Meet Our Team h1 >
![Seema Aceves](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2022-01/Seema-Aceves_Photo_11.16.2021.jpg?itok=_perXHnj)
Seema Aceves, MD, PhD
Rady Children's Hospital/University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA & Murrieta, CA
Principal Investigator
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Mirna Chehade, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Principal Investigator
![Carla Davis](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2022-01/Carla-Davis_Photo-11.16.2021.jpg?itok=SuulW0Wm)
Carla Davis, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Principal Investigator
![Evan Dellon](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2022-01/Evan-Dellon_Photo_11.15.2021.jpg?itok=kawzg1N2)
Evan Dellon, MD, MPH
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Principal Investigator
![Glenn Furuta](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2022-01/Glenn-Furuta_Photo_11.15.2021.jpg?itok=fxCOCaRq)
Glenn Furuta, MD
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
Principal Investigator
![Nirmala Gonsalves](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2022-01/CEGIR_Nirmala-Gonsalves.jpg?itok=uUi0mAF6)
Nirmala Gonsalves, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Principal Investigator
![A photo of Sandeep Gupta, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2024-01/sandeep-gupta.jpg?itok=MYgdJoSj)
Sandeep Gupta, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE
University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Principal Investigator
![A photo of Ikuo Hirano.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-02/ikuo-hirano.jpg?itok=YpP8p7nm)
Ikuo Hirano, MD
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Principal Investigator
![Girish Hiremath](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2022-01/Girish-Hiremath_Photo_11.15.2021.jpg?itok=V0tGFdXZ)
Girish Hiremath, MD, MPH
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Columbus, OH
Principal Investigator
![A photo of Elizabeth Jensen.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-02/jensen-elizabeth.jpg?itok=EfmtCL2d)
Elizabeth Jensen, MPH, PhD
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
Principal Investigator
Paneez Khoury, MD, MHSc, FAAAAI
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Principal Investigator
![A photo of Amy Klion, MD.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2024-01/klion-amy.jpg?itok=SeBySeyK)
Amy Klion, MD
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Principal Investigator
![John Leung](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2022-01/John-Leung_Photo_11.15.2021.jpg?itok=Iqm3x2iE)
John Leung, MD
Boston Specialists
Boston, MA
Principal Investigator
![A photo of Kristle Lynch, MD.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2024-07/lynch-kristle-headshot.jpg?itok=VGKsyT5g)
Kristle Lynch, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Principal Investigator
![Calies Menard Katcher](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2022-01/CEGIR_Calies-Menard-Katcher.jpg?itok=obAwFrG5)
Calies Menard-Katcher, MD, MSCS
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
Principal Investigator
![Paul Menard Katcher](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2022-01/Paul-Menard-Katcher_Photo_11.15.2021.jpg?itok=juZfbATX)
Paul Menard-Katcher, MD
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO
Principal Investigator
![A photo of Robbie Pesek.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-02/pesek-robbie.jpg?itok=MUgZxcM8)
Robert Pesek, MD
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Little Rock, AR & Springdale, AR
Principal Investigator
![A photo of Kathryn Peterson, MD, MSCI.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2024-01/peterson-kathyrn.png?itok=mKxaiTKh)
Kathryn Peterson, MD, MSCI
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT & Farmington, UT
Principal Investigator
Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Principal Investigator
![A photo of Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2024-01/spergel-jonathan.jpg?itok=I73OlIpB)
Jonathan Spergel, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Principal Investigator
![A photo of Joshua Wechsler.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-02/wechsler-joshua.jpg?itok=1D8zzR4z)
Joshua Wechsler, MD, MSCI
Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL
Principal Investigator
![A photo of Ben Wright.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-02/wright-ben.jpg?itok=MhgfIWxT)
Benjamin Wright, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona and Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, AZ
Principal Investigator
![A photo of Nicoleta C. Arva, MD, PhD.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-11/arva-nicoleta-headshot.jpg?itok=uoxCwtCC)
Nicoleta C. Arva, MD, PhD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Pathologist
![A photo of Margaret H. Collins, MD.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-11/collins-margaret-headshot.jpg?itok=78elC8-v)
Margaret H. Collins, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH
Pathologist
![A photo of Maria A. Pletneva, MD, PhD.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2024-02/Pletneva_Maria_headshot.jpg?itok=zX_PcQ7s)
Maria A. Pletneva, MD, PhD
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Pathologist
![Guang-Yu Yang, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-11/yang-g-headshot.jpg?itok=iKMyRYtL)
Guang-Yu Yang, MD, PhD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Pathologist
![A photo of Lisa Martin, PhD.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-11/martin-lisa-headshot.jpg?itok=UACohDuf)
Lisa J. Martin, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Statistician
![A photo of Rachel Andrews.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-01/andrews-rachel.jpg?itok=Oceex-_W)
Rachel Andrews
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
CEGIR Project Manager
![A photo of Kara Kliewer.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-01/kliewer-kara.jpg?itok=EbbJqmyD)
Kara Kliewer
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
CEGIR Project Manager
![A photo of Lauren Turner.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-02/turner-lauren.jpg?itok=qdfvN4tI)
Lauren Turner
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
CEGIR Project Manager
![A photo of Regina Yearout.](/sites/default/files/styles/team_member/public/2023-01/yearout-regina.jpg?itok=MvvY-fH1)
Regina Yearout
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
CEGIR Project Manager