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