Meet the ECHO Center Team
Andrea Janota, MPH
Director of the IU Indianapolis ECHO Center
Oversees all ECHO programs. Handles evaluations, grants and reporting, health-related social needs, Indiana Peer Education Program ECHO, and manuscript preparation.
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Kaley Liang, MPH, MS
Assistant Director
Oversees the Black Maternal Health ECHO, recruitment and outreach, continuing education units, Indiana Hepatitis Academic Mentorship Program, and Student-Centered ECHO.
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Caroline Kryder-Reid, MPA
Senior Program Management Specialist
Oversees the following ECHOs: HIV, Indiana Public Health Response, LGBTQ+ Health, and Trans Health. Also handles intern onboarding.
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Jenna Watkins
Program Management Specialist
Oversees the following ECHO programs: Centurion Correctional Health, Hepatitis C, Indiana Hepatitis Academic Mentorship Program, and Indiana Peer Education Program.
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Norelimane Bouzar
Program Management Specialist
Oversees the following ECHO programs: Cancer, Comprehensive Pain Management, Indiana Rural Opioid Consortium Peer Support, and Point of Care Ultrasound.
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Efrain Alvarado
Marketing & Communications Specialist
Develops content and graphic design of external and internal communications including social media, marketing, graphics, and webpages. Represents the center at conferences and events. Copywriter for external publications and media contact for news.
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Alex Buchanan, MA
IN CAREs ECHO Project Manager
Oversees the Indiana Communities Advancing Recovery Efforts (IN CAREs) ECHO and the Student-Centered ECHO.
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Liz Culp
ECHO Coordinator
Assists with attendance, monthly reports, logistics, data management, participant enrollment and onboarding, and contributes to special projects.
Gerardo Maupomé, BDS, MSc, PhD
Chief Innovation Officer
Dr. Maupome is working with the IU Indianapolis ECHO Center to improve the clinical-practice of multiple conditions in Indiana and the Midwest.
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Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
ECHO Intern
Focuses on our Cancer ECHO, Comprehensive Pain Management ECHO, outreach, and the blogs and newsletter.
Alexandra Vargas
ECHO Intern
Focuses on marketing projects, INPEP ECHO data entry and operations, Spanish translations, and outreach.
Hope Straw
ECHO Intern
Focuses on INPEP data & QI, intern mentorship, hosts the Student-Centered ECHO, and coordinates the Trans Health ECHO.
Tristan Pickering
ECHO Intern
Focuses on the following ECHO programs: Indiana Hepatitis Academic Mentorship Program (IN-HAMP), Indiana Communities Advancing Recovery Efforts (IN CAREs) ECHO. Other tasks include INPEP data entry and mentoring new interns on the following programs: Hepatitis C, Centurion Correctional Health, and LGBTQ+ Health ECHOs.
Asuka Nakumura
ECHO Intern
Mentors new interns on the following programs: Black Maternal Health ECHO, Cancer ECHO, and Comprehensive Pain Management ECHO. Other focus areas include health-related social needs and coordinating the INPEP ECHO.
