Orlando M. Gutiérrez, MD, MMSc
Marie S. Ingalls Endowed Chair in Nephrology Leadership
Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Nephrology
Director (cMPI), 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
Patrick Delafontaine, MD
Executive Dean, School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Co-Director (MPI), Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Tulane University
Amanda Anderson, PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology
Co-Director, CCTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Corinne E. Augelli-Szafran, PhD
Vice President of Scientific Platforms
CCTS Site Lead
Southern Research
Lori Bateman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine
Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lydia Bazzano, MD, PhD
Lynda B. and H. Leighton Steward Professor in Nutrition Research
Professor of Epidemiology
Associate Director, CCTS Predoctoral Clinical and Translational Science Training Program (T32)
Director, Tulane Center for Lifespan Epidemiology Research
Tulane University
Meagan Brown, PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
CCTS Institutional Representative
University Of Mississippi
Robert Brown
Web Communications Manager
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Thomas W. Buford, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Head, GGPC Section of Translational Gerontology
Associate Dean for Research, Heersink School of Medicine
Director, CCTS Pilot Program
Christina Cenczyk, MSCJ
Program Director, Research Development & Evaluation
Jake Chen, PhD
Professor of Genetics
Associate Director and Chief Bioinformatics Officer of the Informatics Institute
Chief of Informatics Section of the Genetics Department
Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
James J. Cimino, MD
Associate Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jennifer A. Croker, PhD
Senior Administrative Director
Associate Professor of Medicine
David Crosslin, PhD
CCTS Health Informatics Co-Lead
Associate Professor, Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics
Co-Director, Graduate Programs - Biomedical Informatics
Tulane University
Pamela Cunningham
Manager, Clinical Research Nursing
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Betty Darnell, MS, RD, LD
Bionutrition Research Dietitian
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Thomas Denney, PhD
Mr. & Mrs Bruce Donnellan & Family Endowed Professor
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Auburn University MRI Research Center
CCTS Site Lead
Auburn University
Joel Dobbs, MPH, PharmD
Case Studies in Collaboration and Teamwork
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Maitlyn Eady
Researcher
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Reid M. Eagleson, MS MEng, LSSGB
COERE Program Manager
Learning Health System and D&I Science Lead
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jeff Edberg, PhD
CCTS Labs Director
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Daniel Feig, MD, PhD, MPH
Director, CHRU
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Meredith Fitz-Gerald, RN, MSN
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Mona Fouad, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Senior Associate Dean, Heersink School of Medicine
James Geyer, MD
Professor of Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine
College of Community Health Sciences
University of Alabama
Mark N. Gillespie, PhD
SAMSF-Locke Endowed Professor
Associate Director and Site Lead, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
University of South Alabama
Rebecca Graves, PhD, NP-C, FAANP
Director of Special Projects and Evaluation, Associate Professor
Office of Research, Development, and Evaluation
University of South Alabama
Michael Hall, MD
Chair of SOM-Medicine-CARD
UMMC
Lonnie Hannon, PhD
Associate Professor
Health Behavior
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Renee Heffron, PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Co-Director (MPI), CCTS Mentored Career Development Program (K12)
Director, UAB Center for AIDS Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jamye Hester
Administrative Projects Specialist
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Chindo Hicks, PhD, PhD
CCTS Health Informatics Co-Lead
Professor, Department of Genetics
LSUHSC
Bertha Hidalgo PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, Access and EngagementEpidemiology
Epidemiology
John Higginbotham, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean for Research and Health Policy, College of Community Health Sciences
Professor and Chair, Department of Community Medicine and Population Health
Director, Institute for Rural Health Research
Senior Associate Vice President of Research
CCTS Site Lead
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Richard J. Hines, MBA
Director of Finance
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Frannie Horn, JD
Operations Lead, CCTS Hub Liaison Team
Director of Research Development, Office of Research
Clifford Kennon, EdS, MPA
Program Director- Engagement of Communities
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Robert P. Kimberly, MD
Howard L. Holley Professor of Medicine
Co-Investigator and Senior Advisor, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jean Lambert, MA
Investigator Liaison, CCTS Training Academy
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Nita A. Limdi, PharmD, PhD, MSPH, FAHA
Ray L Watts Heersink Endowed Chair
Professor Department of Neurology & Epidemiology
Director, Translational Pharmacogenomics Program
Associate Director, Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute
Director, CTSA Training Academy
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Tyren Lucas, MBA
Program Director, CCTS Training Academy
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Jeanne Merchant, MPH
Program Director, CCTS KL2 & TL1 Programs
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Lucio Miele, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
CCTS Site Lead, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Chair, LSUHSC Department of Genetics
Ciara Mitchell, PhD, RDN, LD
Bionutrition Researach Dietitian and Program Director
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Brian C. Moon, MM
Communications Director
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Michael Mugavero, MD, MHSc
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Director, UAB Center for Outcomes Effectiveness Research and Education Co-Director, Center For AIDS Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Richard Myers, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
President Emeritus and Faculty Investigator
Co-Director, CCTS Pilot Program
CCTS Site Lead
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Jason Nichols, OD, MPH, PHD
Professor of Optometry
Senior Associate Vice President for Research
CCTS Scientific Lead, Hub Liaison Team
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cari Oliver, MPA, CIP
Program Director, Special Projects
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Robert Oster, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, CCTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Emma Perez-Costas, PhD
GRIT
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Jennifer Pollock, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, CCTS Predoctoral Clinical and Translational Science Training Program (T32)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Eric Ravussin, PhD
Douglas L. Gordon Chair in Diabetes and Metabolism and Boyd Professor
CCTS Site Lead
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
David T. Redden, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Biostatistics
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Kevin Riggs, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine
Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dunia Ritchey, MEd
IND/IDE Consultation Team
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Dana Rizk, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Anne Russell, PhD
Program Director, CCTS Research Commons
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Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc
Ana Lois Waters Professor
Director (cMPI), CCTS Mentored Career Development Program (K12)
Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kimberly Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine
Director, CCTS Evaluation
John Trombley, MS
Program Administrator II
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Timothy Turner, PhD
Associate Vice President for Health-Related Research
Co-Director, Tuskegee University RCMI
CCTS Site Lead
Tuskegee University
Pankit Vachhani, MD
Director, CRU
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Fekisha Vaughan Guyton, MPA, MSW
Clinical Billing Review Manager
Josh Vernon
CCTS CRU Nurse Manager
Paige N. Vinson, PhD
Director, High-Throughput Screening
CCTS Co-Site Lead
Southern Research
Isabel Virella-Lowell, MD
Co-Director, CHRU
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Molly Wasko, PhD
CCTS Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Orlando M. Gutiérrez, MD, MMSc
Marie S. Ingalls Endowed Chair in Nephrology Leadership
Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Nephrology
Director (cMPI), 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
Patrick Delafontaine, MD
Executive Dean, School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Co-Director (MPI), Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Tulane University
Amanda Anderson, PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology
Co-Director, CCTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Corinne E. Augelli-Szafran, PhD
Vice President of Scientific Platforms
CCTS Site Lead
Southern Research
Lori Bateman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine
Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lydia Bazzano, MD, PhD
Lynda B. and H. Leighton Steward Professor in Nutrition Research
Professor of Epidemiology
Associate Director, CCTS Predoctoral Clinical and Translational Science Training Program (T32)
Director, Tulane Center for Lifespan Epidemiology Research
Tulane University
Meagan Brown, PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
CCTS Institutional Representative
University Of Mississippi
Robert Brown
Web Communications Manager
Thomas W. Buford, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Head, GGPC Section of Translational Gerontology
Associate Dean for Research, Heersink School of Medicine
Director, CCTS Pilot Program
Christina Cenczyk, MSCJ
Program Director, Research Development & Evaluation
Jake Chen, PhD
Professor of Genetics
Associate Director and Chief Bioinformatics Officer of the Informatics Institute
Chief of Informatics Section of the Genetics Department
Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
James J. Cimino, MD
Associate Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jennifer A. Croker, PhD
Senior Administrative Director
Associate Professor of Medicine
David Crosslin, PhD
CCTS Health Informatics Co-Lead
Associate Professor, Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics
Co-Director, Graduate Programs - Biomedical Informatics
Tulane University
Pamela Cunningham
Manager, Clinical Research Nursing
Betty Darnell, MS, RD, LD
Bionutrition Research Dietitian
Thomas Denney, PhD
Mr. & Mrs Bruce Donnellan & Family Endowed Professor
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Auburn University MRI Research Center
CCTS Site Lead
Auburn University
Joel Dobbs, MPH, PharmD
Case Studies in Collaboration and Teamwork
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Maitlyn Eady
Researcher
Reid M. Eagleson, MS MEng, LSSGB
COERE Program Manager
Learning Health System and D&I Science Lead
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jeff Edberg, PhD
CCTS Labs Director
Daniel Feig, MD, PhD, MPH
Director, CHRU
Meredith Fitz-Gerald, RN, MSN
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mona Fouad, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Senior Associate Dean, Heersink School of Medicine
James Geyer, MD
Professor of Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine
College of Community Health Sciences
University of Alabama
Mark N. Gillespie, PhD
SAMSF-Locke Endowed Professor
Associate Director and Site Lead, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
University of South Alabama
Rebecca Graves, PhD, NP-C, FAANP
Director of Special Projects and Evaluation, Associate Professor
Office of Research, Development, and Evaluation
University of South Alabama
Michael Hall, MD
Chair of SOM-Medicine-CARD
UMMC
Lonnie Hannon, PhD
Associate Professor
Health Behavior
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Renee Heffron, PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Co-Director (MPI), CCTS Mentored Career Development Program (K12)
Director, UAB Center for AIDS Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jamye Hester
Administrative Projects Specialist
Chindo Hicks, PhD, PhD
CCTS Health Informatics Co-Lead
Professor, Department of Genetics
LSUHSC
Bertha Hidalgo PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, Access and EngagementEpidemiology
Epidemiology
John Higginbotham, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean for Research and Health Policy, College of Community Health Sciences
Professor and Chair, Department of Community Medicine and Population Health
Director, Institute for Rural Health Research
Senior Associate Vice President of Research
CCTS Site Lead
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Richard J. Hines, MBA
Director of Finance
Frannie Horn, JD
Operations Lead, CCTS Hub Liaison Team
Director of Research Development, Office of Research
Clifford Kennon, EdS, MPA
Program Director- Engagement of Communities
Robert P. Kimberly, MD
Howard L. Holley Professor of Medicine
Co-Investigator and Senior Advisor, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jean Lambert, MA
Investigator Liaison, CCTS Training Academy
Nita A. Limdi, PharmD, PhD, MSPH, FAHA
Ray L Watts Heersink Endowed Chair
Professor Department of Neurology & Epidemiology
Director, Translational Pharmacogenomics Program
Associate Director, Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute
Director, CTSA Training Academy
Tyren Lucas, MBA
Program Director, CCTS Training Academy
Jeanne Merchant, MPH
Program Director, CCTS KL2 & TL1 Programs
Lucio Miele, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
CCTS Site Lead, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Chair, LSUHSC Department of Genetics
Ciara Mitchell, PhD, RDN, LD
Bionutrition Researach Dietitian and Program Director
Brian C. Moon, MM
Communications Director
Michael Mugavero, MD, MHSc
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Director, UAB Center for Outcomes Effectiveness Research and Education Co-Director, Center For AIDS Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Richard Myers, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
President Emeritus and Faculty Investigator
Co-Director, CCTS Pilot Program
CCTS Site Lead
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Jason Nichols, OD, MPH, PHD
Professor of Optometry
Senior Associate Vice President for Research
CCTS Scientific Lead, Hub Liaison Team
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cari Oliver, MPA, CIP
Program Director, Special Projects
Robert Oster, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, CCTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Emma Perez-Costas, PhD
GRIT
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jennifer Pollock, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, CCTS Predoctoral Clinical and Translational Science Training Program (T32)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Eric Ravussin, PhD
Douglas L. Gordon Chair in Diabetes and Metabolism and Boyd Professor
CCTS Site Lead
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
David T. Redden, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Biostatistics
Kevin Riggs, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine
Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dunia Ritchey, MEd
IND/IDE Consultation Team
Dana Rizk, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Anne Russell, PhD
Program Director, CCTS Research Commons
Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc
Ana Lois Waters Professor
Director (cMPI), CCTS Mentored Career Development Program (K12)
Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kimberly Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine
Director, CCTS Evaluation
John Trombley, MS
Program Administrator II
Timothy Turner, PhD
Associate Vice President for Health-Related Research
Co-Director, Tuskegee University RCMI
CCTS Site Lead
Tuskegee University
Pankit Vachhani, MD
Director, CRU
Fekisha Vaughan Guyton, MPA, MSW
Clinical Billing Review Manager
Josh Vernon
CCTS CRU Nurse Manager
Paige N. Vinson, PhD
Director, High-Throughput Screening
CCTS Co-Site Lead
Southern Research
Isabel Virella-Lowell, MD
Co-Director, CHRU
Molly Wasko, PhD
CCTS Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship