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Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Clinical and Translational Science InstituteAdvancing research discoveries to improve health for all
Clinical and Translational Science InstituteThe CTSI Board is the principal oversight body of the University at Buffalo CTSI and is comprised of leaders of each Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) partner institution. The Board provides broad oversight of CTSI initiatives and advice on strategy and priorities.
| Member | Title | Institution | |
| Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD (chair) | Dean | School of Public Health and Health Professions | jww@buffalo.edu |
| Erin Bailey, MSM (ex-officio) | Chief Financial Officer | CTSI | eedb@buffalo.edu |
| Anne Curtis, MD | Chair, Medicine | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences UBMD Practice Plan | abcurtis@buffalo.edu |
| Margarita Dubocovich, PhD (ex-officio) | Program Lead | Mentored Career Development | mdubo@buffalo.edu |
| Venu Govindaraju, PhD | Vice President | Research and Economic Development | VPR@research.buffalo.edu |
| Karen Hall, EdD, MHA | Director of Programs | Population Health Collaborative | |
| Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD | Senior VP, Team Science Chair, Immunology | Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center | pawel.kalinski@roswellpark.org |
| Kenneth Leonard, PhD | Director | Research Institute of Addictions | kleonard@buffalo.edu |
| Timothy Murphy, MD (ex-officio) | Director | CTSI | murphyt@buffalo.edu |
| Brian Murray, MD | Chief Medical Officer | Erie County Medical Center | bmurray@ecmc.edu |
| Rev. George Nicholas, MDiv | Convener | Buffalo Center for Health Equity | gfnicholas1@gmail.com |
| Norma Nowak, PhD | Executive Director | Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences | njnowak@buffalo.edu |
| Gary Pollack, PhD | Dean | School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | garypoll@buffalo.edu |
| Daniel Porreca | Executive Director | HEALTHeLINK | dporreca@wnyhealthelink.com |
| Stefan Ruhl, DDS, PhD | Interim Dean | School of Dental Medicine | shruhl@buffalo.edu |
| Sanjay Sethi, MD | Deputy Director | CTSI | ssethi@buffalo.edu |
| Mary Sienkiewicz, MBA (ex-officio) | Chief Operating Officer | CTSI | mjs35@buffalo.edu |
| Leishia Smallwood, MPA | Director | New York State AHEC System | leishias@buffalo.edu |
| Edward Snell, PhD | CEO | Hauptman Woodward Institute | esnell@hwi.buffalo.edu |
| Jennifer Surtees, PhD | Co-Director | Genome, Environment and Microbiome Community of Excellence | jsurtees@buffalo.edu |
| Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter, PhD | Director | Patient Voices Network | tumiel@buffalo.edu |
| Peter Winkelstein, MD, MBA | Executive Director | Institute for Healthcare Informatics | pwink@buffalo.edu |