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Meet the CHC Team

CHC brings together clinicians, researchers, engineers, staff, and trainees working across healthcare, cybersecurity, and computer science. Meet the people behind the Center’s research, partnerships, and real-world work to strengthen healthcare cyber resilience.

Faculty - Healthcare Core

Christian Dameff, MD

Christian Dameff, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Clinical Informatics, UC San Diego Health

Laura Dilly, MD

Laura Dilly, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UC San Diego Health

Rodney Gabriel, MD

Rodney Gabriel, MD
Vice Chair of Perioperative Informatics; Clinical Director of Anesthesiology, UC San Diego Health

Inmaculada (Inma) Hernandez, PhD

Inmaculada (Inma) Hernandez, PhD
Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, UC San Diego Health

Mike Hogarth, MD

Mike Hogarth, MD
Professor of Clinical Research Information Officer, UC San Diego Health

Nico Kahl, MD

Nico Kahl, MD
Associate Physician, Emergency Medical Services, UC San Diego Health

Brian Kwan, MD

Brian Kwan, MD
Medical Director for Education Informatics; Associate Program Director, UC San Diego Health

Claire Soria, MD

Claire Soria, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, UC San Diego Health

Isabel (Izzy) Straw, BMBS, PhD

Isabel (Izzy) Straw, BMBS, PhD
Assistant Professor, University College London; Emergency Doctor, Homerton Hospital NHS Trust; Cybersecurity Research Fellow, UC San Diego Health

Preetham Suresh, MD

Preetham Suresh, MD
Clinical Professor; Vice Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Anesthesiology, UC San Diego Health

Jeff Tully, MD

Jeff Tully, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, UC San Diego Health

Nathan Yung, MD

Nathan Yung, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Diego Health

Faculty - Cyber Core

Earlence Fernandes, PhD

Earlence Fernandes, PhD
Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Deepak Kumar, PhD

Deepak Kumar, PhD
Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Pat Pannuto, PhD

Pat Pannuto, PhD
Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Stefan Savage, PhD

Stefan Savage, PhD
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Aaron Schulman, PhD

Aaron Schulman, PhD
Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Alex Snoeren, PhD

Alex Snoeren, PhD
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Geoffrey Voelker, PhD

Geoffrey Voelker, PhD
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Center Staff

Jonathon (Jon) Guthrie

Jonathon (Jon) Guthrie
Cyber Resiliency Analyst, UC San Diego Health

Kartikeyan (Kartik) Subramanyam

Kartikeyan (Kartik) Subramanyam
Network Systems Engineer, UC San Diego Health

Students and Fellows

Almog Bar-Yossef

Almog Bar-Yossef
Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

balex

balex
PhD Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Paul Chung

Paul Chung
PhD Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Henry Feng

Henry Feng
Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Alex Gao

Alex Gao
Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Michelina Hanlon

Michelina Hanlon
PhD Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Katherine Izhikevich

Katherine Izhikevich
PhD Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Eileen Kim, MD

Eileen Kim, MD
Fellow, Clinical Informatics, UC San Diego Health

Seoyoung Kweon

Seoyoung Kweon
PhD Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Elisa Luo

Elisa Luo
PhD Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Tyler Potyondy

Tyler Potyondy
PhD Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Zach Pope, MD

Zach Pope, MD
Fellow, Clinical Informatics, UC San Diego Health

Sumanth Rao

Sumanth Rao
PhD Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Ye Shu

Ye Shu
PhD Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego

Past Students and Fellows

Marshall Frieden, MD

Marshall Frieden, MD
Fellow, Clinical Informatics, UC San Diego Health

Zichen (Ash) Zhou

Zichen (Ash) Zhou
Student, Computer Science & Engineering, UC San Diego