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Sandeep Chandra


As the Director of the Health Cyberinfrastructure division at UC San Diego's San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), Sandeep Chandra provides the strategic vision, direction, management and implementation of concepts and methodologies for Sherlock's technology platforms. Sandeep brings strong knowledge of the healthcare ecosystem with a deep focus on compliance, including NIST, FISMA and HIPAA requirements. Sandeep has offered direct policy, business, operations, and technology advice to the leadership of federal, state and academic institutions for over 15 years. Previously, Sandeep served as the co-Principal Investigator for the Tropical Ecology Assessment & Monitoring (TEAM) network initiative in SDSC's Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Development group. As the TEAM co-PI, Sandeep architected and deployed one of the first multidisciplinary IT platforms for global biodiversity and ecosystem service monitoring, which included information systems, mobile technology, environmental sensors, databases and analytics.

Sandeep holds an MS in Computer Science from North Carolina State University. Winston Armstrong

Chief Information Security Officer

In his role as SDSC's Chief Information Security Officer, Winston is responsible for the security of a diverse computing environment that includes both health information systems and high-performance computing systems. He leads the SDSC Security Group, which monitors and investigates security incidents related to SDSC, provides guidance for security practices and policies, and makes recommendations for protecting SDSC and Sherlock computing resources.

Prior to working at SDSC, Winston held a similar position at the San Diego Data Processing Corporation (SDDPC), where he was responsible for the Security of the SDDPC information technology services provided to the City of San Diego. Before working at SDDPC, Winston served in various engineering and information technology roles within the aerospace industry, the most recent being at Lockheed Martin Corporation, where he was responsible for the computer systems used by the Atlas and Titan launch vehicle programs.

Winston holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara. Leslie Morsek


In her role as Program Manager, Leslie is responsible for the direction and oversight of various projects within the Health Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Division to ensure delivery of high-quality services that meet and exceed client objectives and achieve all business goals. She also is engaged in developing and expanding the Health CI Division's relationships within the University of California (UC) framework as well as academic and industry organizations outside the UC system. Prior to joining SDSC, Leslie worked as an acquisition and program management specialist for the federal government on projects concerning the development, sustainment, and enhancement of interoperable networking and legacy software waveforms. She is a licensed attorney who practiced law as a products liability litigator and served as a professor, instructing first-year and international law students at law schools in California and Ohio.

Leslie holds an LL.M. from the University of San Diego School of Law, a J.D. from the University of Akron School of Law, as well as a B.S. in Finance from Miami University.