Recognition of Career Development Programs

Clinical Research Scholars Program (KL2-CRSP)

Judith Callan
School of Nursing, Department of Health and Community Systems
Education: 1980, BSN, University of Pittsburgh; 1984, MSN, University of Pittsburgh; 2007, PhD in Nursing, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Judith will continue her research focusing on cognitive behavioral therapy and technological approaches to improve adherence to self-management strategies in mood disorders and type 2 diabetes.

Nicole Fowler
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Education: 1997, BA in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh; 2000, MHSA in Health Policy, George Washington University; 2010, PhD in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Nicole is joining the faculty of Indiana University School of Medicine Center for Aging Research in August where she will continue her research in the area of aging brain and implementation science.

Raghavan Murugan
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Education: 1991, BA in Hindi Literature, Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai, India; 1997, MBBS, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India; 2000, MRCP, Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom; 2008, MS in Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Raghavan will continue as an associate professor in the Department of Critical Care Medicine with his research efforts focusing on understanding the influence of inflammation on kidney function in critical illness and graft function following transplantation.

P. Daniel Patterson
Department of Emergency Medicine
Education: 2000, BS in Health Promotions, Appalachian State University; 2001, MPH, University of South Carolina; 2004, PhD in Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina; 2012, MS, Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Daniel will continue as an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine focusing on developing reliable and valid measures of safety outcomes and threats to patient and provider safety in the emergency care setting.

Career Education and Enhancement for Healthcare Research Diversity Program (CEED)

Judith Morgan
Department of Psychiatry
Education: 2004, BS in Psychology, University of Alabama; 2010, PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of Delaware
Future Plans: Judith will continue as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. She will begin the second year of her NIMH Career Development (K01) award in July.

Faith Rowland
Department of Psychiatry
Education: 2005, BS in Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana; 2009, MD, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Future Plans: Faith accepted a position as an assistant professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Children's National Medical Center/George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences where she will be developing a mood disorder clinic for children and teens and providing psychiatric care in an outpatient pediatrics office.

Marcela Vargas
Department of Pediatrics
Education: 2007, MD, Universidad de Antioquia, Antioquia, Colombia
Future Plans: Marcela will begin her third year of pediatric endocrinology fellowship next year.

Cecelia Yates
Department of Health Promotion and Development
Education: 2001, BS in Biology, Tuskegee University; 2009, PhD in Integrative BioScience, Tuskegee University
Future Plans: Cecelia will continue her junior faculty development in the School of Nursing focusing on translational research in identification of gene expression biomarkers that predict clinical endpoints for scleroderma.

Career Education and Enhancement for Healthcare Research Diversity Program II- Medical Students (CEED II)

Heather Bernard
School of Medicine
Education: 2011, BS in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University; 2015, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Heather will be returning to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine for her final year of medical school. She plans to match into a residency in pediatrics.

Mildred Duvet
School of Medicine
Education: 2008, BA in Biology, Williams College; 2015, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Mildred will be entering her fourth year of medical school at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She will be applying to a residency in obstetrics and gynecology.

Margaret Lott
School of Medicine
Education: 2011, BS in Biology, University of Pittsburgh; 2015, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Margaret will be returning to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to complete her final year. She plans to continue her career in primary care.

Enyinna Nwachuku
School of Medicine
Education: 2010, BS in Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh; 2015, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Enyinna will continue as a fourth-year medical student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine with the pursuit of a residency in the field of neurosurgery.

Olubusola Oluwole
School of Medicine
Education: 2008, BS in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz; 2016, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Olubusola will be taking a year off from medical school to continue her research. She plans to match into a residency program in internal medicine.

Clinical Scientist Track for Residents (CST)

Mehret Birru Talabi
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Education: 2002, BA in Biology and English Literature, Kenyon University; 2011, PhD in Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh; 2011, MD, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Mehret will begin a rheumatology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Douglas Hutcheon
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Education: 2002, BS in Chemistry, Occidental College; 2011, MD, Case Western Reserve University
Future Plans: Douglas will be an assistant professor in Clinical Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.

Jonathan Lee
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Education: 2006, BS in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University; 2011, MD, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Jonathan will serve as a chief medical resident with the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, after which he plans to complete a clinical research fellowship.

International Scholars Track for Residents (IST)

Tinashe Gede
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Education: 2007, MBChB, University of Zimbabwe; 2009, MSc in Immunology, University of Oxford, Oxford United Kingdom; 2010, MSc in Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Future Plans: Tinashe will pursue a research fellowship with NIH before proceeding to a clinical fellowship in gastroenterology. He will also begin some collaborative international research in global health.

Charbel Khoury
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Education: 2004, BS in Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; 2008, MD, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Future Plans: Charbel has been accepted into the Nephrology Fellowship Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Florian Mayr
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Education: 2002, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2009, MPH, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Florian is pursuing a critical care medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh.

Gurprataap Sandhu
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Education: 2009, MBBS, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India
Future Plans: Gurprataap accepted a position as a hospitalist at UPMC Shadyside.

Lin Shen
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Education: 2005, MD, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China; 2010, PhD in Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins University
Future Plans: Lin will pursue a fellowship in rheumatology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Clinical Scientist Training Program for Medical Students (CSTP)

Jayshiv Badlani
School of Medicine
Education: 2009, BA in Economics, Northwestern University; 2014, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Jayshiv will be starting a residency program in internal medicine at the University of Miami.

Cynthia Grady
School of Medicine
Education: 2010, BS in Molecular Biology, Winston Salem State University; 2015, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Cynthia will be returning to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine for her final year of medical school. She plans to match into a residency in obstetrics and gynecology.

Kyle Jackson
School of Medicine
Education: 2009, BS in Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin; 2013, Certificate in Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh; 2014, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Kyle will begin a general surgery residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital after finishing his final year of medical school at the University of Pittsburgh.

Ian Joel
School of Medicine
Education: 2008, BS in Psychobiology, University of California, Los Angeles; 2015, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh

Simiao Li
School of Medicine
Education: 2008, BA in Molecular Biology, Pomona College; 2013, MS in Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh; 2014, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Simiao will begin her residency in emergency medicine at Northwestern University and plans on pursuing a career in medical education and intimate partner violence research and advocacy.

Constantinos Michaelidis
School of Medicine
Education: 2005, BA in Biology and History, Swarthmore College; 2013, MS in Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh; 2014, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Constantinos will begin residency training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital after graduation from medical school.

Jacqueline Moreau
School of Medicine
Education: 2006, BA in Public Health, Boston University; 2013, MS in Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh; 2014, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Jacqueline will be an internal medicine intern at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center followed by a dermatology residency in the Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Program.

Eduardo Nunez
School of Medicine
Education: 2008, BS in Microbiology, University of Florida; 2010, MS in Biomedical Science, Tufts University; 2014, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Eduardo will be returning to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to complete his fourth year. After graduation he will pursue a residency in internal medicine.

Sebastian Shtrental
School of Medicine
Education: 2008, BA in Math and Philosophy, Williams College; 2015, MD expected, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Sebastian will be returning to University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to complete his final year of medical school. He is planning to match into a general surgery residency.

RAND-University of Pittsburgh Scholars Program

Dionysius Kavalieratos
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Education: 2008, BPhil in Politics and Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh; 2012, PhD in Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina

Penelope Morrison
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Education: 2002, BA in Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; 2010, MPH, University of Pittsburgh; 2010, PhD in Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: Penelope is a senior research associate with Magee-Womens Research Institute and will continue working on research as a qualitative expert with particular emphasis on the areas of intimate partner violence, provider communication, health-risk behaviors and adolescent health.

John Rief
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Education: 2005, BA in Communication and Philosophy, Regis University; 2008, MA in Communication, University of Pittsburgh; 2013, MA in Bioethics, University of Pittsburgh; 2012, PhD in Communication, University of Pittsburgh
Future Plans: John will be starting as a visiting assistant professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Duquesne University. He plans to continue his current research and maintain his relationship with collaborators at the ICRE and CRHC.

*Expected graduation August 2014

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