ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Kristin Loomis - President & Executive Director
Kristin is the co-founder of the HHV-6 Foundation. A graduate of Wellesley and Harvard Business School, Kristin was a publishing and marketing executive before devoting herself full-time to non-profit activities. Kristin organizes the international conferences, engages in advocacy and oversees the newsletter.
Jill Chase - Vice President & Repository Manager
Jill brings an extensive background in clinical research and administration to the Foundation. With graduate degrees in Neuroscience and Neuropsychology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Jill worked on multi-site clinical trials at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York before joining the HHV-6 Foundation since 2007, coordinating research projects and managing the HHV-6 & 7 repository.
Judith Anderson - Patient Advocate
Judith uses her comprehensive knowledge of HHV-6 associated conditions and HHV-6 assays help patients interpret their test results, and differentiate latent HHV-6 from an active infection.
Jason Stanley - Administrator
Jason holds a BA in Legal Studies from UC Berkeley and handles general IT and day-to-day tasks for the foundation and newsletter. He is an avid woodworker and can often be found cruising the surf on a stand-up paddleboard.
Lauren Whallon
Lauren is an administrative assistant. She is a graduate of Fordham University in NYC and serves on the board for PLIKEN, an organization in Kenya that provides access to education. In Santa Barbara, she enjoys hiking with her two golden retrievers and making cheese and charcuterie boards.
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
Tuan Phan
A hematology/oncology fellow at Ohio State University Medical Center, Tuan is a graduate of Tulane Medical School and co-author of 17 papers. Tuan was the first author of an important meta-analysis of HHV-6B reactivation as a risk factor for aGVHD, and a review of HHV-6B in liver transplantation.
Danny Toomey
Danny is a student at Geisnger Commonwealth School of Medicine and research associate at the HHV-6 Foundation, where he co-authored an important meta-analyses on HHV-6 and mortality and was the first author on a systematic review of viral encephalitis after hematopoietic cell transplantation. He received his Master’s in Medical Sciences from Alpert Medical School of Brown University and BS in Biopsychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Harrison Zhu
A medical student At Baylor College of Medicine, Harrison is a research associate and newsletter writer for the HHV-6 Foundation and works with physicians on literature reviews relating to HHV-6. He previously studied biochemistry at University of Texas, and plans to go into dermatology.
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Anthony Komaroff, MD – Newsletter Editor
Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Senior physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Komaroff has published over 30 papers on HHV-6, starting1988. An expert on chronic fatigue syndrome and Long Covid, Dr. Komaroff was director of the division of general medicine and primary care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for 15 years and was the founding editor of Journal Watch, a newsletter published by the Massachusetts Medical Society/New England Journal of Medicine. He is also the editor in chief of the Harvard Health Letter.
BOARD
Mona Eliassen – Chairman of the Board
Mona is the founder of Eliassen Group, Inc., an industry leader in the IT consulting and staffing industry and is currently CEO of Clear Point Consultants. Chosen as a finalist in 1998 for Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year,” Mona has since been inducted into the Women’s Business “Hall of Fame” and selected as Incentive Magazine’s “Motivator of the Year.”