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Meet the Team

Faculty

Daniel J Clauw, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Faculty Research Development and Mentoring
Scientific Director for the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center
Department of Anesthesiology
Medical School

Steven E Harte, PhD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Program Associate
Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center
Medical School

David A Williams, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry
Program Associate, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, Medical School
Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Jacob S Aday, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Research Fellow, Internal Medicine
Medical School

Anne Arewasikporn

Assistant Research Scientist
Anesthesiology
Medical School

Rachel S Bergmans, MPH, PhD

Admin Manager
Inter Healthcare and Research Assistant
Professor, Anesthesiology, Medical School

Kevin F Boehnke, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Program Associate, Anesthesiology
Medical School

Richard E Harris, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology
Medical School

Afton L Hassett, PsyD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Program Director
Anesthesiology
Medical School

Chelsea Kaplan, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Medical School

Scott F Lempka

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School
College of Engineering and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical School

Jennifer Pierce, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Medical School
Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research

Andrew D Schrepf, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical School

John (Drew) Sturgeon, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Medical School

Lars Fritsche, PhD

Research Associate Professor
Anesthesiology
Medical School
Research Associate Professor
Biostatistics
School of Public Health

Trainees

Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Advisors: Chelsea Kaplan, PhD, & Adriene Beltz, PhD

Tony Larkin, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Advisors: Chelsea Kaplan, PhD, Steven E. Harte, PhD & Daniel J. Clauw, MD

Noah Waller

PhD Candidate
Neuroscience Graduate Program

Advisors: Steven E. Harte, PhD & Richard E. Harris, PhD

Niloufar Pouyan, PharmD

PhD Candidate
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Program in Biomedical Sciences

Advisors: Steven Harte, PhD & George Mashour, MD, PhD

Awards and Honors:
Barbour Scholarship and Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan (2025–2026)
Center for Consciousness Science Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Michigan (2024–2025)

Julia Evanski

PhD Candidate
Neuroscience Graduate Program

Advisors: Chelsea Kaplan, PhD & Steven E. Harte, PhD

Team, Colleagues & Collaborators

Katherine A. Scott, BSN, RN
CPFRC Manager
Administrative Manager Intermediate Healthcare

Jessica Alder
Administrative Specialist Intermediate
[email protected]
734-998-6939

Sara Skelton, MHA
Program Manager
Administrative Support
[email protected]
734-936-3926

Ambar Akhlas
Clinical Research Coordinator Technician

Courtni Beemer
Clinical Research Coordinator

Courtney Cole
Clinical Research Coordinator Healthcare

Jennifer Eckersley, MPH
Clinical Research Coordinator

Alanna Harris
Clinical Research Coordinator Healthcare

Eric Ichesco
Research Lab Specialist Lead
Lead Imaging Analyst

Catherine Klida
Clinical Research Coordinator Intermediate

Vivian Kurtz, MPH
Project Senior Manager

Jaye Minghine
Clinical Research Coordinator Healthcare

Poonam Purohit, BDS, MPA
Data Manager

Mia Railing
Research Coordinator

Ryan Scott, MPH, CCRP
Statistician Intermediate
[email protected]
734-998-7091

Tristin Smith, MPH
Statistician Intermediate

Riley Wegryn-Jones
Clinical Research Coordinator

Chelsea Williams
Clinical Research Coordinator Healthcare

Sharon Aronovich, DMD

Lawrence Ashman, DDS

Sawsan As-Sanie, MD, MPH

Chad M. Brummett, MD

Kevin Chung, MD

J. Quentin Clemens, MD

Hamid Ghanbari, MD

Brian Hallstrom, MD

Norah Lynn Henry, MD PhD

Mary Janevic, PhD MPH

J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD PhD

Anson Kairys, PhD

Stephen Kemp, PhD

Kelley Kidwell, PhD

Anna Kratz, PhD

Grant Kruger, PhD

Wendy Marder, MD

George Mashour, MD, PhD

Jenna McAfee, PhD

Susan Murphy, OT, PhD

Scott Peltier, PhD

Arvind Rao, PhD

Amy Rothberg, MD

Roni M. Shtein, MD

Emily Somers, PhD

Sara Till, MD

Alexander Tsodikov, PhD

Andrew Urquhart, MD

Giancarlo Vanini, MD

Jennifer Waljee, MD

Daniel Whibley, PhD

Suzanna M. Zick, ND, MPH

Neil Basu, MBChB, PhD
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Darya Dabiri, DMD, MS
Toledo, OH

Robert Edwards, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Jennifer Glass, PhD
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

Daniel Harper, PhD
Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Elizabeth (Lisa) Jackson, MD
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

H. Henry Lai, MD
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO

Yvonne Lee, MD
Northwestern, Chicago, IL

Mark Lumley, PhD
Wayne State University, MI

Samuel McLean, MD, MPH
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Vitaly Napadow, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Andrea Nicol, MD, MSc
University of Kansas, Kansas City, MO

Jennifer Potter, PhD, MPH
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

Donald A. Robin, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke, MD
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Germany

Ellen L. Smith, PhD, APRN, AOCN
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Irene Tracey, CBE, FMedSci
University of Oxford, UK

Arnór Vikingsson, MD
Reykjavik, Iceland

Ann Vincent, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Nadine El-Ayache, DO, PhD
Michigan State University