

Meet our research team
We are only able to achieve our mission, vision, and values through the work of our outstanding faculty, collaborators and staff.

CATALYST leadership
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Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS Executive Director of CATALYST
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Alice Gaughan, MS Assistant Director
CATALYST core faculty
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Naleef Fareed, PhD, MBA Assistant Professor
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Megan Gregory, PhD Assistant Professor
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Timothy Huerta, PhD, MS Professor
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Saurabh Rahurkar, DrPH, BDS Assistant Professor
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Cynthia Sieck, PhD, MPH Associate Professor
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Willi (Will) Tarver, DrPH, MLIS Assistant Professor
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Daniel Walker, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor
CATALYST-affiliated international faculty
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Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD, MBA CEO of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
CATALYST affiliated faculty
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John F. P. Bridges, PhD Professor
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Courtney Hebert, MD, MS Assistant Professor
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Jennifer Hefner, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor
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C. Tory Hogan, PhD Assistant Professor
CATALYST clinical faculty
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Todd Barrett, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine
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John Oliver DeLancey, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Urology
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Aslam Ejaz, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
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Peter Kneuertz, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
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Samilia Obeng-Gyasi, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
Clinical fellows
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Eliza Beal, MD, MS Clinical Fellow
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Jennifer Lee, MD Clinical Informatics Fellow
CATALYST research staff
Post-doctoral researchers
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Matthew DePuccio, PhD, MS
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Gennaro Di Tosto, PhD
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Pallavi Jonnalagadda, MBBS, DrPH
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Sarah MacEwan, PhD
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Priti Singh, PhD, MS
Senior research staff
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Alison Aldrich, MSI, MPH
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Sadie Chen, MLIS
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Lindsey Sova, MPH
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Christine Swoboda, PhD, MS
Research specialist
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Lauren Phelps, MPA
Research data analysts
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Harish Gureddygari, MS
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Seth Scarborough, MAS
Research associates
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Natasha Kurien, MPH
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Jaclyn Volney, MPH
Graduate research associates
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Holly Heffer
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John Lawrence, MS
Clinical research assistant
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Abigail Petrecca
Administrative and professional staff
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Tyler Griesenbrock Scientific Editor
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Robert Strouse Director of Digital User Experience
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Pam Thompson Administrative Assistant