Our team

Maaike van Gerwen, MD, PhD

Maaike van Gerwen, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator

Maaike van Gerwen is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Research in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. She is also a member of the Institute for Translational Epidemiology and the Institute for Exposomic Research.
Mary Jane Chua, BS

Mary Jane Chua, BS

Grants Manager

Mary Jane Chua is the grants manager in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Mathilda Alsen, MPH

Mathilda Alsen, MPH

Senior Research Coordinator

Mathilda Alsen coordinates the Direct-R and Direct-P thyroid cancer studies. She has expertise in building and maintaining databases, geospatial mapping, and meta-analyses.
Seungjun Ahn, PhD

Seungjun Ahn, PhD

Statistician

Seungjun Ahn provides expertise in statistical modelling and study design. His research focuses on developing statistical methods and bioinformatics tools for differential network analysis, causal mediation analysis, and multi-omics data integration. 

Chanel Rojas, MPH

Chanel Rojas, MPH

Research Manager

Chanel Rojas is the Research Manager in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. She is an expert in administrative aspects of research projects, including IRB/ DUA/ MTA
Weijia Fu, MSc

Weijia Fu, MSc

Masters Statiscian

Weijia Fu  is holds an MSc in Biostatistics from the University of Washington in Seattle.  Weijia has been involved in the development of statistical methodologies, the analyses of high-dimensional -omics data and statistical consultation for clinical projects. She has expertise in statistical computing in Python and R.