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
Mackenzie Hofford, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Associate Chief Research Information Officer | Division of General Medicine School of Medicine
- Email: mhofford@wustl.edu
Annette Hubbell, PhD, RN, MSN, CNS
Assistant Professor | Illinois State University
- Email: amoore3@ilstu.edu
Mark Huffman, MD, MPH
Professor | Co-Director Global Health Center | Co-Director of the Global Health Futures Innovation Research Network | Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: m.huffman@wustl.edu
Donna Hunt-O’Brien
Practice-based Expert | Vice President of Professional and Program Development at Parents as Teachers National Center
Lora Iannotti, PhD
Enrichment Program Director | Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professor | Washington University School of Public Health
- Email: liannotti@wustl.edu
Syed Kamrul Islam, PhD, MS
Professor and Chair | University of Missouri, Columbia
- Email: islams@missouri.edu
Miriam Jacome-Sosa, PhD
Assistant Professor | Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: mjacome@wustl.edu
Allison Kemner, MPH
Associate Director | Chief Research Officer and Senior Vice President at Parents as Teachers National Center
Maura Kepper, PhD
Assistant Professor | Washington University School of Public Health
- Email: kepperm@wustl.edu
Min Soon Kim, PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor | University of Missouri College of Health Sciences
- Email: kimms@health.missouri.edu
Samuel Klein, MD
Division Chief | William H. Danforth Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science | Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: sklein@wustl.edu
Richelle Koopman, MD, MS, FAAFP
Accelerator Lead | Professor and Chair of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Missouri School of Medicine
- Email: koopmanr@health.missouri.edu
Matthew Kreuter, PhD, MPH
Kahn Family Professor of Public Health | Washington University School of Public Health
- Email: mkreuter@wustl.edu
Danielle Krobath , Ph.D., MS
Assistant Professor | University of South Carolina
- Email: dkrobath@mailbox.sc.edu
Albert M. Lai, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA
Core Scientist | Professor and Chief Research Information Officer at WashU Medicine
- Email: amlai@wustl.edu
May May Leung, PhD
Associate Professor | Chair of Division of Nutrition Interventions, Communication and Behavior Change | Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy
- Email: maymay.leung@tufts.edu
Jacqueline Limberg, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Nutrition & Exercise Physiology | University of Missouri
- Phone: 573-882-2420
- Email: limbergj@missouri.edu
Julia D. Lopez, PhD, MPH, LCSW
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Division of Infectious Diseases | Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: julialopez@wustl.edu
Douglas Luke, PhD, MA
Distinguished Professor in Public Health Systems Science | Washington University School of Public Health
- Email: dluke@brownschool.wustl.edu
Luis Martinez-Lemus, PhD, , DVM
Professor | University of Missouri, Columbia
- Email: martinezlemusl@missouri.edu
Stephanie Mazzucca-Ragan, PhD
Core Scientist | Assistant Professor at WashU School of Public Health
- Email: smazzucca@wustl.edu
James McClay, MD, MS
Professor and Chair of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology | Chief Research Informatics Officer | University of Missouri, Columbia
- Phone: 573-882-2473
- Email: jmcclay@health.missouri.edu
Jane McElroy, PhD
Accelerator Scientist | Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Missouri School of Medicine
- Email: mcelroyja@umsystem.edu
Amy McQueen, PhD
Professor | Washington University School of Public Health
- Phone: 314-935-3715
- Email: amcqueen@wustl.edu
Bettina Mittendorfer, PhD, MS
Professor | University of Missouri, Columbia
- Phone: 573-884-2369
- Email: b.mittendorfer@missouri.edu
Sarah M. Moreland-Russell, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Practice | Washington University School of Public Health
- Email: smoreland-russell@wustl.edu
Dipesh Navsaria, MD, MPH, MSLIS
Practice-based Expert | PAT Board of Directors; Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
- Email: navsaria@wisc.edu
Ginger E Nicol, MD, CEDS
Professor of Psychiatry | Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: nicolg@wustl.edu
Diana Parra Perez, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor | Washington University Brown School
- Email: parrad@wustl.edu
Max Petersen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine | Washington University School of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-3500
- Email: max.p@wustl.edu
Mihail Popescu, PhD
Professor | University of Missouri, Columbia
- Email: popescum@health.missouri.edu
Julia Price, PhD
Assistant Professor | Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Email: julia.price@nemours.org
Praveen Rao, Ph.D., MS
Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Associate Professor of Health Management & Informatics and of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Missouri
- Email: praveen.rao@missouri.edu
Dominic N Reeds, MD
Pilot and Feasibility Program Director | Professor of Medicine & Medical Director of Nutrition Support Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Email: DReeds22@WUSTL.EDU
Amy Riek, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine | Medical Director of Clinical Operations | Washington University School of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-3500
- Email: aeriek@wustl.edu
Vanessa Nicholson Robinson, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor | Tufts University School of Medicine and Friedman School of Nutrition
- Email: vanessa.nicholson@tufts.edu
Eduardo Simoes, MD, MSc, MPH
HMI Alumni Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri School of Medicine
- Email: simoese@health.missouri.edu
Xing Song, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor | University of Missouri, Columbia
- Email: xsm7f@health.missouri.edu
Joshua Sparrow, MD
Practice-based Expert | PAT Research Council and Board of Directors; Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Taren M. Swindle, Ph.D., MS
Associate Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Email: TSwindle@uams.edu
Rachel Tabak, PhD, RD
Core Co-Director | Associate Professor at WashU School of Public Health
- Email: rtabak@wustl.edu
Vetta Sanders Thompson, PhD
Professor | Washington University Brown School
- Phone: 314-935-3432
- Email: vthompson22@wustl.edu
Lindsay Jeanne Underhill, PhD, MPH,
Instructor | Washington University School of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-1291
- Email: lindsayu@wustl.edu

