INHCC Program Management
Julie Mannarino, MHA
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Julie is the Program Manager for the INHCC and Associate Director at Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. With more than 15 years of experience in NIH-funded research, she provides strategic and operational leadership for complex, multidisciplinary initiatives spanning global HIV research and precision health. She brings together investigators, staff, and institutional partners to translate scientific priorities into effective programs and ensure their successful implementation. Julie also leads the INHCC Summer Research Mentorship Program, which supports the development of emerging scholars interested in neuroscience, HIV, and global health. Before joining UMSL in 2019, she coordinated research at Washington University School of Medicine focused on early affective development, lifespan brain development, and eating disorders and obesity among adolescents. Julie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Health Administration from the University of Missouri–Columbia.
Ellen Turk, MBA, MSc
Henry Jackson Foundation in support of MHRP
Ellen is Deputy Director of Clinical Project Management for the Henry Jackson Foundation's Global Infectious Diseases team. Ellen has over 18 years of experience in clinical research for vaccine development. Prior to joining MHRP in 2015, Ellen spent over ten years at the NIH, developing, performing, and validating immunogenicity assays for vaccine studies. In her current role, she focuses on operational management of the MHRP Therapeutic studies in Thailand. Ellen received her MBA and MSc from Johns Hopkins University and her BS in Biology from Georgetown University.
Jacob Bolzenius, PhD
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Dr. Bolzenius has served as a Scientist in Dr. Paul’s laboratory at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri-St. Louis since 2019. Currently he oversees the repository of SEARCH RV254 neuroimaging data in conjunction with local and international collaborators. He has a background in use of neuroimaging data in combination with clinical outcomes to delineate pathways of disease progression, and is working to leverage these data to examine neurobiological correlates of acute HIV infection.
Jen Chiarella, BS
Yale School of Medicine
Jen joined the Spudich Lab in 2015, and serves in dual roles as the Program Manager for Dr. Spudich's Lab at Yale and as Data Manager for SEARCH 10. She graduated Quinnipiac University, where she studied Medical Technology, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, and then joined Yale, building her specialization in HIV and HCV translational research. She worked with Dr. Michael Kozal of the Infectious Diseases Department for 17 years, studying HIV drug resistance and investigating the use of various methodologies, including ultra-deep sequencing, in detecting low-abundance resistant viral variants.
Gerald Quarles, BS
Henry Jackson Foundation in support of MHRP
Gerald Quarles is a Project Manager to the Clinical Project Management for the Henry Jackson Foundation's Global Infectious Diseases team. In this position Gerald primarily supports the RV254 Acute HIV Infection Cohort, therapeutic studies stemming from RV254, and the INHCC. Gerald received his Bachelors in Science from Florida A&M and has worked in the HIV research field for over seven years. His experience ranges from specimen and repository management, to serving as a coordinator for ACTG, ATN and IMPAACT studies, to most recently working at ThermoFisher Scientific as a Project Manager with commercial and NIH funded client for large scale specimen repository and clinical drug supply projects.
Zev Baranov, MS
Weill Cornell Medicine
Zev is the Project Coordinator for Dr. Ndhlovu's lab at Weill Cornell Medicine. He graduated from Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College with a B.S. in Psychology. After taking a gap year to travel, he went on to earn his M.S in Psychology at Hunter College, with his graduate thesis focused on the effects of social stress on the startle response.