Our Core Team
Amanda Sammann
Co-Founder and
Executive Director
Christiana von Hippel
Research Director
Marianna Salvatori
Design Director
Adrienne Greer
Operations Director
Our Research Partners
Meghana Gadgil
Associate Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine @ UCSF
Bella Shah
Emergency Medicine @ Kaiser Oakland Founder, Design Wednesdays
Caitlin Collins
Surgical Critical Care Fellow @ UCSF
Marissa Boeck
Assistant Professor of Surgery @ UCSF
Jennifer Reid
Clinical Researcher
Design Research Fellows
Willow Frye
General Surgery Resident
Alap Patel
Plastic Surgery Resident
Jon Freise
General Surgery Resident
Angelica McDaniel
Medical Student
Manami Diaz Tsuzuki
Medical Student
Neema Rashidi
Medical Student
Founding Team Members
Lara Chehab
Co-Founder and Emeritus Research Director
Devika Patel
Co-Founder, Design Consultant & Emeritus Design Director
Susan Dix Lyons
Co-Founder
Lab Alumni
Simone Langness
Physician Wellness Researcher
April Chen
Medical Student & Researcher
Liz Liao
Medical Student & Researcher
Patrick Martin-Tuite
Medical Student & Researcher
Joshua Feler
Medical Student & Researcher
Chanel Kim
Design Research Intern
Lauren Ibarra
Design Research Intern
Sophia Pink
Design Research Intern
Jennifer Liao
Medical Student & Researcher
Andrea Araujo
Medical Student & Researcher
Nikhil Rajapuram
Medical Student & Researcher
Adrienne Baer
Design Impact Student Intern
Katie Neville
Design Impact Student Intern
Jerome Wang
Design Research Intern
Amy Tan
Design Research Intern
Laura Wong
Plastics Resident & Researcher
Benjamin Alpers
Design Manager
Jessica Hawkins
Medical Student & Researcher
Adrienne Yang
Medical Student & Researcher
Neel Vahil
Medical Student & Researcher
Serena Jing
Design Research Intern
Griffin Somaratne
Product Design Intern
Tatum La
Social Media Intern