Research Leadership

Brett Faine

Brett Faine, PharmD, MS

Director of Research Operations

Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pharmacy

Email: brett-faine@uiowa.edu

Priyanka Vakkalanka

Priyanka Vakkalanka, ScM, PhD

Research Analysis Team Lead

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology 

Email: priyanka-vakkalanka@uiowa.edu

Sydney Krispin

Sydney Krispin, MPH, MA

Director of Emergency Medicine Research Training Programs

Email: sydney-krispin@uiowa.edu

Research Faculty

Karen Cyndari, MD, PhD

Karen Cyndari, MD, PhD

Emergency Medicine PSTP Associate Director

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Immunology, and Epidemiology

Kari Harland

Kari Harland, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Email: kari-harland@uiowa.edu

Sangil Lee

Sangil Lee, MD, MS

Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Email: sangil-lee@uiowa.edu

Chuck Jennissen

Chuck Jennissen, MD

Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics

Email: charles-jennissen@uiowa.edu

Anne Zepeski

Anne Zepeski, PharmD, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacist, Emergency Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Email: anne-zepeski@uiowa.edu

Research Analyst

Tracy Young

Tracy Young, MS

Biostatistician

Email: tracy-young@uiowa.edu

Eric Kontowicz

Eric Kontowicz, PhD

Assistant Research Scientist

Emaileric-kontowicz@uiowa.edu

Research Coordinators

Courtney Fietsam

A. Courtney Fietsam, PhD

Clinical Research Team Lead

Email: alexandra-fietsam@uiowa.edu

Erin Anderson

Erin Anderson, BS

Research Coordinator

Email: erin-g-anderson@uiowa.edu

Cathy Fairfield

Cathy Fairfield, RN, BSN

Research Coordinator

Email: catherine-fairfield@uiowa.edu

Research Admin Staff

Tera Shea

Tera Shea, BS

Administrative Services Coordinator

Email: tera-shea@uiowa.edu

KS2025

Saipreetham Kadara

Research Associate

Email: siapreetham-kadara@uiowa.edu

Supriya Shinde

Supriya Shinde, MS, MPH

Research Grant Specialist

Email: supriya-shinde@uiowa.edu

KariAn Mulford

KariAn Mulford, MS

Research Associate

Email: karian-mulford@uiowa.edu

Graduate Research Assistants

Eliezer Santos Leon

Eliezer Santos Leon, MPH, MS

Graduate Research Assistant

Email: eliezer-santos@uiowa.edu

Jiayi Sun

Jiayi Sun, BS

Graduate Research Assistant

Email: jiayi-sun@uiowa.edu

Devin Spolsdoff

Devin Spolsdoff, MS

Graduate Research Assistant

Email: devin-spolsdoff@uiowa.edu

Taeuk Kang, MBiotech

Taeuk Kang, MBiotech, MSc

Graduate Research Assistant

Email: taeuk-kang@uiowa.edu

Research Interns

Anna Nacos, BA

Research Intern

Email: anna-nacos-1@uiowa.edu 

John Lehmkuhl, BA

Research Intern

Email: John-lehmkuhl@uiowa.edu

Maddie Lawler, BA

Research Intern

Email: madeline-lawler@uiowa.edu 

Jasmine Joseph, BS

Research Intern

Email: jasmine-joseph@uiowa.edu