CCTSI Leadership Directory

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Administrative Core

Dr. Ronald Sokol

Ronald Sokol MD, FAASLD

CCTSI Director Distinguished Professor
Janine Higgins, PhD

Janine Higgins PhD

CCTSI Director of Operations CCTSI Director of Resources and Services
Tim Lockie, MBA

Tim Lockie MS, MBA

CCTSI Director of Finance and Administration


Clinical Translational Sciences Workforce Development

Lisa Cicutto

Lisa Cicutto PhD

Translational Workforce Development T32 Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellowships


Education, Training, and Career Development

Ellen Burnham, MD, MSc

Ellen Burnham MD, MSc

K12 Mentored Career Development Award
Lisa Cicutto

Lisa Cicutto PhD

Translational Workforce Development T32 Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellowships


Community Engagement

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Donald E Nease, Jr. MD

Director of Community Engagement
Matthew DeCamp, MD

Matthew DeCamp MD, PhD

Community Engagement Associate Director
Montelle Tamez 2024

Montelle Tamez

Deputy Director of Community Engagement


Clinical Translational Sciences Resources and Services

Janine Higgins, PhD

Janine Higgins PhD

CCTSI Director of Operations CCTSI Director of Resources and Services
Kevin Messacar, MD, PhD

Kevin Messacar MD, PhD

Associate Director of Resources and Services
Nichole Carlson, PhD

Nichole Carlson PhD

Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD)
Wendy Meyer, MA

Wendy Meyer MA

Director of Marketing and Communications


Clinical Translational Sciences Pilot Grant Program

Natalie Serkova, PhD

Natalie Serkova PhD, MSc

Pilot Translational Studies


Pragmatic EHR-Embedded Trials (PEET)

Adit Ginde, MD

Adit Ginde MD

Trial Innovation Network Hub Director
Bethany Kwan, PhD, MSPH

Bethany Kwan PhD, MSPH

Professor Director of Dissemination and Implementation Research


Health Informatics

Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, PhD

Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer PhD

Director of Translational Informatics
Thomas Yaeger

Thomas Yaeger BS

Director of Research Informatics, Consultation, and Technology Services


Trial Innovation Network

Adit Ginde, MD

Adit Ginde MD

Trial Innovation Network Hub Director


Program Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement

Goldie Komaie

Goldie Komaie

Senior Program Evaluator
Leah Emerick

Leah Emerick MS

Program Evaluation


Innovation Ecosystem

Cathy Bodine

Cathy Bodine PhD, CCC-SLP

Innovation Ecosystem


Early Life Exposures Research Program

Teri Hernandez, PhD, RN

Teri Hernandez PhD, RN, FAAN

Early Life Exposures Program Associate Dean of Research & Scholarship


Dissemination and Implementation Research

Bethany Kwan, PhD, MSPH

Bethany Kwan PhD, MSPH

Professor Director of Dissemination and Implementation Research
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