Center Director

Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD
Center Director: Administrative Core | Joyce and Chauncy Buchheit Professorship in Public Health and Medicine
- Email: djoshu@wustl.edu
Core Leads

Charlene Caburnay, PhD
Co-Core Director: Health Communication and Social Needs Core | Research Assistant Professor at the Brown School

Matthew Kreuter, PhD
Core Director: Health Communication and Social Needs Core | Kahn Family Professor of Public Health at the Brown School

Mirna Becevic, PhD
Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Assistant Research Professor at the University of Missouri

Suzanne Boren, Ph.D., MHA
Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Professor of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri

Ross Brownson, PhD
Core Director: Dissemination and Implementation in Diabetes Research Core | Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor

Ross A, Hammond, PhD
Associate Director: Policy and Systems Science Analysis Core | Betty Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor in Public Health

Irene Headen, PhD, MS
Core Scientist: Solutions in Diabetes in Black Americans | Assistant Professor of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University

Richelle Koopman, PhD, MD
Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Director of Family Medicine Research, Jack M. and Winifred S. Colwill Endowed Professor, and Vice Chair for Research and Faculty Affairs at the University of Missouri

Shiriki Kumanyika, PHD, MS, MPH
Director: Solutions to Diabetes in Black Americans Core | Founding Chair of the Council on Black Health
Center Staff

Tiffany Eaton, DrPH(c), MPH
Core Manager: Solutions in Diabetes in Black Americans | Doctoral Student of Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University

Shelly Johnston, MPH, RD
Research Project Coordinator, Center for Diabetes Translation Research
- Phone: 314-935-7504
- Email: shellyjohnston@wustl.edu

Cindy D Schwarz, MPH, MS, RD
Associate Director: Center for Obesity Prevention and Policy Research
- Phone: 314-935-3063

Jordyn G Wartts, MPH
Core Manager: Health Communication and Health Literacy Core
- Email: jwartts@wustl.edu

Megan White, MSW
Research Project Manager, Center for Diabetes Translation Research
- Phone: 314-935-3005
- Email: m.white1@wustl.edu