Clinical Research

Yafen Liang, MD
Professor and Vice
Chair of Clinical Research Department of Anesthesiology
Our mission is to promote evidence-based medicine through high-quality clinical research by engaging faculty and trainees in academic medicine and supporting their academic career development.
Our Team

Clinical Research Group (Clockwise from L to R): Maria Matuszczak, Nischal Gautam, George Williams, Olga Pawelek, Marie-Francoise Doursout, Linden Lee, Yandong Jiang, Joy Badenoui
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Valerie Anderson Research Coordinator II |
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Sai Keerthi Annam, PhD, MPH Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Simon Betancourt-Escobar, MD Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Davide Cattano, MD, PhD, FASA, CMQ Professor |
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Bhuvrit Raj Dhakal, MBBS Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Yandong Jiang, MD, PhD Professor |
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Syed Uzair Mahmood, MBBS, MPH, CPH, FRSPH Research Assistant I |
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Sepideh Saroukhani, MD, PhD Assistant Professor and Data Scientist |
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Daniel Sessler, MD Professor |
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Emad Sorial, MD Clinical Trial Project Manager |
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Mert Tore, MD Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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Alparslan Turan, MD Professor |
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Sicheng Wang, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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George Williams II, MD, FASA, FCCM, FCCP Professor |
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Shao Feng Zhou, MD
Professor |