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New Employees - March 2019


New Staff - March 2019

Pepevi Afi Adzitso
Clinical Nurse - West Valley 
Dialysis - Utah 

 

cristina bean

Cristina Bean
Executive Secretary 
Internal Medicine Administration

Cristina is from Orem, Utah, and graduated from the U in 2008 with a degree in Flute Performance. After graduating, she worked in the College of Social & Behavorial Sciences for 3 and a half years. After that, she taught English online, worked for Xactware, then moved to BYU as a Manager of Training and Communications. Most recently, she returned from Spain, fulfilling her lifelong dream of moving there to teach English. She's happy to be back at the U working in the Chair's office. 

Michael Baza
Data Architect Sr. 
Epidemiology

Daphne Compere-Louis
Study Coordinator
Epidemiology

wendy douglas

Wendy Douglas
Nurse Practitioner - Weber & Davis counties
Nephrology 

Wendy Douglas is a board-certified adult care nurse practitioner. She recieved an ADN from Utah State University and a BSN from Weber State University. Wendy completed teh adult care nurse practitioner program earning an MSN degree from the University of Utah in 2008. She [racted in the fields of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, primary care, and palliative care. She joined the University of Utah Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and is practicing in Weber and Davis counties. 

Wendy is a Utah native and enjoys spending time with family outdoors. Her hobbies include hiking, cycling, and cooking. 

matt dungan

Matt Dungan
Research Analyst
Epidemiology

Matthew was born in Ohio but grew up in Detroit. He graduated in 2017 from BYU with a Bachelor of Sciences in Public Health and a minor in statistics. He will earn his Masters of Public Health from the University of Utah in May 2019. Prior to working with PARCKA, Matt worked as an Enteric Disease Investigator for the Utah Department of Health and has several years of experience managing clinical research at a rural clinic in New Mexico. 

Matthew and his wife enjoy camping, rock climbing, rodeos, and reading a lot of good books. When he has the time, he enjoys going to minor league baseball games and local theater productions. 

Jullian Gamache
Cell Therapy Tech I
Cell Therapy/Regenerative Medicine 

Paula Hobson
Nurse Practitioner
Oncology

Sonia Ibrahim
Study Coordinator
Rheumatology 

Morgan Johnson
Dialysis Technician - West Valley 
Dialysis - Utah 

 

Alex Matunas
Lab Specialist
Cell Therapy/Regenerative Medicine

Josue Morales
Dialysis Technician - Kolff
Dialysis - Utah

 

brittany penn

Brittany Penn
Study Coordinator
Cardiovascular Medicine

Brittany was born and rasied in Wausau, Wisconsin, where she graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a Bachelors degree in Health Promotion/Wellness and Dance. Her background is primarily in fitness as she is a certified personal trainer, fitness instructor, athletic coach and dance instructor. After moving to Park City almost two years ago, she entered into the healthcare field as an Exercise Specialist in the Pulmonary Lab at the University of Utah Hospital. Brittany is joining the heart failure research team where she plans to learn and grow in this new field. 

When not at work, Brittany is cheering on the Green Bay Packers, backpacking in the Uintas, mountain biking with her Brittany Spaniel pup or sharing her passion for dance with students in Park City. 

 

Kristin Perry
Dialysis Technician - West Valley
Dialysis - Utah 

 

Warren Pettey 
Data Scientist
Epidemiology

Konstance Pollett
Administrative Assistant 
Gastroenterology

Su Shaoyu
Software Design Engineer Sr.
Epidemiology

stephanie timm

Stephanie Timm
Study Coordinator 
Gastroenterology

Stephanie was born and raised in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. She recieved her Bachelor's degree from the University of Utah in Human Development & Family Studies and minored in Criminology. She worked in the healthcare field as a medical assistant for several years during college, but when she graduated, she transferred to the social services field. She realized she missesd the healthcare field and wanted to get involved in research to help work towards graduate school, and she knew the University of Utah would be the best place to go.

While she loved living in Washington D.C. as part of her internship for the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, she thinks she will always end up back in Utah because of her love for all things Utah has to offer, especially hiking, mountain biking, and skiing. 

zola wagner

Zola Wagner
Lab Technician  
Infectious Disease 

Zola has recently moved from Seattle, WA and experienced her first (and very cold) winter in Utah. Prior to relocating to Salt Lake City, she worked in a clinical dermatology for five years, helping patients with treatments on anything from skin cancer, to dermatitis to acne. By taking this opportunity to move to Utah, Zola wanted to experience the other side of medicine, which is working in a labratory setting and being part of the forefront of research. In her spare time, she loves to cook and volunteer to help the homeless population. 

Martha Zarate
Clinical Research Coordinator
Nephrology