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Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Clinical Research

Clinical Translation Support Team

Clinical Research Support Program

Meredith Fitz-Gerald, RN, MSN

Meredith Fitz-Gerald, RN, MSN
Director
mfitzgerald@uabmc.edu

Pamela Cunningham

Pamela Cunningham
Manager, Clinical Research Nursing 
pamelacunningham@uabmc.edu

Dunia Ritchey, MEd

Dunia Ritchey, MEd
IND/IDE Consultation Team
dritchey@peds.uab.edu


Specimen Processing and Biorepository Unit

Jeff Edberg, PhD

Jeff Edberg, PhD
CCTS Labs Director
jedberg@uab.edu

Maitlyn Eady

Maitlyn Eady
Researcher
mait9225@uab.edu


Bionutrition Unit

Orlando Gutierrez, MD

Orlando Gutierrez, MD
Director
ogutierr@uab.edu

Betty Darnell, MS, RD, LD

Betty Darnell, MS, RD, LD
Bionutrition Research Dietitian
bdarnell@uabmc.edu

CIara Mitchell, PhD, RDN

Ciara Mitchell, PhD, RDN, LD
Bionutrition Researach Dietitian and Program Director
ciaramitchell@uabc.edu


Child Health Research Unit & Clinical Research Unit

Daniel Feig, MD, PhD, MPH

Daniel Feig, MD, PhD, MPH
Director, CHRU
dfeig@uab.edu

Isabel Virella-Lowell, MD

Isabel Virella-Lowell, MD
Co-Director, CHRU
ivlowell@uabmc.edu

Parnkit Vachhani, MD

Pankit Vachhani, MD
Director, CRU
pvachhani@uabmc.edu


Clinical Trials Administrative Office

Mark Marchant, MPH, MBA, CCRP

Mark Marchant, MPH, MBA, CCRP
Director
marchant@uab.edu

Dana Rizk, MD

Dana Rizk, MD
Medical Director
drizk@uabmc.edu

Fekisha Vaughan Guyton, MPA, MSW

Fekisha Vaughan Guyton, MPA, MSW
Clinical Billing Review Manager