Our Team

SPARK Hub brings together leading experts in clinical care, R&D, and entrepreneurship to empower innovators developing solutions that protect our youngest and most vulnerable.

Team members

Innovating for our Future

Kolaleh Eskandanian, PhD, MBA

BioHealth Innovation

  • Program Director
  • R&D and Innovation/ Entrepreneurship Advisor and Mentor
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Julia Finkel, MD
Children’s National Hospital
  • Principal Investigator
  • Clinical and R&D Advisor and Mentor
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Ioannis Koutroulis, MD, PhD, MBA
Children’s National Hospital
  • Co-Investigator
  • Clinical and R&D Advisor and Mentor
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Meron Hagos Gebreegziabher
Children’s National Hospital
  • Program Lead
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Kamran Tariq, PhD
Children’s National Hospital
  • Senior Program Manager
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Catherine Limperopoulos, PhD
Children’s National Hospital
  • Clinical and R&D Advisor and Mentor
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John Collins, PhD
CIMIT at Mass General Brigham
  • Site Principal Investigator, R&D and Innovation/
  • Entrepreneurship Advisor and Mentor
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Roberta DeBiasi, MD
Children’s National Hospital
  • Clinical and R&D Advisor and Mentor
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Meghan Delaney, DO, MPH
Children’s National Hospital
  • Clinical and R&D Advisor and Mentor
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Francesca Joseph, MD
Children’s National Hospital
  • Clinical and R&D Advisor and Mentor
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Monika Goyal, MD
Children’s National Hospital
  • Clinical and R&D Advisor and Mentor
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Youssef Kousa, DO, PhD
Children’s National Hospital
  • Clinical and R&D Advisor and Mentor
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Xiaoyan Song, MBBS, PhD
Children’s National Hospital
  • Clinical and R&D Advisor and Mentor
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