CTSI Leadership

Core Directors

Michael J. Becich , MD, PhD
Biomedical Informatics
Phone: 412-648-9244
E-mail: becich@pitt.edu

Esther L. Bush
Community PARTners
Phone: 412-227-4181
E-mail: ebush@ulpgh.org

Daniel J. Buysse , MD
Participant and Clinical Interactions (PCI)
Phone: 412-246-6413
E-mail: buysse@pitt.edu

Clifton W. Callaway , MD, PhD
Pilot Funding
Phone: 412-647-9047
E-mail: callaway@pitt.edu, callawaycw@upmc.edu

David Huang , MD
Clinical Trial Accelerator Core
Phone: 412-647-6818
E-mail: dth2@pitt.edu

Charles Jonassaint , PhD
Clinical Trial Accelerator Core
Phone: 412-586-9850
E-mail: cjonassaint@pitt.edu

Wishwa N. Kapoor , MD, MPH
Founder & Director of Strategic Planning, Institute for Clinical Research Education
Phone: 412-692-4821
E-mail: kapoorwn@upmc.edu

Tim Lezon , PhD
Biomedical Modeling
Phone: 412-383-8042
E-mail: lezon@pitt.edu

John S. Maier , PhD, MD
Innovation
Phone: 412-383-2319
E-mail: jsmaier@pitt.edu

Mylynda Massart , MD, PhD
Engaging Special Populations
Phone: 412-648-4243
E-mail: massartmb@upmc.edu

Elizabeth Miller , MD, PhD
Community PARTners
Phone: 412-692-6677
E-mail: elizabeth.miller@chp.edu

Steven E. Reis , MD
Recruitment Innovation Unit
Phone: 412-648-9516
E-mail: sreis@pitt.edu

Doris M. Rubio , PhD
Team Science & Workforce Development
Phone: 412-692-2023
E-mail: dmr18@pitt.edu

Yoel Sadovsky , MD
Engaging Special Populations
Phone: 412-641-2675
E-mail: ysadovsky@mwri.magee.edu

Donald P. Taylor , PhD, MBA
Innovation
Phone: 412-648-9324
E-mail: dtaylor@scivelo.pitt.edu

Shyam Visweswaran , MD, PhD
Biomedical Informatics
Phone: 412-648-7119
E-mail: shv3@pitt.edu

Steve Wisniewski , PhD
Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD)
Phone: 412-624-5218
E-mail: wisniew@edc.pitt.edu

Laurel Yasko , MPPM, RN
Regulatory Knowledge & Support
Phone: 412-648-9756
E-mail: lyasko@pitt.edu

Steven E. Reis , MD
Director, CTSI
Phone: 412-648-9516
E-mail: sreis@pitt.edu

David Mathias
Executive Director of Finance, CTSI
Phone: 412-383-5350
E-mail: mathias@pitt.edu

Laurel Yasko , MPPM, RN
Executive Director of Operations, CTSI
Phone: 412-648-9756
E-mail: lyasko@pitt.edu

Bill Young
Director of Marketing and Communications, CTSI
Phone: 412-648-4251
E-mail: wky@pitt.edu

Michelle Labrinidis , MHA
Director, Pitt+Me
Phone: 412-383-6055
E-mail: michelle.labrinidis@pitt.edu

Darcy Waechter , DNP, RN
Executive Director, All of Us Pennsylvania
Phone: 412-383-4134
E-mail: waechter@pitt.edu

Other Key Contacts

Aimee Biller , PhD
Ethics Facilitator
E-mail: Aimee.biller@chp.edu

Michelle Kienholz
Grant Writer
Phone: 412-648-3093
E-mail: mlk39@pitt.edu

Margaret C. McDonald , PhD, MFA
Director of Communications, School of Medicine
Phone: 412-383-7474
E-mail: mmaggie@pitt.edu