Our Team
Our Center brings together a team of talented individuals from clinical research, laboratory research, basic science and the community to propel our mission.
Our Center's Team Member of the Month program regularly recognizes exceptional individual contributions and commitment to the Center's vision. Each Team Member of the Month shares their personal highlights of being a part of the Center team.
Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD
Director
Professor
Stanford Medical School and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics
Courtesy appointment, Department of Otolaryngology
Director
Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University
Naddisy Family Foundation Professor of Medicine
Director
FARE Center of Excellence at Stanford University
Faculty Fellow
Center for Innovation and Global Health
Chief Investigator
Food allergy studies at Stanford
Sayantani (Tina) Sindher, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Sindher joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford University in January 2017. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Medicine, division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine. She divides her time between clinical trials and outpatient clinical care of pediatric and adult allergy and immunology patients. Tina completed her Pediatric residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in Bronx, NY and her fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, PA. While at CHOP, she was a sub-investigator on multiple food allergy trials and participated in laboratory research focused on characterizing the peripheral and epithelial immune regulatory responses in children and adults with eosinophilic esophagitis.
Whitney Block, NP
Research Nurse Practitioner
Whitney joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in 2013. She previously worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a research nurse practitioner specializing in childhood obesity and fitness. She completed her accelerated Bachelors of Science in Nursing program at Johns Hopkins University and her Masters of Science in Nursing, specializing in primary care pediatrics, at Vanderbilt University.
Roxanne Garcia
Center Adminstrator
Roxanne joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in 2014. She directly supports the Center Director. She graduated from Los Angeles with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and has research experience with infectious diseases and mucosal innate immunity.
Marté Matthews, MA, MFT
Consulting Family Therapist
Marté joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2015. In her role as a consultant to the research team and supporting the families of clinical trial participants, she addresses emotional and behavioral issues that may arise in children during their participation in the study. She has previously worked as a supervisor for master’s level graduate students in practicum and as a clinician with children’s behavioral health care providers throughout Santa Clara County. Before becoming a therapist, she was a health educator for 13 years on topics such as reproductive health, oncology, and nutrition. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Applied Behavioral Sciences at U.C. Davis and her Master of Arts at John F. Kennedy University. Marté currently has a private practice at the Child & Family Counseling Group in San Jose.
Divya Kumar, PhD
Clinical Research Coordinator
Divya joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in January 2015. She completed her PhD in chemistry from Columbia University in 2006 and then conducted post-doctoral work at UC Davis from 2006-2008. She is a parent of a child with multiple food allergies and is active in food allergy safety and fundraising events. She is currently a study coordinator for a multi-allergen immunotherapy trial at the Center.
Rita Beransky
Clinical Research Coordinator
Rita joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University as a clinical research coordinator in April 2016. Prior to this, she worked as research staff in an autism EEG research laboratory at UC Davis and a computational neuroscience laboratory at UC San Diego. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, with a minor in Neuroscience, at UC Davis.
Laurie Kost
Clinical Research Coordinator
Laurie joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University as a clinical research coordinator in May 2016. Laurie has previous research experience in comparative physiology at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station. Additionally, she has participated in public health research projects in India and Thailand. She completed her MS in Epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health, and MS and BS with Honors in Biological Sciences from Stanford University.
Olivia Lecomte Raeber, PhD
Medical Writer & Regulatory Document Manager
Olivia joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in April 2015. She received her PhD in immunology from the University Paris VI, France. After a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University, she held various drug development positions in the biotech Industry, focusing on the discovery of fully human monoclonal antibodies and small molecule drugs against oncology and inflammation targets.
Frances Meneses
Clinic Office Manager
Fran joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2015. As the office administrator, she supports the clinic center manager, clinic manager, and the clinical team. She graduated from San Francisco State University with a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology.
Alicia Rodriguez
Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator
Alicia joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in March 2015. She was trained in 1999 as a Medical Assitant from Western Career College and licensed from NCCT in 2006. Her extensive experience as a medical assistant and phlebotomist has included work at John Muir Medical, American Red Cross, Davita Dialysis, Labcorp, Valley Care Medical, Department of Veterans Services, and the Stanford Blood Center.
Drina Bogusch
Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator
Drina joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in September 2016. She was first trained in 1991 as a nursing assistant with Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association and now holds her National and California phlebotomy license, EKG certificate, and a diploma in Medical Coding and Billing. Her extensive work experience has included serving as preceptor at the Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association Blood Bank, ARC Blood Bank, and the National Marrow Donor Program, and as a Medical Assistant III, Apheresis Technician, and automated blood collection trainer at the Stanford Blood Center.
Lillian L.C. Lee
Administrative Assistant to the Director of Clinical Translational Research
Lillian joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in January 2018. She directly supports the Center's Clinical Translational Research Unit Director. She has a BS in Microbiology/Immunology from the University of Minnesota and has research experience in Genetics and Molecular Biology. She has previously held roles as an Executive assistant at an IP law firm in Minneapolis; as a California Licensed State Farm Insurance associate; as a preschool teacher and administrator; and as an elementary school teacher’s assistant.
Sharon Chinthrajah, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, Clinical Translational Research Unit
Dr. Chinthrajah joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford in August 2013. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the divisions of Allergy/Immunology and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Stanford and serves as the Director of the Clinical Translational Research Unit, Sean N Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research. She divides her time between the Nadeau laboratory, her own clinics, and the Center, where she sees patients, teaches fellows, and is a sub-investigator on many of our clinical trials in food allergy. Sharon completed her Internal Medicine training at California Pacific Medical Center and her subspecialty training in Pulmonary/Critical Care and Allergy/Immunology at Boston Medical Center.
Nielsen Fernandez-Becker, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Dr. Fernandez-Becker Joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford in May 2018. She is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Stanford. Dr. Fernandez-Becker, earned her MD and PhD Degrees from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She completed Residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 2005 and Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School in 2009. She specialized in Celiac disease and Esophageal Disorders and is the Director of the Celiac Management Clinic at Stanford. Dr. Fernandez-Becker research interests include clinical and translational studies regarding celiac disease and allergic diseases, particularly eosinophilic esophagitis.
Efren Rael, MD FAAAAI
Clinical Director, CPMC
Dr. Rael joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research and the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford in April, 2015 after previously being on faculty at Penn State in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine since 2010. He graduated from Boston University School of Medicine, completed internship at UCLA, medicine residency at Lahey Clinic, and fellowship at the University of South Florida under 2 prior presidents of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology. He has been involved in over 40 clinical trials and has research interests in allergen immunotherapy and mechanisms by which the immune system develops tolerance to foods and inhaled allergens.
Anny Uyehara, NP
Research Nurse Practitioner
Anny joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in Summer 2017. She is a licensed, board-certified nurse practitioner who worked for 7 years in an allergy and asthma private practice in Maryland. She was also a clinical trials coordinator and sub-investigator in clinical trials in asthma and oncology. She completed her Masters of Science in Nursing at Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing.
Tina Dominguez, PA-C, MMS
Physician Assistant, Clinical Manager & Trainer
Tina Dominguez joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in 2010. She works closely with patients as they participate in the food allergy clinical studies at the Center. Tina has more than 15 years of experience in family practice and allergy therapy. She attended Stanford School of Medicine primary care associates program for her PA certification. She received a Master's of Medical Science from St. Francis University.
Katherine Lloyd O'Laughlin
GMP Manager
Katherine joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in 2014. She works in the GMP facility as manager and oversees the food flour doses for current study participants. She graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Food Science and a Master of Education in Exercise Physiology. She has experience with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Youth Fitness Survey (NYFS) as a research exercise specialist.
Margie Woch, RDN
Dietitian
Margie, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, first began working with Dr. Nadeau in 2010 in the initial stages of research in OIT for food allergy at Stanford University. She rejoined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in 2015. She has also previously worked at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hopsital at Stanford and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center as a pediatric clinical nutritionist in Allergy-Pulmonary Medicine and Neurology. Her degree in Nutrition & Food Science is from San Jose State University and she did her training at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston.
Alex Sanchez
Medical Assistant
Tiffany Tan
Research Assistant
Tiffany joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in November 2015. She assists in the GMP to prepare doses for study participants, as well as some responsibilities in the clinic and the Center lab. She received her BS in Nutritional Science with a minor in business from San Jose State University.
Iris Chang
Research Assistant
Iris joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in February 2016. She assists the research coordinators in data entry process for clinic trails. She also helps with processing research samples in the Nadeau Laboratory. She graduated from Seattle University with a BS degree in Biology.
Allie Scheiber
Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator
Allie joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in September 2017 as an Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator. She has previous research experience in food allergies and Celiac Disease at the Center's Nadeau Lab. She is also engaged in the food allergy and Celiac community as a patient advocate for Celiac Disease through the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness. She graduated from Stanford University in 2017 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Biology and a minor in Modern Languages.
Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD
Director
Professor
Stanford Medical School and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics
Courtesy appointment, Department of Otolaryngology
Director
Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University
Naddisy Family Foundation Professor of Medicine
Director
FARE Center of Excellence at Stanford University
Senior Fellow
Center for Innovation and Global Health
Chief Investigator
Food allergy studies at Stanford
Rosemarie H. DeKruyff, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Rosemarie joined the Nadeau Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2016. Her decades of research have illuminated key discoveries of the mechanisms underlying the development of allergy and asthma. Her research currently focuses on the role of TIM molecules and the RGMb pathway in development of oral tolerance to food allergens, and in the development of food allergy. Increased understanding of the molecules that modulate function of Treg cells, conventional CD4 T cells and iNKT cells in the development of asthma, respiratory tolerance and oral tolerance could lead to therapies for treatment of allergic disease. Rosemarie has an extensive history of publications, patents, NIH grants, and teaching. She received her PhD in Biology/Immunology from NYU and completed her post-doctoral training at Cornell Medical College and at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School. She has previously held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School and Stanford School of Medicine.
Sandra Andorf, PhD
Kim and Ping Li Director of Computational Biology
Instructor, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Andorf joined the Nadeau Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in April 2015. Her research focuses on computational approaches and the integration of results from different assays to study immunological and clinical data sets in the context of allergies and asthma. Before joining the Nadeau Laboratory, she worked as a post-doctoral scholar in Atul Butte’s laboratory at Stanford on different systems immunology projects. She completed her PhD in bioinformatics at the University of Potsdam in Germany in 2011.
Monali Manohar, PhD
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Dr. Manohar joined the Nadeau laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford in November 2013. Her research focuses on understanding the mechanism of tolerance in food allergic children undergoing oral immunotherapy. She specifically examines the functional attributes of allergen-specific T cells and their cross talk with the antigen presenting cells over the course of therapy. Monali graduated from the Indian Institute of Science with a PhD in Immunology.
Xiaorui Han, PhD
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Dr. Han joined the Nadeau laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in January 2018. She currently focus on mechanistic research on antigen-specific T cells and how they are involved with the tolerance in allergic patients during immunotherapy. She uses molecular biology techniques to study the effects of immune cells and their molecular signatures on tolerance in models of human allergy and immunological diseases. She received her PhD in biotechnology from Peking University.
Yu Wong, PhD, MD
Clinical Instructor and Research Fellow
Dr. Wong joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2016. He divides his time between the lab and sees patients in the clinic. His laboratory-based research currently focuses on understanding the changes that occur with oral desensitization to food allergens as well as the role of CD8+ T cells in food allergy. Dr. Wong is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Hematology. He completed his residency and previous fellowships at Stanford University. He received a PhD in Immunology from Rockefeller University and his medical training from from Weill Cornell Medical College.
Natasha Purington
Biostatistician
Natasha joined the Nadeau laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford in August 2015. She is currently exploring how certain baseline clinical and demographic characters contribute to severe allergic reactions at peanut challenges, as well as analyzing safety and efficacy endpoints on several of the labs clinical trials. Natasha received her BS in Statistical Science from UC Santa Barbara and an MS in Biostatistics from UCLA.
Dana Tupa
Research Assistant
Dana joined the Nadeau laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford in September 2014. She supports the various asthma and food allergy projects within the lab, specifically the gastrointestinal (GI) sub-set study, which aims to understand the immune tolerance within the digestive tract in patients undergoing the peanut oral immunotherapy. Dana received her BS in Biochemistry from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and an MS in Toxicology from the University of Basel, Switzerland.
Diane Dunham
Research Assistant
Diane Dunham joined the Nadeau Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma at Stanford in May 2017. Her current role as a research assistant supports various projects in the lab that utilize Cytof and flow cytometry to study changes in immune markers from clinical participants. She received her MS degree in Biology from the University of Illinois. The focus of her research was understanding hormone components on immune function. Her last position at the Boyce Thomson Institute for plant biology lab was as a lab manager. In this position and others over the years, she gained skills in molecular biology, immunology, virology and protein chemistry.
Shu Chen Lyu, MSc
Laboratory Unit Manager
Shu-Chen joined the Sean N. Parker Laboratory for Allergy and Asthma Research in 2011. Her research involves understanding induction of immune tolerance by capturing allergen specific T cells from allergy patients pre- and post-OIT using Tetramer/Dextramer technology. She also uses CyTOF mass cytometry technology to obtain high-content phenotyping data on relevant cell subsets. She has more than 20 years of experience in laboratory work in human immunology. In addition, she has worked with Mt. Sinai to conduct the AADCRC-MSSM-01 study.
Deborah M. Hussey Freeland, PhD, JD
Senior Research Scientist, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Center Manager for Research and Finance
Deborah joined the Nadeau Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in September 2015 as a Senior Research Scientist, and also is honored to serve as the Center Manager for Research and Finance. She earned her Ph.D. in the Interdepartmental Program in Biophysics at Stanford and her J.D. at Stanford Law School. Her fellowships include the National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellowship, the Soroptimist International Dissertation Fellowship, the American Association of University Women Selected Professions Fellowship, and fellowships at the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation, at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and at the Center for Environmental Science and Policy of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, as well as at the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford Law School. Her peer reviewed publications, lectures and teaching engage with topics in physics, biochemistry, molecular biology, epistemology, ethics, socioeconomics and environmental studies, and she is excited to apply omics approaches to understanding immune system responses to allergens and immunotherapies.
Mary Prunicki, PhD, MD
NIH Career Re-Entry Scientist
Dr. Prunicki joined the Nadeau laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford in July 2014. Her research investigates the effects of ambient air pollution on the immune system, especially of asthmatic children. She primarily studies Tr1 and Th17 cells. Mary received her PhD from Northwestern University and her MD from Southern Illinois University. After taking time off to raise her small children, Dr. Prunicki resumed her career by becoming an NIH re-entry scientist.
Maya Elise Kumar, PhD
Director of Lung Development
Instructor, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Kumar joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in October 2015. Using in vivo single cell analysis, genetics and live cell imaging her research explores the cell behaviors that underlie airway remodeling in asthma and other smooth muscle diseases of the lung. Dr. Kumar received her BA from Williams College, after which she was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Switzerland, where she studied the role of Hox genes in limb patterning in the laboratory of Dr. Denis Duboule. She completed her PhD in Biochemistry from Harvard University under the supervision of Dr. Doug Melton, where she uncovered mechanisms that divide the endoderm into distinct organ domains in the embryo, focusing particularly on pancreas specification. She did her postdoctoral research at Stanford University in the laboratory of Dr. Mark Krasnow, where she developed single cell approaches to mark and follow the behavior of individual cells in the developing lung, identifying progenitor cell niches and recruitment mechanisms for mesenchyme-derived lineages of the lung, including smooth muscle surrounding the airways and arteries.
Wenming Zhang, PhD
Research Assistant
Dr. Zhang joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in September 2015. Her current role as a research assistant supports various projects in the lab. She received her PhD at the University of Southern California and her dissertation titled, “Lung Mesenchyme Cell Biology” was completed at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in 2014.
Xiaoying Zhou, MD, PhD
Research Assistant
Dr. Zhou joined the Nadeau Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma at Stanford in June 2015. Her research involves understanding the regulatory mechanisms through which environmental air pollution exposure impacts immune cell function in asthmatic children. Specifically, she analyzes of the composition of the T cell subpopulations using CyTOF mass cytometry technology. Her studies also involve the induction of type 1 regulatory cells in food allergy patients. She received her PhD in hematology at Central South University, China. She completed her postdoctoral training in stem cell biology and hematopoiesis at University of Southern California.
Bryan Bunning
Research Assistant
Bryan joined the Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in June 2016. He is currently supporting the lab's efforts to learn about the genetic and epigenetic changes related to food allergy and asthma. He also explores basophil activation in allergic children. He received his BS in Biological Sciences, with a specialization in Immunology, from the University of Chicago. Bryan is also severely allergic to tree nuts.
Prachi Dongre, PhD
Research Assistant
Dr. Dongre joined the Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2017. She is involved in multiple projects in the lab. Her current focus is identifying the specific proteins involved in cross reactivity of allergens and thereby desensitization (or not) to two or more allergens post immunotherapy in allergic kids. She is also involved in company-sponsored clinical trial studies and performs lab based tests/experiments and data analysis on patient samples.
She received her doctorate degree from the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX and completed her postdoctoral studies at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX.
Our Basic Research Team is a cross-disciplinary world-renowned Stanford group that focuses on cutting-edge innovation to discover immune mechanisms of how therapy works and examines the causes of allergies and asthma to improve diagnostics, prognostics, and therapies.
Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD
Professor
Stanford Medical School and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics
Courtesy appointment, Department of Otolaryngology
Director
Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University
Naddisy Family Foundation Professor of Medicine
Director
FARE Center of Excellence at Stanford University
Faculty Fellow
Center for Innovation and Global Health
Chief Investigator
Food allergy studies at Stanford
Steve Galli, MD
Professor, Pathology
Member, Bio-X
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Michael Snyder, PhD
Professor and Chair of Genetics
Director, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine
Member, Bio-X
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Stanford Neurosciences Institute
Mark Davis, PhD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Member, Bio-X
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Andy Fire, PhD
A biologist and professor of pathology and of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Craig C. Mello, for the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) — research conducted at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and published in 1998.
Mark Nicolls, MD
Division Chair, Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Joint Appointment, Immunology & Rheumatology
Member, Cardiovascular Institute
Member and Faculty, CVI/Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Member, Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
Director, Lung Immunology
Kim Yates Grosso
Community Liaison
As the parent of the first Multi Allergen Oral Immunotherapy patient at the Sean Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford, Kim works tirelessly to enable that the Center’s research, therapies and diagnostics are publicized and have the resources to come to fruition. Her leadership bridges philanthropy, community outreach and support, and communications to make the Center’s vision a reality.
Debbie Chizever Taback
Communications
Debbie joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in 2013, initially as a volunteer. She works to convey the Center’s mission and vision through a variety of communication vehicles. As the parent of three children impacted by food allergies, she passionately combines her professional marketing and graphic design experience with her commitment to the Center’s mission.
Vanitha Sampath
Content Development
Vanitha joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2015. She completed her PhD in Nutrition at UC Davis, where she conducted clinical research on the effects of dietary calcium on fat metabolism. After working in industry and academia for a few years as a research scientist, she eventually combined her scientific background with her passion for writing and communications to become a medical and scientific writer. At the Center, she enjoys being in the midst of ground-breaking research in asthma and allergy and is committed to communicating the scientific advances of the Center and spreading awareness of its mission and vision.
Julie Bitler
Patient Relations & Community Outreach
Julie has been involved with the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford since 2012. Julie spearheads community outreach and education events and co-chairs the Community Council. She also works closely with new patients and graduate patients heading up the patient and alumni support teams for the Center. As the mother of a trial graduate, she offers a unique perspective to new trial families.
Lindsey Hincks
Development Officer
As the Associate Director of the Children's Fund at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, Lindsey serves as the development officer for pediatric allergy and asthma at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research Center at Stanford University. She is dedicated to raising funds to advance the groundbreaking research and clinical trials being conducted at the Center and serving as an advocate nationwide to further our mission and vision. Contact Lindsey about major gifts and other opportunities for support.
Community Council Advisers
Justine Stamen Arrillaga Shirley Orsak
Caroline Chen Michelle Sandberg
Diane Eiger Chris Suroweic
Diana Hewitt Melanie Thernstrom
Melissa Kepner Stephanie Winston-Wolkoff
Marnie Marcin
Our Basic Research Team is a cross-disciplinary world-renowned Stanford group that focuses on cutting-edge innovation to discover immune mechanisms of how therapy works and examines the causes of allergies and asthma to improve diagnostics, prognostics, and therapies.
Our Scientific Advisory Board brings together a cross-disciplinary team of world-renowned scientists to improve diagnostics, prognostics and therapies.
Sean N. Parker
Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD
Cezmi Akids, MD, PhD
Mübeccel Akdis, MD
Katrina Allen, MBBS, PhD
Scott Boyd, MD, PhD
Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., MD, DrPH
Yueh-Hsiu Chien, PhD
Sharon Chinthrajah, MD
Mark Davis, PhD
Manisha Desai, PhD
Andrew Fire, PhD
Stephen Galli, MD
Jacob Glanville
Rohit Gupta
Ruchi Gupta, MD
Theodore Jardetsky, PhD
Purvesh Khatri, PhD
Chaitin Khosla, PhD
Gideon Lack, MD
Donald Leung, MD, PhD
Dave Lewis, MD
Holden Maecker, PhD
Lloyd Minor, MD
Mark Nicolls, MD
Julie Parsonnet, MD
Stephen Quake, PhD
Maria Grazia Roncarolo, MD
David Stevenson, MD
Michael Snyder, PhD
Steve F. Ziegler, PhD