David A Asch, MD, MBA
Chief, Communication and Dissemination Core
Professor of Medical Ethics and Operations and Information Management, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Robert D. Eilers Professor of Health Care Management and Economics, The Wharton School
Research Areas:
Academic Research; Health Care Costs and Cost Analysis; Health Care Policy; United States Department of Veteran Affairs

Bio Link: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/asch.html
Email: asch@wharton.upenn.edu
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last update:July 19, 2010

Sherrie L Aspinall, PharmD
Core Investigator
Research Areas:
Adverse Drug Events; Cost-Effectiveness; Disparities in Treatments Received; Health Services Research; Pharmacoeconomics; Pharmacotherapy; Pharmacy Ou

Email: sherrie.aspinall@med.va.gov
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last update:July 19, 2010

Charles Atwood, MD
Core Investigator
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Director, Sleep Disorders Program, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Associate director, UPMC Sleep Medicine Center
Co-director of Sleep Medicine Fellowship, UPMC.
Research Areas:
Chronic Illness; COPD; Cost and Utilization; Sleep Disorders

Bio Link: http://www.cherp.org/bios/Atwood_may2005_000.htm
Email: charles.atwood@med.va.gov
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last update:July 19, 2010

Sonya Borrero, MD
Associate Investigator

last update:July 11, 2007

Katherine Brickett
Secretary

Email: katherine.bricket@med.va.gov
last update:November 11, 2003

Kimberly Brown, PhD
Administrative Coordinator
Research Areas:
Archeology

Email: kimberly.brown6@va.gov
last update:January 11, 2008

Lauren Broyles
HSR&D Fellow
Research Areas:
Substance Abuse; Vulnerable Populations; Bioethics

last update:July 20, 2010

Kelly B Burkitt, PhD
Director of Research Development
Research Areas:
Trauma, health psychology, program evaluation

Email: kelly.burkitt@va.gov
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last update:May 3, 2005

David J Casarett, MD, MA
Core Investigator
Staff Physician, Philadelphia VAMC
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Aging; End of Life; Hospice Care; Human Subjects Protection; Medical Ethics; Pain; United States Department of Veteran Affairs

Email: casarett@mail.med.upenn.edu
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last update:July 19, 2010

Virginia W Chang, MD, PhD
Core Investigator
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Demography; Epidemiology; Gender-Related Constructs; Health Services Research; Medical Sociology; Obesity

Email: vwchang@mail.med.upenn.edu
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last update:July 19, 2010

Carson C Clark
Communications Coordinator

Email: Carson.Clark@va.gov
last update:07/19/2010

Keith Davies
Database Administrator and Programmer

last update:12/18/2008

Michael J Fine, MD, MSc
Center Director
Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Adult Immunizations; Benchmarking; Best Practices; Clinical Epidemiology; Health Outcomes; Health Services Research; Minority Health; Prognosis; Quali

Email: finemj@msx.upmc.edu
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last update:July 19, 2010

Linda F Fried, MD, MPH
Core Investigator
Research Areas:
Chronic disease Epidemiology; Clinical Epidemiology; Comorbidity; Databases; Diabetes Mellitus; Health Outcomes; Nephrology; Nephropathy; Prevention;

Email: linda.fried@med.va.gov
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last update:July 19, 2010

Shasha Gao
Core Investigator
Research Areas:
Biostatistics

last update:July 20, 2010

Walid Gellad
Core Investigator; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Research Areas:
Health Equity; Health Economics

last update:July 20, 2010

Chester Bernell Good, MD, MPH
Core Investigator
Research Areas:
Cost-Benefit Analysis; Pharmacoeconomics; Pharmacy Benefits Management; Practice Guidelines; Racial Differences in Care; Resource Use and Cost of VA C

Email: chester.good@med.va.gov
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last update:July 19, 2010

Adam Joseph Gordon, MD, MPH
Core Investigator
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Alcohol Problems in Primary Care; Homeless Persons; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); United States Department of Veteran Affairs

Email: adam.gordon@med.va.gov
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last update:August 28, 2003

Peter Groeneveld, MD, MSc
Core Investigator
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Cost Effectiveness; Racial Differences in Care; United States Department of Veteran Affairs

Email: Peter.Groeneveld@med.va.gov
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:August 3, 2004

Jennifer Gutierrez
Program Specialist

Email: Jennifer.Gutierrez@med.va.gov
last update:June 21, 2004

Gretchen L Haas, PhD
Steering Committee
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Family and Psychosocial Studies Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Research Areas:
Health Equity, clinical phenomenology and course of schizophrenia and psychotic mood disorders

Email: haasgl@upmc.edu
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last update:August 28, 2003

Joseph Hanlon, PharmD, MS
Core Investigator
Research Areas:
Adverse Drug Events; Aging; Clinical Epidemiology; Frail Elderly; Long-Term Care; Patient Safety; Pharmacoepidemiology and Adverse Drug Events; Qualit

Email: joseph.hanlon2@med.va.gov
last update:July 19, 2010

Leslie Hausmann, PhD
Core Investigator
Research Areas:
Behavior and Behavioral Mechanisms; Cultural Diversity; Diabetes Mellitus; Disparities in Treatments Received; Health Care Seeking Behavior; Health Ps

Email: leslie.hausmann@va.gov
last update:July 19, 2010

Rachel Hess, MD
Affiliate Investigator
Research Areas:
Health Equity

Email: hessr@msx.upmc.edu
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last update:August 28, 2003

William C. Holmes, MD, MSCE
Core Investigator
Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Quality of Life, Health Status Assessment, Outcomes Research, HIV/AIDS,
Sexual Abuse (Males)

Bio Link: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/professional_development/clinician/cda_awardees/info_holmes.cfm
Email: holmeswc@mail.med.upenn.edu
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last update:February 2, 2005

Said A Ibrahim, MD, MPH
Core Investigator
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Health Services Research; Quality of Care; Racial Differences in Care; United States Department of Veteran Affairs

Email: said.ibrahim2@med.va.gov
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last update:July 19, 2010

Sanae Inagami
Core Investigator; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Research Areas:
Built Environment and Health; Health Equity

last update:July 20, 2010

Jerry C Johnson, MD
Chair, Steering Committee
Chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Excellence on Minority Health, University of Pennsylvania
Research Areas:
Geriatrics, Minority Health, Neuropsychiatric problems heart failure, Surgical risk and outcomes

Bio Link: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/gerimed/jjbio2002.shtml
Email: jcjohnso@mail.med.upenn.edu
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Bruce Kinosian, MD
Core Investigator
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Nutrition and aging, Clinical economics,
Home care

Bio Link: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/aging/fellows/kinosia.html
Email: brucek@mail.med.upenn.edu
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last update:August 28, 2003

Nan Klein
Secretary to Dr. Fine

Email: antoinette.klein@med.va.gov
last update:October 21, 2004

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD
Steering Committee
Director, Graduate Program in Public Health Studies (MPH Program)
Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Obesity & Weight Management, Nutrition & Chronic Disease, Socioeconomics & African American cutural issues in diet & health

Bio Link: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/aging/fellows/kumanyik.html
Email: skumanyi@cceb.med.upenn.edu
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last update:August 28, 2003

Samuel Kuna, MD, MCSE
Core Investigator
Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Section, VAMC
Associate Professor of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Cost-Effectiveness; Outcomes Measurements; Sleep Disorders

Bio Link: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/lungctr/academic_programs/pulmonary/provider_profiles/skuna.html
Email: skuna@mail.med.upenn.edu
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:July 19, 2010

C. Kent Kwoh, MD
Core Investigator
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Cultural Diversity; Health Beliefs; Orthopedic Evaluation and Treatment; Outcome Preferences; Outcomes Measurement; Racial Differences in Care; United

Bio Link: http://newsbureau.upmc.com/Bios/BioKwoh.htm
Email: kwoh@pitt.edu
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last update:July 19, 2010

Judith R Lave, PhD
Affiliate Investigator
Steering Committee Member
Professor of Health Economics at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Research Areas:
cost, utilization and financing of health care services

Bio Link: http://newsbureau.upmc.com/Bios/BioLave.htm
Email: lave@pitt.edu
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last update:August 28, 2003

Bruce S Ling, MD, MPH
Core Investigator
Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Behavioral Change; Cancer Prevention and Control; Clinical Decision-Making; Disease Prevention; Health Behavior; Health Beliefs; Health Psychology; He

Email: lingbs@msx.upmc.edu
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:July 19, 2010

Judith A Long, MD
Core Investigator
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Academic Research; Access to Primary Care and Preventative Services; Ambulatory Care; Analysis; Anthropology; Assessment; Biostatistics; Delivery of H

Email: jalong@mail.med.upenn.edu
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last update:July 19, 2010

Janet Lynch
Administrative Assistant

Email: janet.lynch@va.gov
last update:January 11, 2008

David S Macpherson, MD, MPH
Affiliate Investigator
Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Email: david.macpherson@med.va.gov
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:August 28, 2003

Steven C Marcus
Core Investigator; Research Associate of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania
Research Areas:
Health Services and Systems

last update:July 20, 2010

Megan Crowley Matoka, PhD
Core Investigator
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Organ transplantation

Email: megan.matoka@med.va.gov
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:November 11, 2003

Maria Mor, PhD
Core Investigator; Biostatistician
Research Areas:
Biostatistics; Health Services Research; Hierarchical Statistical Models; Incomplete Data Analysis; Minority Health; Observational Studies; Racial Dif

Email: maria.mor@med.va.gov
last update:July 19, 2010

Michael E Moreland, MSW
Steering Committee
Director, VISN4

last update:August 28, 2003

Visala Muluk
Affiliate Investigator

Email: visala.muluk@med.va.gov
last update:August 28, 2003

Larissa Myaskovsky, PhD
Core Investigator
Research Areas:
Disparities in Treatments Received; Epidemiology; Health Behavior; Health Beliefs; Health Outcomes; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Psychometrics; Qua

Email: Larissa.Myaskovsky@med.va.gov
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:July 19, 2010

David W Oslin, MD
Core Investigator
Associate Professor, Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Research Areas:
Alcohol Problems in Primary Care; Pharmacotherapy; Practice Guidelines; United States Department of Veteran Affairs

Email: oslin@mail.med.upenn.edu
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:July 19, 2010

Rose M Pfeuffer
Budget Analyst

Email: rose.pfeuffer@med.va.gov
last update:August 28, 2003

Daniel Polsky, PhD
Affiliate Investigator
Assistant Professor of Medicine General Internal Medicine
Research Areas:
Health Insurance, Health Care Finance, Economic evaluation of medical interventions, Mental health and substance abuse policy

Email: polsky@mail.med.upenn.edu
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:August 28, 2003

Edmund Ricci, PhD
Steering Committee
Professor, Sociology in Public Health
Interim Director, Division of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
Professor, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
Research Areas:
emergency and disaster medicine, substance abuse health programs, geriatric assessment, and injury prevention

Email: hsaed@vms.cis.pitt.edu
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last update:August 28, 2003

Diane M Richardson
Core Investigator; Senior Statistician
Research Areas:
Cost and Utilization; Statistical Models; Statistical Theory and Methodology

last update:July 20, 2010

Keri Rodriguez, PhD
Core Investigator
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine and Sociology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Advance Directives; Aging; Chronic Illness; Geriatrics; Health Related Quality of Life; Health Services Research; Medical Ethics; Medical Sociology; P

Email: keri.rodriguez@med.va.gov
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:July 19, 2010

Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MCSE
Core Investigator
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Research Areas:
Health equity, cardiovascular disease in persons with kidney disease

last update:March 25, 2009

Armando Rotondi, PhD
Core Investigator
Associate Professor Critical Care Medicine
Department of Health Policy and Management
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

last update:12/18/2008

Mary Ann Sevick, ScD
Core Investigator
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Areas:
Diabetes Mellitus; End of Life; Obesity; Patient Compliance; United States Department of Veteran Affairs

Email: sevick@pitt.edu
last update:July 19, 2010

Judy A Shea, PhD
Co-chief, Measurement Core
Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator, Director of Evaluation and Assessment, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Measurement, Instrument Design, Evaluation, Psychometrics

Email: sheaja@mail.med.upenn.edu
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:January 9, 2008

Ali F Sonel, MD
Core Investigator
Research Areas:
Cardiovascular disease

Email: Ali.Sonel@med.va.gov
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:August 28, 2003

Roslyn A Stone, PhD
Co-Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics Core
Associate Professor of Biostatistics, graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Research Areas:
generalized linear models, survival, design and analysis of cluster-randomized studies

Email: roslyn@pitt.edu
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:August 28, 2003

Galen E Switzer, PhD
Associate Director

Associate Professor of Medicine & Psychiatry, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Research Areas:
psychometrics, quality of life, tissue donors, bone marrow transplantation

Email: switzerge@msx.upmc.edu
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:September 14, 2005

Martha E Trudeau, RN, MPA
Administrative Director, CHERP
Research Areas:
Antibiotic use, infection control

Email: martha.trudeau@med.va.gov
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:November 12, 2003

Kevin G Volpp, MD, PhD
Core Investigator
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Assistant Professor Health Care Systems, the Wharton School
Research Areas:
Health Care Costs and Cost Analysis; Health Care Policy; Health Economics; Medical Education; Smoking Cessation; Underserved Populations

Bio Link: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/volpp.html
Email: Volpp70@mail.med.upenn.edu
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:July 19, 2010

Mary B Walsh, RN
Administrative Officer

Email: mary.walsh3@med.va.gov
last update:November 12, 2003

Janet Weiner, MPH
Affiliate Investigator
Associate Director for Health Policy, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

Email: weinerja@mail.med.upenn.edu
last update:August 28, 2003

Mark G Weiner, MD
Co-Chief, Data Management, Computer Programming, and Statistical Core
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research Areas:
Medical Informatics, Informations needs in clinical research

Email: mweiner@mail.med.upenn.edu
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:August 28, 2003

Steven Weisbord, MD, MSc
Core Investigator
Medical Trainee, Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Email: Steven.Weisbord@va.gov
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:July 11, 2006

Rachel Werner, MD, PhD
Core Investigator
Research Areas:
Health Disparities, Discrimination, Quality of Care

Email: rwerner@mail.med.upenn.edu
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:May 6, 2005

Susan Zickmund, PhD
Core Investigator
Research Areas:
Hepatits C; Patient Compliance; Physician-Patient Relations; Qualitative Methods; United States Department of Veteran Affairs

Email: susan.zickmund@med.va.gov
PubMed Link: Click Here
last update:July 19, 2010