Category: CASI Staff Spotlight

Mike Sullivan, User Support Specialist III

What is your current position? User Support Specialist III in the SMPH Office of Informatics and IT, currently serving the Department of Psychiatry. When did you start working in SMPH? At UW? I started with the Department of Psychiatry in January of 2022. Before that, I worked in the private sector installing Nurse Call and A/V …

Christy Lincicum, Executive Assistant to the Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

What is your current position? I currently serve as the Executive Assistant to the Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. I have been in this role since July 1, 2013. In this role, I provide comprehensive administrative support to the Department Chair. When did …

Esther Schulman, Administrative Specialist, Department of Medicine

Pronouns: she/her What is your current position? I am an Administrative Specialist. When did you start working in SMPH? At UW? I started working at the Department of Medicine in 2017. Before that, I was a student helper at Peet’s Coffee and Tea at Memorial Union as an undergraduate. In 2017, I started as an …

Tatiana Sarango Gonzalez, Research Coordinator, All of Us Research Program

Pronouns: she/her What is your current position? I am a clinical research coordinator with the All of Us research program! This research is aiming to build one of the largest databases of health information that can be used by researchers to discover how genetics, lifestyle, and environmental aspects may impact health outcomes. Participants complete a …

Natasha Mednikova, Account III, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Pronouns: she/her/hers What is your current position? I’m an Account III with SMPH’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. I work closely with the All of Us, a people-focused research collection program, and the Collaborative Center for Health Equity (CCHE), which connects states with rural, urban, and tribal communities, plus some other widely ranging ICTR …

Caitlin Stark, Clinical Research Coordinator, Carbone Cancer Center

What is your current position? I am a Clinical Research Coordinator at the Carbone Cancer Center, specifically in the breast cancer research program. When did you start working in SMPH?   I started working at SMPH in March of 2017. What does a typical day look like for you? Every day looks different! Our team is …

Nichole Rauch, Medical Program Assistant, Department of Surgery

What is your role? I am a Medical Program Assistant, and I work in the Department of Surgery in the Division of Otolaryngology. In my role, I support multiple faculty and staff, including the divisional chair in Otolaryngology, as well as one of the vice chairs of research in the department, the PhD’s and their …

Heather Asplund, User Support Specialist, Department of Pediatrics

What is your current position? I’m a user support specialist for the Department of Pediatrics’ IT help desk. My main goal is to make doctors’ and admins’ jobs easier! Peds has 4 user support specialists, but we’ve been growing the past year, and each of us has a specialty, too. Rather than doing backend work …

Kassie Hefty, Human Resources Business Partner, Department of Medicine

This Staff Spotlight is part of a series dedicated to employees who continue to shine as we navigate through the challenging times of the pandemic. As much of the world was shut down, SMPH staff shifted gears to adapt to the many barriers that prevented business as usual. The featured employees were nominated by their …

David Downing, Facilities Coordinator, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR)

This Staff Spotlight is part of a series dedicated to those employees who continue to shine as we navigate through the challenging times of the pandemic. As much of the world was shut down, SMPH staff shifted gears to adapt to the many barriers that prevented business as usual. The featured employees were nominated by …