Clinical and Translational Science Institute Community Site Research Site
Steven E. Reis, MD
Director, CTSI
Co-director, Clinical Research
426 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-648-9516
Fax: 412-648-2741
E-mail: sreis@pitt.edu
   
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD
Co-director, Clinical and Translational Informatics
Suite M-183 Parkvale Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-246-5822
Fax: 412-623-2814
E-mail: becich@pitt.edu or becichmj@upmc.edu
   
Robert A. Branch, MD
Co-director, Translational Research
Center for Clinical Pharmacology
100 Technology Drive, Suite 450
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3138
Phone: 412-383-7824
Fax: 412-648-1837
E-mail: rab13@pitt.edu
   
Michelle S. Broido, PhD
Co-director
419 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-648-2232
Fax: 412-648-2741
E-mail: broidoms@pitt.edu
   
Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD, MPH
Co-director, Education and Career Development
933 West, UPMC Montefiore
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-692-4821
Fax: 412-692-4825
E-mail: wnk1@pitt.edu
   
David Mathias
Administrative Director – Finance
401 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-383-5350
Fax: 412-648-2741
E-mail: mathias@pitt.edu
   
Laurel Yasko, MPPM, RN
Administrative Director – Operations
401 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-648-9756
Fax: 412-648-2741
E-mail: lyasko@pitt.edu
   
Margaret C. McDonald, PhD, MFA
Communications Director
401 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-383-7474
Fax: 412-383-7381
E-mail: mmaggie@pitt.edu
   
Pat Karausky, BSN, RN
Research Facilitator
Forbes Tower, Suite 7057
Atwood & Sennott Streets
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-383-1171
Fax: 412-864-3461
E-mail: plk1@pitt.edu
   
Susan Sandusky, BA
Research Facilitator/Regulatory Compliance Facilitator
Forbes Tower, Suite 7057
Atwood & Sennott Streets
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-383-1036
Fax: 412-864-3461
E-mail: sls127@pitt.edu

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Resource Cores and Core Directors

Catalyst Program
Michael Lotze, MD 405 Cancer Pavilion
4140 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Phone: 412-623-5977
Fax: 412-383-9000
E-mail: lotzemt@upmc.edu
   
Center for Clinical and Translational Informatics
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD Suite M-183 Parkvale Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-246-5822
Fax: 412-623-2814
E-mail: becich@pitt.edu or becichmj@upmc.edu
   
Community PARTners (Partnering to Assist Research and Translation)
Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN (Co-director) 350 Victoria Building
3500 Victoria Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-624-7838
Fax: 412-624-2401
E-mail: dunbar@pitt.edu
   
Esther L. Bush (Co-director) Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh
One Smithfield Street, 3rd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: 412-227-4802
Fax: 412-227-4870
E-mail: ebush@ulpgh.org
   
Design, Biostatistics, and Clinical Research Ethics
Doris M. Rubio, PhD Center for Research on Health Care
Suite 200 Parkvale Building
200 Meyran Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-692-2023
Fax: 412-246-6954
E-mail: dmr18@pitt.edu
   
Development of Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies
Michelle S. Broido, PhD 419 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-648-2232
Fax: 412-648-2741
E-mail: broidoms@pitt.edu
   
Participant and Clinical Interactions Resources
Daniel J. Buysse, MD Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic
3811 O'Hara Street, Room E1130
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-246-6451
Fax: 412-246-5300
E-mail: buysse@pitt.edu
   
Pilot and Collaborative Translational and Clinical Studies
Michelle S. Broido, PhD 419 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-648-2232
Fax: 412-648-2741
E-mail: broidoms@pitt.edu
   
Regulatory Knowledge and Support
Christopher M. Ryan, PhD (Co-director) 718 Oxford Building
3501 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-246-5392
Fax: 412-246-5425
E-mail: ryancm@upmc.edu
   
Laurel Yasko, MPPM, RN (Co-director) 401 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-648-9756
Fax: 412-648-2741
E-mail: lyasko@pitt.edu
   
Research Education, Training, and Career Development
Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD, MPH 933 West, UPMC Montefiore
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-692-4821
Fax: 412-692-4825
E-mail: wnk1@pitt.edu
   
Translational Technologies and Resources
Michelle S. Broido, PhD





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419 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-648-2232
Fax: 412-648-2741
E-mail: broidoms@pitt.edu

Executive Committee

Steven E. Reis, MD Director, CTSI; Co-director, Clinical Research
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD Co-director, Clinical and Translational Informatics
Robert A. Branch, MD Co-director, Translational Research
Michelle S. Broido, PhD Co-director
Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD, MPH Co-director, Education and Career Development
David Mathias Administrative Director, Finance
Laurel Yasko, MPPM, RN Administrative Director, Operations

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Steering Committee

Director
Steven E. Reis, MD (also Co-director, Clinical Research)
Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research, Health Sciences
Co-directors
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD (Clinical and Translational Informatics)
Professor and Chair of Computational Biology, School of Medicine
Robert A. Branch, MD (Translational Research)
Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine
Michelle S. Broido, PhD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Basic Biomedical Research
Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD, MPH (Education and Career Development)
Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
Administrative Directors
David Mathias (Finance)
Laurel Yasko, MPPM, RN (Operations)
Members
Thomas W. Braun, DMD, PhD
Dean, School of Dental Medicine
Clifford E. Brubaker, PhD
Dean, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Donald S. Burke, MD
Dean, Graduate School of Public Health
Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN
Dean, School of Nursing
Patricia D. Kroboth, PhD
Dean, School of Pharmacy
Arthur S. Levine, MD
Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences and Dean, School of Medicine
Margaret C. McDonald, PhD, MFA
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Health Sciences
Loren H. Roth, MD, MPH
Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences

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Core Directors Committee

CTSI Director
Steven E. Reis, MD
Core Directors
Catalyst Program
Michael Lotze, MD
Center for Clinical and Translational Informatics
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD
Community PARTners (Partnering to Assist Research and Translation)
Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN
Esther L. Bush (Co-director)
Design, Biostatistics, and Clinical Research Ethics
Doris M. Rubio, PhD
Development of Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies
Michelle S. Broido, PhD
Participant and Clinical Interactions Resources
Daniel J. Buysse, MD
Pilot and Collaborative Translational and Clinical Studies
Michelle S. Broido, PhD
Regulatory Knowledge and Support
Christopher M. Ryan, PhD
Laurel Yasko, MPPM, RN (Co-director)
Research Education, Training, and Career Development
Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD, MPH
Translational Technologies and Resources
Michelle S. Broido, PhD
CTSI Administration
Patricia Karausky, BSN, RN, Research Facilitator
David Mathias, Administrative Director–Finance
Margaret C. McDonald, PhD, MFA, CTSI Communications
Susan Sandusky, BA, Research Facilitator/Regulatory Compliance Facilitator
Laurel Yasko, MPPM, RN, Administrative Director–Operations

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Internal Advisory Committee

Steven E. Reis, MD
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Michelle S. Broido, PhD
Co-Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Janice S. Dorman, PhD, MS
Professor of Health Promotion and Development and Associate Dean for Scientific and International Affairs, School of Nursing
John D. Durrant, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
John A. Kellum Jr., MD
Professor of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine
David J. Kupfer, MD
Dr. Thomas Detre Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Susan M. Manzi, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine
Yoel Sadovsky, MD
Elsie Hilliard Hillman Professor of Women's and Infants' Health Research (Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences), School of Medicine
Charles Sfeir, DDS, PhD
Associate Professor of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine
Steven D. Shapiro, MD
Dr. Jack D. Myers Professor and Chair of Medicine, School of Medicine
Randall Smith, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy
Stephen R. Wisniewski, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Research, Graduate School of Public Health

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External Advisory Committee

Marilyn Brooks
Medical Editor, WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, PA
Arthur M. Feldman, MD, PhD
Magee Professor and Chair of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
Gary H. Gibbons, MD
Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute and Professor of Medicine,
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta GA
Jeffrey M. Lipton, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, NOVA Chemicals, Pittsburgh, PA
Todd C. Mowry, PhD
Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Eugene P. Orringer, MD
Professor of Medicine and Executive Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Aristides A.N. Patrinos, PhD
President, Synthetic Genomics, Inc., La Jolla, CA
D. Lansing Taylor, PhD
President and CEO, Cellumen, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN
Professor of Family and Child Nursing, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA

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