Our Team
Principal Investigators
Angela Branche, M.D.
Director, Infectious Disease Research Clinic
Co-Director, URMC Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit
Associate Professor of Medicine
URMC Administrative and Clinical Staff
Kari Steinmetz – Clinical Manager
Sharon Moorehead – Health Project Coordinator
Samuel Diehl – Health Project Coordinator
Erin Nowicki – Health Project Coordinator
Patrick Kingsley – Health Project Coordinator
Amy Kachaylo – Health Project Coordinator
Arthur Zemanek, RN – Research Nurse
Doreen Francis, RN – Research Nurse
Katherine Elena, RN – Research Nurse
Spencer Obrecht, RN – Research Nurse
Ashley Collazo – Research Assistant
Katiera Jackson – Physician Support Specialist (VTEU)
Joan Morales – Administrative Assistant
Peggy Harvey-Lee – Outpatient Access Specialist
Tanya Smith – Clinical Quality Manager
Laboratory Staff
Christopher Lane – Director
Brooke Burgess – Associate Director, Operations
Daniel Krysinski – Lead HVTN Technician
Michael Peasley – Technical Associate I
Terry Shepard – Laboratory Technician II
Matthew George – Laboratory Technician III
Zoe Tomlinson – Laboratory Technician III
Abigail Hentschke – Laboratory Technician III