CCTS External Advisory Committee

  • Linda Cottler, PhD, MPH, FACE (EAC Chairperson)

    Associate Dean for Research, College of Public Health and Health Professions

    Dean’s Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Epidemiology

    University of Florida

    Linda Cottler, PhD, MPH, FACE

  • Miriam Bredella, MD, MBA

    Bernard and Irene Schwartz Professor of Radiology

    Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute

    Vice Chair, Strategy, Department of Radiology

    Associate Dean, Translational Science

    NYU Grossman School of Medicine 

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  • Will Dere, MD

    Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine
    University of Utah

    Willard H. Dere, MD, FACP

  • David A. Gross, MPA

    Community Representative

    Administrative Director for Education and Research, St. Claire HealthCare

     

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  • Michelle L. Hernandez, MD

    Director, University of North Carolina (UNC) Child Health Research Network

    Associate Medical Director, UNC Children’s Allergy And Asthma Center

    Associate Director 0f Clinical Research and Faculty Director of Clinical Research Unit,  Children's Research Institute

    Professor, Pediatric Allergy-Immunology, UNC School of Medicine

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  • Tim Huerta, PhD, MS

    Professor of Family Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine and Wexner Medical Center

    CRIO & Associate Dean for Research Information Technology, The Center for Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) 

    Director of Biomedical Informatics, The Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics and Systems Thinking (CATALYST) | 

    The Ohio State University 

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  • Coretta Jenerette, PhD, RN, AOCN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

    Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity, College of Nursing, University of South Carolina

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  • Katie Marks, PhD

    Commissioner, Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental & Intellectual Disabilities, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services

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  • Linda McCauley, PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN

    Dean, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University 

    National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM’s) Governing Council Member

    Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee Member

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  • Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC

    Professor of Medicine

    Director and Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Research Center & Clinical and Translational Research

    Morehouse School of Medicine

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  • Clara M. Pelfrey, PhD

    Evaluation Director, Clinical and Translational Science, Collaborative Center for Clinical Investigation

    Case Western Reserve University

    Clara M. Pelfrey, PhD

  • Lisa Simpson, MB., B.Ch., MPH, FAAP

    Former President and CEO, Academy Health

    Impact Fellow, UC Berkeley's School of Public Health

    Adjunct Professor, University of South Florida School of Public Health and the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University

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  • Digna Velez Edwards, PhD, MS

    Division Director, Quantitative Sciences

    Director, Women's Health Research

    Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

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