Investigator Bios

The investigators of the OHSU Rare Disorders Research Consortium have diverse backgrounds and come from a variety of departments on campus to form an interdisciplinary group. 

Rare Disorders Research Consortium Chairs

• Susan J. Hayflick, MD
• Maureen Hoatlin, PhD, MBA

Rare Disorders Research Consortium Steering Committee

• Abhijit Banerjee, PhD, MBA
• Julie Earnest, PhD
• Bobby Heagerty, MA
• Penny Hogarth, MD
• Jonathan Lindner, MD
• Mark Pennesi, MD, PhD
• Sue Richards, PhD
• Robert D. Steiner, MD

Rare Disorders Research Consortium Members

• Grazyna Adamus, PhD
• Amira Al-Uzri, MD
• Binoy Appukuttan, PhD
• Hans Peter Bächinger, PhD
• Grover Bagby, MD
• Sandra Banta-Wright, MN, RNC, NNP
• Alan Barker, MD
• Craig S. Broberg, MD
• Mark S. Chesnutt, MD
• Aaron Cohen, MD, MS
• Christopher Corless, MD, PhD
• David Dawson, PhD
• Andrea DeBarber, PhD
• Robert Duvoisin, PhD
• David Ellison, MD
• Caroline Enns, PhD
• Yasemen Eroglu, MD
• Cori Feist, MS, CGC
• Jeffrey Fellows, PhD
• Erika Finanger-Hedderick, MD
• Christina Flaxel, MD
• Gwen Fraley, MS, CGC
• Peter Gillespie, PhD
• Melanie Gillingham, PhD
• Allison Gregory, MS, CGC
• Markus Grompe, MD
• Kelly Hamman, MS, CGC
• Cary Harding, MD
• Michael Harris, PhD
• Michael C. Heinrich, MD
• Mark Hornbrook, PhD
• William Horton, MD
• Wei Huang, PhD
• Peter J. Hurlin, PhD
• Vivian Hwa, PhD
• Robina Ingram-Rich, RN, MS, MPH
• Sara B. Johnsen, MS, CGC
• Douglas R. Keene
• Charles Keller, MD, FAAP
  
• Kory Keller, MS
• Thomas Koch, MD
• Jeff Kraakevik, MD
• Jessica D. Kushner, MS, CGC
• Xuehong Liu, PhD
• R. Stephen Lloyd, PhD
• Ariel Lopez-Chavez, MD
• Kelvin D. MacDonald, MD, RRT
• Suman Malempati, MD
• Cheryl Maslen, PhD
• Jodi McBride, PhD
• Amanda McCullough, PhD
• Shoukhrat Mitalipov, PhD
• Cynthia Morris, PhD, MPH
• Henry S. (Stacy) Nicholson, MD, MPH
• Sergio Ojeda, DVM
• Susan B. Olson, PhD
• Eric Orwoll, MD
• Carrie Anne Phillipi, MD, PhD
• Joseph Pinter, MD
• Jonathan Purnell, MD
• P. Hemachandra Reddy, PhD
• Mark D. Reller, MD
• Fred Robinson, PhD
• Jim Rosenbaum, MD
• Holly Rosenzweig, PhD
• Peter Rotwein, MD
• Jean-Baptiste Roullet, PhD
• Christopher Ryan, MD
• Paul Schipper, MD
  
• Ronen Schweitzer, PhD
• William Skach, MD
• H. Scott Stadler, PhD
• Tim Stout, MD, PhD, MBA
• Mithran Sukumar, MD, FACS, FRSC
• Charles Thomas, Jr., MD
• Mitchell S. Turker, PhD, JD
• Richard, Weleber, MD
• Shawn Westaway, PhD
• David J. Wilson, MD
• Kevin Winthrop, MD, MPH
• Randall L. Woltjer, MD, PhD
• An-Sheng Zhang, MD
• Qing-shuo Zhang, MD, PhD
• Zili Zhang, MD, PhD