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Director-at-Large Candidates
Joyce (Joy) Balls-Berry, PhD, MPE
Associate Professor of Neurology
Inaugural Lead, Health Disparities Engagement Core in the Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center
Lead, Community Engagement in Precision Health Function Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
NIH Biosketch
Letter of Interest
Elizabeth Burner, MD, MPH, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Research Division
Director, MCD-CTS/KL2 Program, SC CTSI
Faculty Instructor, Southern California Clinical Translational Science Institute, Workforce Development
Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
NIH Biosketch
Letter of Interest
Nichole Carlson, PhD
Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Biostatistics & Informatics
Director, Center for Innovative Design & Analysis (CIDA)
Director, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design program (BERD)
University of Colorado Anschutz
CV
Letter of Interest
Polly Y. Gipson Allen, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
Associate Chair, Belonging & Community Engagement
Department of Psychiatry
Faculty Director, Community Engagement
Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (CTSI)
University of Michigan
CV
Letter of Interest
Orlando M. Gutiérrez, MD, MMSc
Professor of Medicine
Director (PI), Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Heersink School of Medicine
Associate Vice President for Medicine and Biomedical Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham
CV
Letter of Interest
Michael Holinstat, PhD, FAHA
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Internal Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Professor of Vascular Surgery
Thematic Director, Cardiovascular Research Network (CRN)
Director, T32 CTSA Predoctoral Program in Clinical Research
Director, Platelet Physiology and Pharmacology Core
University of Michigan
CV
Letter of Interest
Vanessa Jacoby, MD, MAS
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research (AVC-CR)
University of California, San Francisco
CV
Letter of Interest
Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD, MPH, FACE
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Co-Director and contact PI, Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training
Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Science and Training
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
CV
Letter of Interest
Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa, PhD MS, FAMIA
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Heersink School of Medicine
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
CV
Letter of Interest
Lourdes E. Soto de Laurido, Ed.D., MPHE, MHS
PI and Director Hispanics-In-Research Capability Endowment (HiREC)
Director, Research Institute for Global Health Promotion and Health Education (IIPESAG)
Dean School of Health Professions
University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
NIH Biosketch
Letter of Interest
Heidi Spratt, PhD
Director, Biostatistics Program and Professor
Department of Biostatistics & Data Science
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
CV
Letter of Interest
Martin Zand, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Medical Humanities in the Division of Nephrology
Co-Director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Co-Director of The Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration
Director of the Rochester Center for Health Informatics
University of Rochester Medical Center
CV
Letter of Interest