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Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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CTSI Steering Committee
The Steering Committee’s responsibilities include reviewing progress of cores towards short-term and long-term goals, improving collaboration among cores, reviewing and responding to Evaluation Team reports and advising CTSI leadership regarding the needs of BTC investigators.
![Timothy Murphy MD.]()
Timothy Murphy
MD
Director, CTSI
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research; Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
![Sanjay Sethi MD.]()
Sanjay Sethi
MD
Associate Director, CTSI
Director, Clinical Research Office; Professor and Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
![Erin Bailey.]()
Erin Bailey
MSM, CRA
Chief Financial Officer
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
![joseph p balthasar.]()
Joseph Balthasar
PhD
Executive Director of University Research Initiatives
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Director of the Center for Protein Therapeutics; School of Pharmacy
![jblaisure.]()
Jonathan Blaisure
Chief Research Information Officer
University at Buffalo; Kaleida Health
![Margarita Dubocovich PhD.]()
Margarita L. Dubocovich
PhD, FASPET, FACNP
Principal Investigator & Lead, CTSA KL2 Mentor Career Development Award; Lead, CTSI K Scholar Program; CTSA KL2 Award Steering Committee Chair
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology; CTSI K Scholar Mentored Career Development Award Program Clinical and Translational Science Institute
![Peter Elkin MD.]()
Peter Elkin
MD
Director, Informatics Core
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics & Professor of Internal Medicine
![oscar gomez.]()
Oscar Gomez
MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Division Chief, Infectious Diseases
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
![Gene Morse PharmD.]()
Gene Morse
PharmD
Director, Drug Development Core
SUNY Distinguished Professor
![Norma Nowak PhD.]()
Norma Nowak
PhD
Executive Director
Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
![Ekaterina Noyes PhD.]()
Ekaterina Noyes
PhD
Director, Team Science and Collaboration; Director, Workforce Development
Director, MPH Concentration in Health Services Administration; Professor
![Teresa Quattrin MD.]()
Teresa Quattrin
MD
Director, Special Populations
UB Distinguished Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research Integration
![jessica reynolds.]()
Jessica L. Reynolds
PhD
Associate Professor
Gene therapy; Genomics and proteomics; Immunology; Infectious Disease; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology; Viral Pathogenesis; Virology
![Brahm Segal.]()
Brahm Segal
MD
Director, Pilot Studies Program
Professor; Vice Chair, Faculty Development
![Sienkiewicz.]()
Mary Sienkiewicz
MBA
Chief Operating Officer
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
![andrew talal.]()
Andrew H. Talal
MD, MPH
Professor
Gastroenterology; Infectious Disease; Liver (Hepatology)
![Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter PhD.]()
Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter
PhD
Director, Community Engagement Core
Department of Family Medicine
![Gregory Wilding PhD.]()
Gregory Wilding
PhD
Director, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Core
Professor
![Peter Winkelstein MD, MS, MBA.]()
Peter Winkelstein
MD, MS, MBA
Executive Director, Institute for Healthcare Informatics
Chief Medical Informatics Officer, UBMD; Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Kaleida Health
![Robert Zivadinov MD, PhD.]()
Robert Zivadinov
MD, PhD
Director, Center for Biomedical Imaging
Professor of Neurology
![Timothy Murphy MD.]()
Timothy Murphy
MD
Director, CTSI
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research; Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
![Sanjay Sethi MD.]()
Sanjay Sethi
MD
Associate Director, CTSI
Director, Clinical Research Office; Professor and Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
![Erin Bailey.]()
Erin Bailey
MSM, CRA
Chief Financial Officer
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
![joseph p balthasar.]()
Joseph Balthasar
PhD
Executive Director of University Research Initiatives
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Director of the Center for Protein Therapeutics; School of Pharmacy
![jblaisure.]()
Jonathan Blaisure
Chief Research Information Officer
University at Buffalo; Kaleida Health
![Margarita Dubocovich PhD.]()
Margarita L. Dubocovich
PhD, FASPET, FACNP
Principal Investigator & Lead, CTSA KL2 Mentor Career Development Award; Lead, CTSI K Scholar Program; CTSA KL2 Award Steering Committee Chair
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology; CTSI K Scholar Mentored Career Development Award Program Clinical and Translational Science Institute
![Peter Elkin MD.]()
Peter Elkin
MD
Director, Informatics Core
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics & Professor of Internal Medicine
![oscar gomez.]()
Oscar Gomez
MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Division Chief, Infectious Diseases
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
![Gene Morse PharmD.]()
Gene Morse
PharmD
Director, Drug Development Core
SUNY Distinguished Professor
![Norma Nowak PhD.]()
Norma Nowak
PhD
Executive Director
Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
![Ekaterina Noyes PhD.]()
Ekaterina Noyes
PhD
Director, Team Science and Collaboration; Director, Workforce Development
Director, MPH Concentration in Health Services Administration; Professor
![Teresa Quattrin MD.]()
Teresa Quattrin
MD
Director, Special Populations
UB Distinguished Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research Integration
![jessica reynolds.]()
Jessica L. Reynolds
PhD
Associate Professor
Gene therapy; Genomics and proteomics; Immunology; Infectious Disease; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology; Viral Pathogenesis; Virology
![Brahm Segal.]()
Brahm Segal
MD
Director, Pilot Studies Program
Professor; Vice Chair, Faculty Development
![Sienkiewicz.]()
Mary Sienkiewicz
MBA
Chief Operating Officer
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
![andrew talal.]()
Andrew H. Talal
MD, MPH
Professor
Gastroenterology; Infectious Disease; Liver (Hepatology)
![Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter PhD.]()
Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter
PhD
Director, Community Engagement Core
Department of Family Medicine
![Gregory Wilding PhD.]()
Gregory Wilding
PhD
Director, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Core
Professor
![Peter Winkelstein MD, MS, MBA.]()
Peter Winkelstein
MD, MS, MBA
Executive Director, Institute for Healthcare Informatics
Chief Medical Informatics Officer, UBMD; Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Kaleida Health
![Robert Zivadinov MD, PhD.]()
Robert Zivadinov
MD, PhD
Director, Center for Biomedical Imaging
Professor of Neurology