CCTST Leadership & Staff
CCTST Co-Directors
Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD, MPH
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Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Executive Associate Director, Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Associate Dean, Clinical & Translational Science & Training
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: Jareen.Meinzen-Derr@cchmc.org
Jeffrey Strawn, MD
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Professor and Associate Vice Chair of Research,
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email: Jeffrey.Strawn@uc.edu
Achala Vagal, MD
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Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology
Associate Dean, Clinical & Translational Science & Training
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email: Achala.Vagal@uc.edu
CCTST Administrative Staff
Trina McFarland
Michael Vierling, MBA
Business Director
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Email: Michael.Vierling@cchmc.org
Christy Keller, BTAS
Hub Administrator (Program Manager)
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Email: Christina.Keller@cchmc.org
Nicholas Hogan
Financial Analyst II
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Email: Nicholas.Hogan@cchmc.org
Emma Jones, MA
Communication Specialist
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Email: Emma.Jones2@cchmc.org
Connie Logan
Administrative Assistant
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Email: Constance.Schenk@cchmc.org
William Weller
Program Management Coordinator
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Email: William.Weller@cchmc.org
CCTST Faculty & Staff
Brittany Rosen, PhD, MEd
Director of Evaluation
Research Associate Professor, Division of Adolescent & Transition Medicine
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: Brittany.Rosen@cchmc.org
Michael Seid, PhD
Director of Learning Health Systems
Director, Health Outcomes & Quality Care Research, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Member, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence
Professor, Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: Michael.Seid@cchmc.org​​​​
Taylor Groeschen
Program Management Specialist, Evaluation
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Email: Taylor.Groeschen@cchmc.org
Jamie Tharrington
Strategic Management
Training & Outreach - Workforce Development
Patrick Ryan, PhD, MS
Co-Lead, Workforce Development
Professor, Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: Patrick.Ryan@cchmc.org
Jackie Knapke, PhD
Co-Lead, Workforce Development
Assistant Professor, Interim Division Director
Research Division, Department of Family & Community Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Email: Jackie.Knapke@uc.edu
Jennifer Molano, MD
Collaboration & Team Science
Professor, Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Email: Jennifer.Molano@uc.edu
Jason Blackard, PhD
Pipeline & Community Outreach, Workforce Development
Professor, Internal Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Email: Jason.Blackard@uc.edu
Laura Hildreth, MS
Program Director,
Collaboration & Team Science
University of Cincinnati
Email: Laura.Hildreth@uc.edu
Anna Johns
Program Manager,
Workforce Development
Collaboration & Team Science
University of Cincinnati
Email: Anna.Johns@uc.edu
Angela Mendell, MS, CCRP
Jennifer Veevers, PhD
Grant Development Specialist,
Workforce Development
University of Cincinnati
Email: Jennifer.Lowe@uc.edu
Lori Crosby, PsyD
Co-Lead, Community & Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Director, Innovations in Community Research
Professor, Pediatrics
Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: Lori.Crosby@cchmc.org
Farrah Jacquez, PhD
Co-Lead, Community & Stakeholder Engagement
Assistant Vice President, Office of Research
Professor & Assistant Head,
Department of Psychology
University of Cincinnati
Email: Farrah.Jacquez@uc.edu​​​​
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Monica Mitchell, PhD
Community & Stakeholder Engagement
Senior Director, Community Relations
Co-Director, Innovations in Community Research
Professor, Pediatrics
Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: Monica.Mitchell@cchmc.org
Stacey Gomes, PhD
Senior Program Management Specialist,
Community & Stakeholder Engagement
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Email: Stacey.Gomes@cchmc.org
Julie Wijesooriya, MPA
Research Community Liaison,
Research Participant Advisory Group
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Email: Julie.Wijesooriya@cchmc.org
Mo Kelly
Program Manager,
Research Participant Advisory Group
University of Cincinnati
Email: Maureen.Kelly@uc.edu
Nicholas Ollberding, PhD
Co-Lead, Resources & Services
Division, Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Associate Professor, Pediatrics Department of Rehabilitation, Exercise, & Nutrition
University of Cincinnati
Email: Nicholas.Ollberding@cchmc.org
Jeffrey Strawn, MD
Co-Lead, Resources & Services
Co-Director, CCTST
Professor and Associate Vice Chair of Research, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email: Jeffrey.Strawn@uc.edu
Resources & Services
Dennis McGraw, MD
Co-Lead, Pilot Grant Program
Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Director, Pulmonary Medicine
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Email: Dennis.McGraw@uc.edu
Katherine Bowers, PhD, MPH
Co-Lead, Pilot Grant Program
Professor, Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: Katherine.Bowers@cchmc.org
Katherine Bowers, PhD, MPH
Eneida Mendonca, MD, PhD
Co-Lead, Health Informatics
Director, Division of Biomedical Informatics
Rieveschl Chair of Biomedical Informatics
Professor, Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: Eneida.Mendonca@cchmc.org
Umberto Tachinardi, MD
Co-Lead, Health Informatics Chief Health Digital Officer,
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine & UC Health
Interim Chair, University of Cincinnati Department of Biostatistics, Health Informatics and Data Sciences
Associate Dean for Health Informatics & Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email: Umberto.Tachinardi@uc.edu
Elizabeth Kelly, MD
​Co-Lead, Integrated Health Model & Data Platform to Advance CTS
Vice Chair of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Cincinnati
Email: Elizabeth.Kelly@uc.edu
Carley Riley, MD, MPP, MHS
Co-Lead, Integrated Health Model & Data Platform to Advance CTS
Steward, Community Systems, Michael Fisher Child Health Equity Center
Director, Mayerson Child Well-being Initiative
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Email: Carley.Riley@cchmc.org
Integrated Health Model & Data Platform to Advance Clinical & Translational Science
Meg Zeller, PhD
Director, K Scholars Career Development Award Program
Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology
Professor, Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: Meg.Zeller@cchmc.org
Moises Huaman, MD, MSc.
Associate Director, K Scholars Career Development Award Program
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Email: Moises.Huaman@uc.edu​​​​
Krista Metz
Administrative Program Director,
K Scholars Career Development Award Program
University of Cincinnati
Email: Krista.Newland@uc.edu
Sharon Watkins
Community Engagement Specialist
Community Action Agency
Tamilyn Bakas, PhD, RN
Professor and Jane E. Procter Endowed Chair, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing
Email: Tamilyn.Bakas@uc.edu
Melinda Butsch Kovacic, PhD, MPH
Professor and Associate Dean of Research, University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences
Email: butschms@ucmail.uc.edu