
Leadership

Imara Dawson, JD, MPA
Managing Director

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil
Principal Investigator
Medical School

Robert Sellers, PhD
Principal Investigator, Core Lead
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Institute for Social Research

Alford Young, Jr, PhD
Evaluation Core Lead
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Ken Resnicow, PhD
Senior Advisor for Evaluation Core
Medical School; School of Public Health

Tabbye Chavous, PhD
Faculty Development Core Lead
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Kanakadurga Singer, MA, MD
Faculty Development Core Lead
Medical School
Professional Staff

Hoa Nguyen, MSW
Evaluation Core Manager

Samantha Drotar
Evaluation Core Manager

Laura Sanchez-Parkinson, MA
Faculty Development Program Manager

Monica Francis, MS
Executive Administrator

Teri Rosales, PhD
Project Senior Manager

Janine Leah Capsouras, MA
Application Lead
Participating Unit Representatives

Vesa Kaartinen, PhD
School of Dentistry

Cristiane Squarize, PhD
School of Dentistry

Mingyan Liu, PhD
College of Engineering

Sarah Burgard, PhD
Institute for Social Research

Leah Robinson, PhD
School of Kinesiology

Natalie Bartolacci, MA
Life Sciences Institute

Isis Settles, PhD
College of Literature, Science and the Arts

Kanakadurga Singer, MA, MD
Medical School

David Brown, MD
Medical School

Karl Jepson, PhD
Medical School

Hala Darwish, PhD
School of Nursing

Crystal Patil, PhD
School of Nursing

Amit Pai, PharmD
College of Pharmacy

Dan Hertz, PharmD, PhD
College of Pharmacy

Emily Scott, PhD
College of Pharmacy

Terra Sztain-Pedone, PhD
College of Pharmacy

Lynda Lisabeth, PhD, MPH
School of Public Health

Lara Trocchio, MBA
School of Public Health

Shawna Jo Lee, PhD
School of Social Work
Sponsor-Mentors: Basic Biomedical Research

Ruma Banerjee, PhD
Cluster Lead
Medical School

Eric Fearon, MD
Medical School

Lori L Isom, PhD
Medical School

Ursula Jakob, PhD
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Medical School

Carey Lumeng, MD, PhD
Medical School

Anna Mapp, PhD
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Rackham Graduate School
Sponsor-Mentors:Â Clinical and Translational Research

Erica Marsh, MD, MSCI, FACOG
Cluster Lead
College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts; Medical School

John Ayanian, MD, MPP
Medical School; School of Public Health

Nisha D’Silva, PhD
School of Dentistry; Medical School

Eve Kerr, MD, MPH
Medical School

Michael McKee, MD, MPH
Medical School

Leah Robinson, PhD
School of Kinesiology

Susan Woolford, MD, MPH
Medical School
Sponsor-Mentors:Â Social and Behavioral Research

Rogério M. Pinto, LCSW, PhD
Cluster Co-Lead
School of Social Work

Ken Resnicow, PhD
Cluster Co-Lead
School of Public Health; Medical School

Sarah Burgard, PhD
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Institute for Social Research; School of Public Health

Linda Chatters, PhD
School of Public Health; Institute for Social Research; School of Social Work

Liz Cole, PhD
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Lynda Lisabeth, PhD, MPH
Medical School; School of Public Health

Robert Taylor, PhD
School of Social Work; Institute for Social Research

Lisa Wexler, PhD
School of Social Work; Institute for Social Research

Sarah Hawley, PhD, MPH
Medical School
Executive Committee

Lynda Lisabeth, PhD, MPH
School of Public Health

Roger Cone, PhD
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Life Sciences Institute; Medical SchoolÂ

Arthur Lupia, PhD
Office of the Vice President for Research; Medical School; School of Public Health

Laurie McCauley, DDS, MS, PhD
Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs; Medical School; School of Dentistry

David C. Miller, MD, MPH
Medical School
Dean’s Advisory Group

Beth Angell, PhD
School of Social Work

Lynda Lisabeth, PhD, MPH
School of Public Health

Kathleen Cagney PhD
Institute for Social Research

Rosario Ceballo, PhD
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD
College of Pharmacy

Patricia D. Hurn, PhD
School of Nursing

Jacques Nör, DDS, MS, PhD
School of Dentistry

Lori Ploutz-Snyder, PhD
School of Kinesiology

David C. Miller, MD, MPH
Medical School

Karen Thole, PhD
College of Engineering
External Advisory Board

Monica Baskin, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

John Carethers, MD
University of California, San Diego

Sherita Golden, MD
Johns Hopkins University

Jules Harrell, PhD
Howard University

Thomas LaVeist, PhD
Tulane University

Karen Martinez, MD
University of Puerto Rico

Kola Okuyemi, MD, MPH
Indiana University

Joan Y. Reede, MD
Harvard University

Lisa Tedesco, PhD
Emory University