Meet the Team
Mehul Raval, MD MS
Principal Investigator
Salva Balbale, PhD
Assistant Professor
Willemijn Schaefer, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Yao Tian, PhD MPH
Senior Biostatistician
Erin Wymore, MS
Project Administrator
Deysi Paniagua-Perez, BA
Project Coordinator
Kirsty Engelhardt, BA
Project Coordinator
Lynn Huang, MS
Data Analyst and Biostatistician
Charesa Smith, MD
Pediatric Surgical Research Fellow
Alison Lehane, MD
Pediatric Surgical Research Fellow
Mallory Perez, MD
Pediatric Surgical Research Fellow
Current Research Fellows:
Charesa Smith, MD (July 2022 – June 2024) – University of Illinois at Chicago General Surgery Resident
Alison Lehane, MD (July 2023 – June 2025) – Wake Forest University School of Medicine General Surgery Resident
Mallory Perez, MD (July 2023 – June 2025) – University of Alabama at Birmingham General Surgery Resident
Collaborators
Jane Holl, MD
Julie Johnson, PhD
