Co-developing with research partners for optimal utility.

By co-creating GRIP with best-in-class partners, 
we are optimizing for key researcher needs across 
multiple disease disciplines.

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GRIP Steering Committee and Project Leads

Our Steering Committee is composed of leading experts from key GRIP partner institutions. Steering Committee members and Project Leads are instrumental in shaping GRIP’s strategy, direction, and goals.

ATRI (USC Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute)

  • Paul Aisen*
  • Gustavo Jimenez-Maggiora

Banner Health

  • Eric Reiman*
  • Yi Su

Boston University

  • Rhoda Au*
  • Philip Joung

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

  • Jim Glass

Duke Health

  • Murali Doraiswamy*
  • Jeffrey Petrella

Emory University

  • Allan Levey*
  • Paula Edwards
  • Alex Kotlar
  • Deqiang Qiu

FreeSurfer

  • Bruce Fischl*
  • Douglas Greve
  • Paul Wighton

Gates Ventures

  • Niranjan Bose*
  • Farhad Imam
  • Vijay Sureshkumar

Johns Hopkins University

  • Kostas Lyketsos*
  • Paul Nagy

Mass General Brigham

  • Reisa Sperling*
  • Aaron Schultz

University of California, San Francisco**

  • Reza Abbasi-Asl

University of Gothenburg

  • Michael Scholl

University of Kansas

  • Jeff Burns*
  • Alex Alsup
  • Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam

University of Munich

  • Nicolai Franzmeier*
  • Amir Dehsarvi


*Primary contact

GRIP Technical Advisory Group (TAG)

Our Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is composed of a range of individuals with complementary areas of expertise, ranging from health-related and general AI/ML,
EHR structure and search, health data management (PHI and federation), and biosample tracking. The GRIP TAG provides guidance on GRIP's strategic roadmap, expands our engagement and alignment with external stakeholders, and provides expert technical perspectives on core GRIP's features.

Junaid Bajwa

  • Senior Partner (Flagship Pioneering)
  • Former Chief Medical Scientist (MSR)
  • Clinical Associate Professor (UCL)
  • Visiting Scientist (HSPH, NTU)

Tatiana Foroud

  • Distinguished Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics (Indiana University) 
  • Lead PI, National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (NCRAD)

Susan Gregurick

  • Director, Office of Data Science Strategy in the Office of the Director (NIH)
  • Associate Director, Data Science (NIH)

Tom Stocky

  • Former SVP of Lab & Data Platform (Insitro)
  • VP of Search & Profile (Facebook)
  • Head of Learning Platform (CZI), Director (Google)
  • BoD, Banner Alzheimer’s Foundation

Gregory Moore

  • Former Corporate VP Health & Life Sciences (Microsoft, Google)
  • CTO (Geisinger Health)
  • Professor & Director Center for Brain Imaging Research (Penn State, Wayne State)


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GRIP Team

The GRIP team spearheads the strategic direction, technical build, and design of the GRIP flagship product and apps, as well as coordinating across partner institutions to facilitate a cohesive collaboration.

Niranjan Bose

  • Managing Director, Health & Life Sciences at Gates Ventures

Farhad Imam

  • Platform co-lead and Scientific Director, GRIP

Vijay Sureshkumar

  • Platform co-lead and Director of Product & Technology, GRIP

Prarthna Desai

  • Business and Finance Lead, GRIP

Gernot Kalcher

  • Senior Technical Product Manager, GRIP

Dave King

  • Technical Architect, GRIP

Jen Mooney

  • Senior Program Manager, GRIP

Paige Opsahl

  • Program Analyst, GRIP

Cory White

  • Dev Manager, GRIP
**UCSF received a research grant to support GRIP and neither implicitly nor explicitly endorses or promotes the GRIP technology

Get in touch

Learn more about the GRIP platform, products, and more by getting in touch with our team today.