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 Meet the Staff

City of Hope has established quality assurance, quality control, regulatory affairs and manufacturing teams with substantial experience and expertise in areas including pre-IND/IND (investigational new drug) preparation, cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) manufacturing and training, and process and product development.

Our staff specializes in viral and nonviral vector design, production and purification (including baculovirus expression and transfection-based production), monoclonal antibody production, bacterial fermentation, mammalian cell culture, and aseptic fill and finish.

 Center for Applied Technology Development

Larry A. Couture, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
626-256-8728
lcouture@coh.org

Ivy Derecho, M.S.
Project Coordinator
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 65979
iderecho@coh.org

Yasmine Shad, M.S.
Quality Systems Director
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 62808
yshad@coh.org

Michael Shaw, MHS
Business Manager
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 33674
mishaw@coh.org

Delia Hernandez Gauer
Administrative Analyst
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 63813
dgauer@coh.org

Liz Rufus
Executive Assistant
626-256-8728
lrufus@coh.org

Mayra Alvizo
Senior Administrative Support
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 62410
malvizo@coh.org

 Office of Technology Licensing

George Megaw, Ph.D.
Director
626-301-8841
gmegaw@coh.org

Matthew Grunseth, M.B.S.
Senior Manager
626-471-7221
mgrunseth@coh.org

Ryan Kelly, Ph.D.
Technology Licensing Manager
626-471-9359
rykelly@coh.org

Calvin Chen
Technology Licensing Manager
626-256-HOPE (4673)
calchen@coh.org

Sharon Kwan, Ph.D.
Technology Licensing Manager
626-256-HOPE(4673)
shkwan@coh.org

Chanel Parrish
Administrative Assistant
626-256-HOPE (4673)
cparrish@coh.org

 Center for Biomedicine & Genetics

David Hsu, Ph.D.
Director
626-256-HOPE (4673)
dhsu@coh.org

Vincent (Chang-Yi) Chen
Assistant Research Professor
626-256-HOPE (4673)
cychen@coh.org

Wei Dang, Ph.D.
QC Manager
626-256-HOPE (4673)
wdang@coh.org

 Office of IND Development and Regulatory Affairs

Suenell Broyer, R.A.C.
Director
626-256-HOPE (4673)
sbroyer@coh.org

Catherine Matsumoto
Regulatory Affairs Manager
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 60202
cmatsumoto@coh.org

Amanda Lee
Regulatory Affiars Specialist
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 32011
amandalee@coh.org

Katherine Furness
Regulatory Affairs Specialist
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 60547
kfurness@coh.org

Barbara Potter
Senior Administrative Support
626-256-HOPE, ext. 64135
bpotter@coh.org

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