Umbilical Cord Blood Banking

Personnel

Executive Director, ClinImmune Labs
Brian M. Freed, PhD
Dr. Freed has over 20 years of experience and over 50 publications in the field of clinical immunology and histocompatibility. He is a member of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, the American Society of Transplantation, the American Association of Immunologists and the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Dr. Freed is a diplomate of the American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics.
UCCBB Co- Medical Director
Ralph Quinones, MD
Dr. Quinones, a bone marrow and cord blood transplanter, has over 25 years of experience and over 35 publications in the field of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Immunology. He is a member of the American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, the American Association of Immunologists and the International Society of Cell Therapy. Dr. Quinones is a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics.

        
UCCBB Co- Medical Director
Jonathan Gutman, MD
Dr. Gutman joined the UCCBB after completing fellowship at the University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center where he helped develop the center's adult cord blood transplantation program.  He is the author of numerous publications and has presented data regarding cord blood transplantation at several national meetings.  He is a member of the American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, the American Society of Hematologists, and the American Society of Oncologists.

Director of Regulatory Affairs
Sharon N. Miller CHS, MT
Ms. Miller is responsible for lab accreditation, continuing education, and cord blood sample evaluation. Ms. Miller is a certified histocompatibility specialist with over 20 years of experience in histocompatibility and immunology.
 
Chief Operating Officer
Michael Aubrey, MS, CHS
Mr. Aubrey is a certified histocompatibility specialist with over 15 years experience in high resolution DNA testing and HLA database management. In addition, he developed tools for analyzing SSP/SSO typings, NMDP code frequencies, and HLA amino acid mismatch studies years before commercial and government versions became available.
Search Coordinator
Stephanie Warnell, BS, CHS
Ms. Warnell is a certified histocompatibility specialist who brings to her cord blood banking position 14 years experience in the clinical histocompatibility laboratory.
Michelle Barron, MD
Consultant
Infectious Diseases
Dr. Barron consults with ClinImmune Labs on infectious diseases in the blood and bone marrow products that are processed and stored. Board certified in Internal Medicine as well as in Infectious Diseases, Dr. Barron is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as well as the Medical Director of Infection Control at the University of Colorado Hospital.
Linda Tapia, MLT, ASCP
CCBB Processing Manager
Ms. Tapia has over 10 years of experience in Stem Cell processing, specializing in stem cell manipulation, including stem cell selection and expansions.  She has worked in the University of Colorado Hospital's Stem Cell, Pharmacology, Clinical and Immunohistochemistry laboratories.
Sabine Stockinger
Manager, Stem Cell GMP Facility
Ms. Stockinger has over 15 years of research experience, mostly in the field of cancer, including  8 years in Munich, Germany. She has 2 years of experience in HLA typing at ClinImmune Labs  and was promoted to  Manager of the Stem Cell GMP Facility in 2005 where she recently implemented a new Hematology Laboratory.