International Health Cohorts Consortium (IHCC)

Secretariat Team

Leadership

Teji Rakhra-Burris

President & CEO, GGMC

• Research Program Leader, Sr, Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
• Co-Founder, MeTree&You, Inc.
• Biography
• USA, North Carolina

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Scott Sundseth, Ph.D.

Program Director, IHCC

• Founder, Sundseth Consulting, LLC
• Member, G2MC
• USA, North Carolina

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Chisom Nwaneri, Msc, PMP®

Program Manager, IHCC

• USA, Georgia

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Organizational Support

Hannah Kennel, M.M.B.

Administrative Program Manager, GGMC

• Global Inside Sales Manager, Premier Consulting
• USA, North Carolina

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Farah Tekbali

Program Coordinator, GGMC

• USA, Arizona

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Ytina Mangum, M.S.

Finance Director, GGMC

• Director of Administration and Finance, General Internal Medicine,
  Duke University Medical Center
• USA, North Carolina

Sharelija Lawrence, M.B.A, M.S.W.

Bookkeeper, GGMC

• Permanency Planning Supervisor, Wake County Health and Human Services
• USA, North Carolina

Communications & Technology

Cemal Tepe, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Technology Services Director, GGMC

• Adjunct Faculty, University of Maryland Global Campus
• USA, North Carolina

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Meredith Towery, M.S., M.B.A.

Communications Director, GGMC

• Communications Manager, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University
• USA, North Carolina

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Chris Nelson

Communications Specialist, GGMC

• Digital Marketer, Bright Eyed Media, Volt Labs
• Communications Specialist, Medical Minds Matter
• USA, Nebraska

Project Managers

John Connolly, Ph.D.

Project Manager, Scientific Strategy and Cohorts Enhancement Working Group, IHCC

• Scientist III, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
• Program Manager, Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network
• USA, Pennsylvania

Carles Garcia, Ph.D.

Project Manager, Data Standards and Infrastructure Working Group, IHCC

•  Project Coordinator, “Common Infrastructure for National Cohorts in Europe, Canada, and Africa” (CINECA) project
• Project Coordination Officer, EMBL-EBI
• United Kingdom

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Latifa El Hadri, Ph.D.

Project Manager, Workforce & Training Core Committee, GGMC

• Global Health System Strengthening, Consultant
• Former Visiting Fellow, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology in Duke University’s Medical Center
• Member, French Alliance and International Students Organizations
• Founder, Moroccan Association of NC
• USA, North Carolina