Dionna oversees the clinical research portfolio at the Wyss Institute and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). She supports the Institute, SEAS, and their collaborators, partners, and federal sponsoring agencies on all clinical studies in accordance with federal, state, local and institutional guidelines, policies, and procedures. Dionna maintains HIPAA compliance knowledge and ensures that the Wyss and SEAS adhere to all HIPAA and human subjects research regulations. Dionna is responsible for all clinical research studies and protocols including the creation of standard operating procedures, implementation of study design, protocol procedures, subject interaction, and development of assessment tools. She is also responsible for the internal monitoring of ongoing clinical research studies to ensure protocol and regulatory compliance. Dionna joined the Wyss Institute in 2015 with extensive translational clinical research, clinical trial, and project management experience. She previously served as Manager of Clinical Trials at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville Tennessee where she managed multi-site international pediatric sickle cell trials under the direction of Dr. Michael R. DeBaun. Dionna is a certified clinical research professional (CCRP). She also holds a B.A. from Spelman College in Atlanta Georgia, and a M.P.H. and a M.S. from Saint Louis University’s School of Public Health and College of Allied Health Sciences, St. Louis, Missouri.