Core ICRE Teaching Faculty

Robert Arnold, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics
Director, Institute for Doctor-Patient Communication
David Barnard, PhD, JD, MA, MTS
Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics
Director, Institute to Enhance Palliative Care
Amber Barnato, MD, MPH, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Policy and Management
Division of General Internal Medicine
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling
Center for Research on Health Care
James Bost, PhD, MS
Visiting Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Center for Research on Health Care-Data Center
Carol Feghali-Bostwick, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease
Cindy L. Bryce, PhD, MPhil
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Clinical Research and Clinician Educator Training Programs
Division of General Internal Medicine
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling
Center for Research on Health Care
Joyce Chang, PhD, MA
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics
Division of General Internal Medicine
Center for Research on Health Care
Megan Cunnane, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine
Co-Director, Mentorship Program for Internal Medicine Residents
Division of General Internal Medicine
Section of Women's Health
David Dang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Center for Research on Health Care-Data Center
Brian Davis, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Michael Elnicki, MD
Director of General Internal Medicine, UPMC Shadyside
Director, Combined Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship (CAMC)
Michael Fine, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Associate Director, Center for Research on Health Care
Director, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Adam Gordon, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Jennifer Grandis, MD
Vice Chair for Research
UPMC Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Surgical Research
Department of Otolaryngology
Professor of Otolaryngology and Pharmacology
Program Leader, Head & Neck Cancer Program
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Naftali Kaminski, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Human Genetics
Director, Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for ILD
Wishwa Kapoor, MD, MPH
Falk Professor of Medicine
Professor of Health Policy and Management
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
Institute for Clinical Research
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Kevin Kraemer, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
Division of General Internal Medicine
Center for Research on Health Care
Marijane Krohn, PhD, MPH, MA
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Department of Epidemiology
C. Kent Kwoh, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Chief of Rheumatology Section, Pittsburgh VAHS
Director of Clinical Research, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Department of Epidemiology
Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Joan M. Lakoski, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Career Development
Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Education
Schools of the Health Sciences
Yan Lin, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Center for Research on Health Care-Data Center
Megan Crowley-Matoka, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Anthropology
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Kathleen McTigue, MD, MS, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
Charity Moore, PhD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Center for Research on Health Care-Data Center
Natalia Morone, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Center for Research on Health Care
Larissa Myaskovsky, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Center for Research on Health Care
Smita Nayak, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling
Center for Research on Health Care
Mark Roberts, MD, MPP
Professor of Medicine, Health Policy and Management, and Industrial Engineering
Division of General Internal Medicine
Chief, Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling
Center for Research on Health Care
Marjorie Romkes, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of the Pharmacogenomics Core Laboratory in Center for Clinical Pharmacology
Director, General Clinical Research Center
Department of Medicine
Doris Rubio, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics, and Nursing
Director Data Center, Center for Research on Health Care
Co-Director, Clinical Research Scholars Program
Division of General Internal Medicine
Center for Research on Health Care-Data Center
Mary Ann Sevick, ScD, MS, RN
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion and Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Kenneth Smith, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling
Stephanie Studenski, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics
GRECC-Pittsburgh Veterans Administration
Galen Switzer, PhD, MA
Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Associate Director, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
Co-Chief, Measurement Core
Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Hilary Tindle, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Center for Research of Healthcare
Jennifer Woodward, PhD, MS
Research Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Director of Research Administration
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Susan Zickmund, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Center for Research on Health Care