Christina Miyake, MD, MS, MPH
Founder & President
Our team
The people behind the mission
An executive board and committees of families, clinicians, and researchers working to protect young hearts.
Executive Board
— Founders and board members steering the mission.Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine
Sara Stephens, PhD, MPH
Co-Founder & Director of Operations
Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine
Diana Skaggs
Board Member
Deborah Gilmore
Board Member
Family Advocacy Committee
— Standing with families navigating a diagnosis.
Jennifer Berko
Sylvia McGurk
Research Committee
— Clinicians and scientists advancing the science.
Greg Webster, MD, MPH
Children's Hospital of Chicago
Lilei Zhang, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Ryan Ramphul, PhD, MS
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
Sarah Yukiko Asaki, MD
University of Utah Primary Children's Hospital
Yifan Chen, MD/PhD Candidate
Baylor College of Medicine
Anna Lang, MD Candidate
Baylor College of Medicine
Claire Newlon, MD
UCLA Health · Children's Heart Center
Jeremy Moore, MD
UCLA Health · Children's Heart Center
Mohammad Ebrahim, MD
Kuwait University · Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
Social Media & Communications Team
— Telling the iHOPE-Kids story and keeping families informed.Heidi Giles
Cindy LaFauci
Amelie Scheurich
Turi Scheurich
Gemma Huang
St. John's High School
Gabby McGurk
Halle Monkmeyer
Caroline LaFauci
CPR Event Team
— Running the Family CPR workshops, from setup to the last practice compression.Christina Miyake, MD, MS, MPH
Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine
Sara Stephens, PhD, MPH
Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine
Laila Iqbal
Cindy Feigel
Codi Weiner
Molly LaFauci
Sylvia McGurk
Miranda Coronado
Abia Makkani
Hibah Khan
Natalia Lopez
Sergio Alvarez
Julissa Castro
Debbie Novy
Gabby McGurk
Caroline LaFauci
Izzy LaFauci
Halle Monkmeyer
Samar Haque
Nathan Lopez
Fundraising Team
— Raising the support that puts AEDs and CPR training in reach.Sylvia McGurk
Miranda Coronado
Policy Workgroup
— Advocating for screening and heart-safe policy.Beth Webster
Sara Stephens, PhD, MPH
Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine