Core Faculty Members of the ICRE
Kaleab Abebe, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Biostatistics, and Clinical and
Translational Science
Melissa McNeil, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief, Division of General
Internal Medicine
Chief, Section of Women’s Health Director, Comprehensive Women’s
Health Program
Director, Building Interdisciplinary
Research Careers in Women’s Health
Program
Director, Women’s Health Fellowship
Program
Robert Arnold, MD
Leo H. Criep Chair in Patient Care
Chief, Section of Palliative Care and
Medical Ethics
Assistant Director, Institute to Enhance
Palliative Care
Director, Institute for Doctor-Patient
Communication
Kathleen McTigue, MD, MPH, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine and
Epidemiology
Director, Clinical Scientist Track
David Barnard, PhD, JD
Professor of Medicine, Law, and Clinical
and Translational Science
Director, Institute to Enhance
Palliative Care
Director of Palliative Care Education
Charity Moore, PhD, MSPH
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Biostatistics, and Clinical and
Translational Science
Director, ICRE Academic Programs
Director, Career Education and
Enhancement for Health Care Research
Diversity Program
Co-Director, Research Education in
Advancing Investigative Careers for
Housestaff and
Fellows Program
Amber Barnato, MD, MPH, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Health
Policy and Management, and Clinical
and Translational Science
Director, Clinical Scientist
Training Program
Co-Director, Doris Duke Clinical
Research Fellowship Program
Debra Bogen, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and
Clinical and Translational Science
Director, Primary Care Physician
Faculty Development Fellowship
Co-Director, Clinical Scientist Training
Program
Larissa Myaskovsky, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Psychiatry, and Clinical and
Translational Science
Cindy Bryce, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Policy and
Management, Medicine, and Clinical
and Translational Science
Associate Dean for Student Affairs,
Graduate School of Public Health
Joyce Chang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Biostatistics, and Clinical and
Translational Science
Mark Roberts, MD, MPP
Professor of Health Policy and
Management, Medicine, Industrial
Engineering, and Clinical and
Translational Science
Chair, Department of Health Policy and
Management
D. Michael Elnicki, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Section of General Internal
Medicine at UPMC Shadyside
Director, Combined Ambulatory
Medicine Pediatrics Clerkship
Medical Director, Shea Medical Center
Carol Feghali-Bostwick, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Pathology, and Clinical and
Translational Science
Doris Rubio, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics,
Nursing, and Clinical and Translational
Science
Director, Data Center, Center for
Research on Health Care
Co-Director, Institute for Clinical
Research Education
Co-Director, Clinical Research Scholars
Program
Director, Office for Evaluation
Director, Office of Lifelong Learning
Michael Fine, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine and Clinical and
Translational Science
Director, VA Center for Health Equity
Research and Promotion
Associate Director, Center for Research
on Health Care
Mary Ann Sevick, ScD, RN
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Behavioral and Community Health
Sciences, and
Clinical and Translational
Science
Nicole Fowler, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and
Clinical and Translational Science
Assistant Director, PhD Program in
Clinical and Translational Science
Assistant Director, Predoctoral
Fellowship Program in Clinical and
Translational
Research
Rosanne Granieri, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Internal Medicine
Residency Training Program Program Director, Clinician
Educator Training
Program
Director, Primary CareResidency
Training Program
Stephanie Studenski, MD,MPH
Professor of Medicine and Clinical and
Translational Science
Director of Research, Division of
Geriatric Medicine Program
Director, Pittsburgh Pepper Center
Director, Area of Concentration in
Geriatric Medicine
Director, Training Early Academic
Mentors (TEAM) Program
Rachel Hess, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Epidemiology, and Clinical and
Translational Science
Co-Director, Predoctoral Fellowship
Program in Clinical and Translational
Research
Galen Switzer, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, and
Clinical and Translational Science
Co-Chief, Measurement Core, VA Center for Health Equity Research and
Promotion
Director, PhD Program in Clinical and
Translational Science
Co-Director, Predoctoral Fellowship Program in Clinical and Translational
Research
Naftali Kaminski, MD
Professor of Medicine, Pathology,
Human Genetics, Computational Biology, and Clinical and Translational
Science
Director, Dorothy P. and Richard P.
Simmons Center for Interstitial
Lung Disease
Director, Lung, Blood, and Vascular
Center for Genomic Medicine
Mark Unruh, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine and
Clinical and Translational Science
Co-Director, PhD Program in Clinical
and Translational Science
Wishwa Kapoor, MD, MPH
Falk Professor of Medicine
Professor of Health Policy and
Management and Clinical and
Translational Science
Chief, Division of General Internal
Medicine
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Director, Institute for Clinical
Research Education
Director, Center for Research on
Health Care
Co-Director, RAND–University of Pittsburgh Health Institute
Co-Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Kevin Kraemer, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Health
Policy and Management, and Clinical
and Translational Science
Director, General Internal Medicine
Fellowship Program
Director, RAND–University of Pittsburgh
Scholars Programs
Shanta Zimmer, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and
Clinical and Translational Science
Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Training Program
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