ICRE Faculty, Program Directors, and Advisory Committee Members

Kaleab Z. Abebe, PhD

Professor of Medicine | Professor of Biostatistics and Clinical & Translational Science | Assistant Vice Chancellor for Clinical Trials, Health Sciences | Director, Center for Biostatistics and Qualitative Methodology (CBQM)

412-383-0100

Taylor Abel, MD

Associate Professor | Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery | Chief, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery | Surgical Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program

412-692-8142

Jonathan K. Alder, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

412-647-1468

Timothy Anderson, MD, MAS

Assistant Professor of Medicine | Director, Clinician-Researcher Fellowship

412-692-4888

Ian J. Barbash, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

412-692-2211

Eliana Bonifacino, MD

Internist

412-647-2345

Sonya Borrero, MD, MS

UPMC Endowed Chair of Translational Medicine and Research | Co-Director, VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Women’s Health | Professor of Medicine; Clinical and Translational Science; and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences

412-692-4841

Jennifer Brach, PhD, PT

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development | Professor

412-383-6533

Cindy Bryce, PhD

Associate Dean for Enrollment, Associate Professor | Faculty in Health Policy and Management | Director, MPH and JD/MPH Programs, Health Policy and Management | Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management

412-383-7279

Peter Bulova, MD

Professor of Medicine | Director, International Scholars Program, UPMC Internal Medicine Residency | Director, Outpatient Procedure Clinic | Coordinator, Internal Medicine Medical Student Interest Group | Co-Director, Magee Center for Women with Disabilities | Director, University of Pittsburgh Adult Down Syndrome Center

412-692-4888

Jessica G. Burke, PhD, MHS

Professor | Faculty in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences

412-624-3610

Greg Castelli, PharmD

Associate Professor of Family Medicine | Director of Academic and Clinical Pharmacy

412-383-2378

Janet M. Catov, PhD, MS

Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Faculty in Epidemiology

412-641-6217

Joyce Chang, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics, and Clinical and Translational Science

412-692-4868

Judy C. Chang, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and Medicine

412-692-4888

Yi-Fan Chen, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Clinical & Translational Science | Center for Biostatistics & Qualitative Methodology (CBQM)

412-624-4141

Bruce R. Childers, PhD

Professor of Computer Science and Dean, School of Computing and Information

412-624-8421

Julie Wilson Childers, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

412-692-4834

Kar-Hai Chu, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

412-692-2578

Rene Claxton, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

412-692-4834

Jason B. Colditz, PhD, MEd

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry

412-246-6929

Yvette Conley, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship
Distinguished Service Professor of Nursing
Professor of Human Genetics

412-383-7641

Jennifer A. Corbelli, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

412-692-4888

Robert W.S. Coulter, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor | Faculty, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and Pediatrics, and Clinical & Translational Science

412-624-0647

Malamo Countouris, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine | Director, Clinical Scientist Track, Internal Medicine Residency Program

412-641-8870

Alison Culyba, MD, PhD, MPH

Division Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine | Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health, and Clinical and Translational Science

412-692-6677

Allison S DeKosky, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

412-692-4882

Deborah DiNardo, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine | Women’s Health Medical Director, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System | Associate Program Director, VA Outpatient Education, UPMC Internal Medicine Residency Program | Director, Advanced Fellowship in Women's Health, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

412-360-1709

Anna K Donovan, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

412-692-4888

D. Michael Elnicki, MD

Professor of Medicine

412-623-3688

Kerry M. Empey, PharmD, PhD

Associate Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

412-648-9629

Philip E. Empey, PharmD, PhD, FCCP

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics; Associate Director for Pharmacogenomics, Pitt/UPMC Institute for Precision Medicine

412-648-7219

Michael Fine, MD, MSc

Emeritus Professor of Medicine

412-360-2206

Erika Friehling, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

412-692-7608

Alda Maria Gonzaga, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics | Associate Dean for Student Affairs, General Internal Medicine

412-692-4888

David Goodrich, EdD, MA, MS

Implementation Scientist, VA Pittsburgh Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion

Gabriella Gosman, MD

Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

412-641-1674

Melinda Hamilton, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine

412-692-6931

Megan Hamm, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

412-647-0280

Janel Hanmer, MD, PhD

Co-Associate Dean of Medical Student Research | Medical Director, UPMC Patient Reported Outcomes Center | Associate Professor of Medicine

412-624-4141

Leslie Hausmann, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

412-360-2112

Mary Hawk, PhD

Professor and Chair, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

412-648-2342

Marquis Hawkins, PhD

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

412-624-4500

Lacey W. Heinsberg, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor, Health Promotion & Development, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing

412-624-3827

Alan Hirschman, PhD

Professor

412-624-1177

Harry Hochheiser, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Associate Professor in the Intelligent Systems Program, | Director, Biomedical Informatics Training Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Pitt Cyber Affiliate Scholar

412-648-9300

Traci Kazmerski, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Chair, UPMC CHP Transition Task Force

412-692-5630

Praveen Kumar, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management | Public Health Dynamics Lab

Jane M. Liebschutz, MD, MPH, FACP

Professor of Medicine | Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine

412-692-4821

Jared Magnani, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Cardiology

412-692-2935

Mary L. Marazita, PhD

Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine | Co-Director, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics

412-648-8380

Stephanie I Maximous, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

412-648-3098

Casey N. McQuade, MD, MSEd

Assistant Professor of Medicine | Section of Hospital Medicine

412-692-4882

Emma A. Meagher, MD

Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology | Senior Vice Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

215-662-2174

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Sarah Merriam, MD, MS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

412-648-4888

Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, FSAHM

Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics

412-692-8668

Deepika Mohan, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine

412-647-2986

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Cristina Murray-Krezan, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

617-414-7399

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Audrey J. Murrell

Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public and International Affairs

412-648-1651

Pearl V. Nielsen, PhD

Instructor | Technical Writer

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Marie K. Norman, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science

412-864-3024

Patrick J. Pagano, PhD

Professor of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology

412-383-6505

Charity G. Patterson, PhD, MSPH

Professor | Director, SHRS Data Center

412-383-4812

Chenits Pettigrew Jr., EdD

Instructor of Medicine | Associate Dean for Student Engagement and Enrichment (OSEE)

412-648-8987

Thomas R. Radomski, MD, MS

Associate Director, ICRE | Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical & Translational Science

412-383-0616

Maya Ragavan, MD, MPH, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health, and Clinical and Translational Science

Vikram Raghu, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

412-692-5180

Sinthana Ramsey, DO, MS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine | Hillman Ambulatory Medical Director, Palliative Care | Subspecialty Education Coordinator, Palliative Care, UPMC Internal Medicine Residency

Jacquelin Rankine, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Assistant Director, PhD Program in Clinical and Translational Science

412-692-6166

Kristin N. Ray, MD, MS, FAAP

Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Director, General Academic Pediatrics Research Fellowship

412-692-7497

Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP

Former Distinguished Professor and Director, Public Health Dynamics Lab | Faculty in Health Policy and Management, Medicine, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration and Clinical and Translational Science

412-383-7049

Bruce Rollman, MD, MPH, MBA

Director, Center for Behavioral Health, Media, & Technology | UPMC Endowed Professor of General Internal Medicine | Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, Biomedical Informatics, and Clinical and Translational Science

412-692-2659

Jason Rosenstock, MD

Associate Dean for Medical Education | Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

412-648-8714

Brianna Rossiter, MD MS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Scott D. Rothenberger, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

412-864-3014

Doris M. Rubio, PhD

Director, ICRE | Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics, Nursing, and Clinical and Translational Science

412-692-2023

Sebastian Sattui, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine | Director of the Vasculitis Center

Charles S. Sfeir, DDS, PhD

Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Periodontics and Preventive Dentistry | Associate Dean for Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine

412-648-1949

Gaetan Sgro, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine | Associate Program Director, VA Inpatient Education, UPMC Internal Medicine Residency

412-360-1706

Nader Shaikh, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Gretchen Shelesky, MD, MS

Director of Faculty Development Fellowship UPMC St Margaret

Kenneth J. Smith, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science

412-647-4794

Sylk Sotto, EDD, MBA, MPS

Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs, Health Sciences | Associate Professor of Medicine

Abdesalam Soudi, PhD

Lecturer

412-383-4118

Carla Leigh Spagnoletti, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine

412-692-4888

Benjamin Sprague, MD, MS

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

412-692-4882

Richard Steinman, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine | Professor of Pharmacology

412-623-3237

Stephanie Studenski, MD, MPH

Professor Emerita of Medicine

Katie Suda, PharmD, MS, FCCP

Director, Center for Healthcare Evaluation, Research, and Promotion (CHERP) | Associate Director, Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing | Professor of Medicine

Galen E. Switzer, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Clinical and Translational Science

412-246-6564

Victor Talisa, PhD

Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Biostatistics

412-383-0834

Holly Thomas, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

412-586-9836

Jessica Thompson

Instructor

Amery Treble-Barna, PhD

Director & Professional Executive Coach, MOMENTUM | Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Psychology, and Clinical & Translational Science

412-927-0706

Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine | Joaquin G. Cigarroa, Jr., MD Distinguished Chair | Director, ReACH Center and CTSA KL2 Program, UT Health San Antonio

210-562-5551

Kenneth Urish, MD, PhD

Associate Professor | Associate Medical Director, Magee Bone and Joint Center | Director, Arthritis and Arthroplasty Design Laboratory

412-641-8609

Tianxiu Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine | Center for Biostatistics and Qualitative Methodology

Kimberly Webb, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Gretchen White, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine | Electus Faculty Fellow, David C. Frederick Honors College

412-246-6959

Jonathan G. Yabes, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics, and Clinical and Translational Science

412-605-0158

Lan Yu, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Clinical and Translational Science

412-864-3020


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