START UP Participating Programs
- Dental Medicine
START UP is open to all DMD students. The School of Dental Medicine has three major research centers: the Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, the Center for Craniofacial Regeneration, and the Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia. Short-term research mentors are available in genetics, tissue engineering, public health and epidemiology, oral cancer, dental informatics, and physiology/oral function.
Contact:
Mark Mooney, PhD
Phone: 412-648-8833
Email: mpm4@pitt.edu- Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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This short term program is open to all doctoral students in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Areas of research strength of potential faculty mentors in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences include: communication science and disorders (speech language pathology and audiology), health information management, occupational therapy, physical therapy, rehabilitation science and technology; sports medicine and nutrition, and telerehabilitation.
Contact:
Jennifer Brach, PhD
Phone: 412-383-6533
E-mail: jbrach@pitt.edu - Medicine
START UP is open to all MD students who are interested in enhancing their experience in multidisciplinary clinical and translational science. The School of Medicine research portfolio is broad and encompasses virtually all areas of research in health and health care.
Contact:
Stephanie Studenski, MD, MPH
Phone: 412-692-2360
E-mail: sas33@pitt.edu- Nursing
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This program is open to all doctoral students in the School of Nursing who are interested in increasing their multidisciplinary research skills. Areas of research strength of faculty mentors in the School of Nursing include critical illness, chronic disorders, oncology, women's health, adolescent health, genetics, and technology/Informatics.
Contact:
Judith A. Erlen, PhD, RN
Phone: 412-624-1905
E-mail: jae001@pitt.edu - Pharmacy
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START UP is open to all doctoral students in the School of Pharmacy. The school is home to the following: the Center for Pharmacogenetics; the Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR); the Pharmacodynamic Research Center; the Center for Pharmacoinformatics and Outcomes Research; the Cell Imaging Core of the Center for Reproductive Science; the Neuroendocrinology Research Consortium; and the Genomics, Proteomics, and Drug Discovery Program. There is special expertise in critical illness, transplantation, addiction, infectious diseases, and cardiovascular diseases.
Contact:
Samuel Poloyac, PharmD, PhD
Phone: 412-624-4595
E-mail: poloyac@pitt.edu - Public Health
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START UP is open to all doctoral students in the Graduate School of Public Health. This school boasts a diverse faculty with research expertise in areas such as women's health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, human genetics, environmental health, aging, community health, and chronic diseases.
Contact:
Sandra Quinn, PhD
Phone: 412-624-3124
E-mail: squinn@cmh.pitt.edu
