Meet the RECOVER team

The Study

Our team is interdisciplinary, composed of experts across healthcare, education and care delivery science.

Executive Committee

Michael Carrithers, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Neurology and Rehabilitation
University Illinois Chicago

Sarah Donohue, PhD

Director, Research Services, Peoria
University Illinois Chicago

John Hafner, MD 

Professor and Director, Emergency Medicine
OSF Healthcare, Peoria

Terry Vanden Hoek, MD

Professor and Head, Emergency Medicine
University Illinois Chicago

Jonathan Klein, MD, MPH

Study Chair
University Illinois Chicago

Jerry A. Krishnan, MD, PhD

Lead Principal Investigator
University Illinois Chicago

Mark McCauley, MD, PhD

Associate Professor and Director, Electrophysiology Program
University Illinois Chicago

Robin Mermelstein, PhD

Professor, Psychology
University Illinois Chicago

Naoko Muramatsu, PhD, MHSA

Professor, Community Health Sciences
University Illinois Chicago

Hugh Musick, MBA

Director, Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design

Richard Novak, MD 

Professor and Head, Division of Infectious Diseases
University Illinois Chicago

Neil Pliskin, PhD

Professor, Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology
University Illinois Chicago

Bellur Prabhakar, PhD

Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
University Illinois Chicago

Bharathi Prasad, MD, MS

Professor and Director, UI Health Sleep Sciences Center
University Illinois Chicago

Heather M. Prendergast, MD, MS, MPH, MHA

Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of Illinois Chicago

Sarah Stewart de Ramirez, MD, MPH, MSc

Associate Professor, Chief Medical Officer, and Vice President of Clinical Innovation
OSF HealthCare, Peoria

Samer Sader, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Methodist Medical Center, Peoria

Clinical Research Team

Chicago

Taylor Breiter, MPH

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

Raktima Dasgupta, MPH, MA

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

Claire Flanigan

Student Research Assistant

Michael Freedman, MD

Study Physician, Return of Results

Bayan Hammad

Clinical Research Coordinator

Maryann Holtcamp, ANP

Study Nurse, Return of Results

Lucia Large Gomezperalta

Clinical Research Coordinator

Lourdes Norwick, RN

Study Nurse, Return of Results

Tina Schuh, MPH

Project Manager

Neyde Sixto Suarez

Phlebotomist

Peoria

Hannah Curry, MS

Clinical Research Coordinator

Jennifer Dixon

Clinical Research Coordinator

Sherrie Edmonds, MA

Program Coordinator

Phoebe Maholovich, MSN, RN

Clinical Research Coordinator

Tiffany Thompson BSN, RN

Study Nurse, Return of Results

Research Communication Center Team

Chicago

Sharon Hasek

Manager

Grace Kadubek

Agent

Miriam Martinez

Agent

Tenny Miller

Agent

Khushboo Patel

Agent

Barbare Predki

Team Lead