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Elane Gutterman, PhD
President, Principal Epidemiologist
Elane Gutterman, PhD, founded Via Research, a global epidemiology company, and has more than 25 years of health research experience in both academic and corporate settings. In the past decade, she worked as an independent consultant specializing in health outcomes research and pharmacoepidemiology in clinical areas ranging from infectious disease to neurology, psychiatry and oncology. Her academic background includes a PhD in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University and pre- and postdoctoral fellowships in psychiatric epidemiology and health services research, respectively. In numerous publications in pharmacoepidemiology, health outcomes and health services research, she examines timely clinical and methodological issues. Dr. Gutterman’s vision for Via Research reflects a firm commitment to high scientific standards and ethics in research. Extensive travel, working abroad, and leadership in multicultural community groups have given her approaches and tools to build research networks in diverse regions of the world and to ensure that local history, social organization and culture are sufficiently considered during the conduct of epidemiological research.
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Ted Ross, CPA
Business Manager
Ted Ross has a BS in accounting from New York University and is a CPA licensed in the State of New Jersey. Following employment with a Public Accounting Firm, he joined Wyeth (formerly American Cyanamid) and spent seventeen years working in their international life science businesses, comprised of pharmaceutical products, medical device and agriculture. Mr. Ross became Controller of Cyanamid’s International Agricultural Division followed by commercial positions as Director of Wyeth’s Asian and European Crop Protection businesses and subsequently Director of Commercial Development at the Belgium regional office. Prior to joining Via Research, his positions included: President of Visionware Systems, a computer software company, co-founding partner and principal in a real-estate specialty finance company and, for the last four years, Director, Investor Relations for an investment advisory company for a single manager global fixed income and currency hedge fund.
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Lindsay Jorgensen, PhD, MHS
Senior Epidemiologist
Lindsay Jorgensen completed her PhD in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She received a Masters of Health Science degree from the same institution in infectious disease epidemiology with a certificate in vaccine sciences. After completion of her Master’s degree, Dr. Jorgensen worked as a research associate co-coordinating the on-site operations of a clinical trial in Sub Saharan Africa. This project examined the effects of multivitamin supplementation on the alleviation of the morbidity and mortality incurred from HIV and pulmonary tuberculosis co-infection. For her dissertation research, Dr. Jorgensen explored fatal heroin-related overdoses in Baltimore City, Maryland and neighborhood social, economic and geographic characteristics associated with the patterning of these deaths. While a graduate student, she assisted with numerous research studies having ecological, clinical trial and cohort designs and addressing disease outcomes such as Hepatitis C, HIV, and Alzheimer’s disease. Her work in Africa resulted in a co-authored publication in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. She also presented the results of her dissertation research in posters at conferences such as the Society of Epidemiologic Research.
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Douglas Mills, MS
Epidemiologist and Biostatistician
Douglas Mills has a Master of Arts degree in mathematics from the University of North Carolina and a Master of Science in epidemiology from Columbia University. While at Columbia, he worked on the Northern Manhattan Stroke Project, a matched case-control study. Previously, he was a senior statistician at Princeton University’s Data and Statistical Services unit and a research associate at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. He has experience in analyzing health surveys from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom and census data from Brazil. He served on an advisory working group to the US Bureau of the Census on the design of 1990 data files and other related products. His specialties include data management and quality assurance, statistical methods, and statistical approaches to studies using matched designs.
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Kathy Chou, BS
Operations and Research Assistant
Kathy Chou graduated with her B.S. in Biological Engineering from Cornell University in 2011. As part of her concentration in biomedical engineering, she pursued an interest in medicine and healthcare, specifically orthopedics. She conducted musculoskeletal research on the effects of vitamin D deficiency on bone histomorphometry and mechanics, which received awards at conferences such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference. In the course of her program and supplementary experiences as a researcher and bioengineer, she developed skills in statistical data analyses, primary literature searches, study presentations, and scientific report and manuscript writing. She also has developed operational skills through planning student events at the University ranging from small new student group activities to graduation performances and events accommodating 3,000 senior students. Kathy is eager to apply her knowledge and skills in Via Research and become actively involved in projects addressing global healthcare.
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Kathleen Bertko, BA
Operations and Research Assistant
Kathleen Bertko graduated in 2006 from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. As part of her studies, she conducted laboratory research at San Francisco State University on the molecular basis of self-discrimination behavior in marine invertebrates. Following graduation, she managed a laboratory performing studies in cardiovascular medicine at the University of Washington. Through her varied academic and professional experiences, Kathleen has developed the skills to facilitate operations within Via Research, organize and analyze surveillance data, design graphs and other visuals, perform web-based research and assist with report writing. She looks forward to broadening her interests in global health through her involvement in Via Research projects.
