Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit
Associate Professor of Medicine

Ann Falsey, M.D.
Co-Director, URMC Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit
Professor of Medicine

URMC Administrative and Clinical Staff

Kari Steinmetz – Clinical Manager

Goonwattie Surajpal – Sr. Project Manager

Sharon Moorehead – Health Project Coordinator

Samuel Diehl – Health Project Coordinator

Erin Nowicki – Health Project Coordinator

Patrick Kingsley – Health Project Coordinator

Amy Kachaylo – Health Project Coordinator

Arthur Zemanek, RN – Research Nurse

Ian Shannon, RN – Research Nurse

Doreen Francis, RN – Research Nurse

Katherine Elena, RN – Research Nurse

Spencer Obrecht, RN – Research Nurse

Elizabeth Barker, RN – Research Nurse

Jean Comstock, RN – Research Nurse

Joan Morales – Administrative Assistant

Barbara Mahoney – Secretary IV

Megan Hall – Outpatient Access Specialist

Peggy Harvey-Lee – Outpatient Access Specialist

Jacob Hamilton – Data Entry Technician

Tanya Smith – Clinical Quality Manager

Laboratory Staff

Christopher Lane – Director

Brooke Burgess – Associate Director, Operations

Daniel Krysinski – Lead HVTN Technician 

Michael Peasley – Technical Associate I

Matthew George – Laboratory Technician III

Zoe Tomlinson – Laboratory Technician III

Abigail Hentschke – Laboratory Technician III