Our Center reflects the work of a growing group of investigators who are leaders in defining innovations in diabetes translation research.
WU-CDTR membership at a glance
Represent 27 higher education and research institutions
Include 13+ disciplines

Located in 17 states across the U.S.
Ongoing research partnerships with 300+ organizations
Member Investigators
Ruopeng An, PhD, MPP
Professor | Director, Constance and Martin Silver Center on Data Science and Social Equity | New York University
- Email: ruopeng.an@nyu.edu
Rachel Garg , PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor | Washington University School of Public Health
- Email: rminson@wustl.edu
Matthew Kreuter, PhD
Core Director: Health Communication and Social Needs Core | Kahn Family Professor of Public Health at the Brown School
Jing Li, MD, DrPH, MS
Associate Professor | University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Phone: 314-273-9386
- Email: jingl@uab.edu
Mary Katherine Ray, PhD
Assistant Professor | Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: m.ray@wustl.edu
Mansoo Yu, PhD, MSW, MA
Social Work PhD Program Director and Professor | University of Missouri, Columbia
- Phone: 573-882-4363
- Email: yuma@missouri.edu
Salma Abdalla, MBBS, DrPH
Assistant Professor | Washington University School of Public Health
- Email: s.abdalla@wustl.edu
Fares Alahdab, MD, MS, MSc, FAHA
Director of Graduate Programs in Health Inforamtics | Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology | University of Missouri
Sofiya Alhassan, PhD,MS
Professor of Kinesiology | University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Phone: (413) 545-3475
- Email: alhassan@kin.umass.edu
Daniel J Amante, PhD,MPH
Assistant Professor| UMass Chan Medical School
- Email: daniel.amante@umassmed.edu
Ana María Arbeláez, MD, MSCI
Chief | Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes | David English Smith Professorship in Medicine | Washington University School of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-6051
- Email: aarbelaez@wustl.edu
Abigail Barker, PhD, MA
Research Associate Professor | Washington University School of Public Health
- Phone: 314-935-3513
- Email: arbarker@wustl.edu
Daheia Barr-Anderson, PhD, MSPH
Dean W. Colvard Distinguished Professor Applied Physiology | Health & Clinical Sciences | University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Phone: 704-687-7991
- Email: dbarrand@charlotte.edu
Monica Baskin, Ph.D., MS
Deputy Director of Research | VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Associate dean for cancer innovation | School of Medicine | Virginia Commonwealth University
- Email: Monica.Baskin@vcuhealth.org
Mirna Becevic, MA, PhD
Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Assistant Research Professor at the University of Missouri
- Email: becevicm@health.missouri.edu
Jannette Berkley-Patton, MA, PhD
Professor (tenured) | Biomedical and Health Informatics | University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
- Email: berkleypattonj@umkc.edu
Suzanne Boren, Ph.D., MHA
Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Professor of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri
- Email: BorenS@health.missouri.edu
Pamela Bowen, PhD, CRNP
Associate Professor | University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Email: pbowen@uab.edu
Amy Braddock, MD, MSPH
Accelerator Co-Lead | Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Missouri School of Medicine
Ross Brownson, PhD
Core Director | Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor at WashU School of Public Health
- Phone: 314-935-0114
- Email: rbrownson@wustl.edu
Gabriela Buccini, Ph.D., MSc, IBCLC
Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health | University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Phone: 702-895-4674
- Email: gabriela.buccini@unlv.edu
Leopoldo J. Cabassa, PhD, MSW
Professor | Washington University Brown School
- Phone: 314-935-2829
- Email: ljcabassa@wustl.edu
Charlene Caburnay, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor of Practice | Washington University School of Public Health
- Phone: 314-935-3703
- Email: ccaburnay@wustl.edu
Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, PhD
Professor | Department of Psychiatry | Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: pcavazos@wustl.edu
Kerry Caverly
Practice-based Expert | Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer at Parents as Teachers National Center
Kristen Cooksey Stowers, PhD, MPP
Assistant Professor of Health Disparities Research, University of Connecticut
- Email: kristen.cooksey@uconn.edu
Samuel Cortez Granados, MD, MSCI
Instructor| Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: scortez@wustl.edu
Paulina Cruz Bravo, MD, MS
Associate Professor | Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research | Washington University School of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-3500
- Fax: 314-747-3963
- Email: pcruz@wustl.edu
Victor G. Davila-Roman, MD, FACC, FASE
Professor of Medicine| Anesthesiology, and Radiology Medical Director| Cardiovascular Imaging and Clinical Research Core Laboratory Director| Global Health Center| Institute for Public Health
- Phone: 314-362-1291
- Fax: 314-747-8170
- Email: vdavila@wustl.edu
Maithe Enriquez, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Potter-Brinton Distinguished Professor of Nursing | University of Missouri, Columbia
- Phone: (573) 884-7411
- Email: enriquezm@missouri.edu
Bradley A. Evanoff, MD, MPH
Professor| Director of the Division of General Medical Sciences | Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: bevanoff@wustl.edu
Kevin Everett, PhD
Professor | Accelerator Scientist | Research Director and Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Missouri
- Phone: 573-882-2190
- Email: everettk@health.missouri.edu
Amy Eyler, PhD
Professor | Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs | Washington University Brown School
- Email: aeyler@wustl.edu
Sarah S. Farabi, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor | Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: ssfarabi@wustl.edu
Jamie Faro, PhD
Assistant Professor | Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences | Division of Health Informatics and Implementation Science | University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
- Email: Jamie.faro@umassmed.edu
Dan Ferris, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Washington University Brown School
- Email: dan.ferris@wustl.edu
Lauren Gehler Fiechtner, M.D
Assistant Professor | Harvard Medical School
- Email: lfiechtner@partners.org
Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD
Associate Professor | Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: fitzsimmonse@wustl.edu
Randi E. Foraker, PhD, MA, FAHA, FAMIA, FACMI
Professor | Chair of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology | University of Missouri, Columbia
Patrick Fowler, PhD
Associate Professor at the School of Public Health | Washington University
- Email: pjfowler@wustl.edu
Tiffany L Gary-Webb, PhD, MHS
Professor| Associate Director | Center for Health Equity | University of Pittsburgh
- Email: tgary@pitt.edu
Abhinav Golla, MD, MPH
Ophthalmologist, Glaucoma Specialist | University of Missouri
- Phone: (573) 884-3937
- Email: abhinavgolla@health.missouri.edu
Richard T. Griffey, MD, MPH
Professor | Department of Emergency Medicine | School of Medicine | University of Pittsburgh
- Email: griffeyr@wustl.edu
Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD
Center Director, Core Director | Joyce and Chauncy Buchheit Professorship at WashU School of Public Health
- Email: djoshu@wustl.edu
Idethia Shevon Harvey, DrPH, MPH
Associate Professor | University of Missouri, Columbia
- Email: isharvey@health.missouri.edu
Irene Headen, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Black Health in the Department of Community Health and Prevention | Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health | Drexel University
- Email: ieh27@drexel.edu
Cynthia Herrick, MD, FACP
Co-Director, WU Transgender Center| Associate Professor | Washington University School of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-3500
- Email: herrickc@wustl.edu
Tamara Hershey, PhD
Professor | Director, Neuroimaging Labs Research Center | Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: tammy@wustl.edu
