PTBi-EA at UCSF

PTBi-EA at UCSF

The PTBi-EA team at UCSF, led by Dr. Dilys Walker, provides project oversight, strategic planning, partnership development, technical support, advocacy, and management of our Discovery Program and Fellowship. The team also serves as the convener for the four-team Initiative, organizing meetings (including the Annual Preterm Birth Symposium), trainings, and coordinating global partnership opportunities. The PTBi-EA Advisory Committee, a group of global health experts, meets several times a year to provide strategic counsel to the team. The project is housed within the Maternal-Newborn Health Co-op at the Institute for Global Health Sciences, UCSF Mission Bay Campus.

UCSF Team Roster

Dr. Dilys Walker, MD | Principal Investigator

Mike Aono, Msc | PTBi Information System Developer

Alejandra Benitez, MPH | Statistics Lead

Kimberly Calkins, MA | Simulation Lead

Elizabeth Butrick, MPH, MSW | Senior Program Manager

Joseph Capito | PTBi Information System Developer

Hana Azman Firdaus, MPH | Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation Technical Advisor

Ryan Keating, MPH | Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation Program Manager

Dr. Felicia Lester, MD, MPH | East Africa Training Specialist

Tiffany Lundeen, CNM, MSN, MA | Lead, Group Care Model Development

Rikita Merai, MPH | Research Analyst

Dr. Caleb Miles, PhD | Implementation Scientist

Lara Miller, MS | Program Manager

Dr. Meghan Morris, PhD, MPH | Epidemiologist

David Mugume | PTBi Information Lead System Developer

Dr. Roger Myrick, PhD, MA | Director of Monitoring and Evaluation

Hannah Park | Strategist

Dr. Nicole Santos, PhD, MS | Discovery Research Manager

Hilary Spindler, MPH | Data Scientist

Mona Sterling | Program Assistant

Fitti Weissglas, MS | Monitoring and Evaluation Informatics Specialist

Contact: [email protected]