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Consortium for Injury Research & Community Action

People

Leadership
Director
Anthony Fabio, PhD, MPH
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
Secondary Appointments:
  • Medicine, Biostatistics, and Clinical and Translational Science
  • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
412-624-4612
afabio@pitt.edu

Associate Director
Stephen R. Wisniewski, Ph.D.
  • Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
  • Associate Dean for Research, Graduate School of Public Health
  • Co-Director, Epidemiology Data Center
Secondary Appointments:
  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical and Translational Sciences
412-624-5218
wisniew@edc.pitt.edu

Training Core Director
Thomas J. Songer, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
Secondary Appointments:
  • Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine
412-624-5326
tjs@pitt.edu

Outreach Core Director
Edmund M. Ricci, PhD, MLitt
  • Professor of Sociology in Public Health
  • Director, Institute for Evaluation Science in Community Health
  • Associate Director, University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging
412-624-6393
emricci@pitt.edu

Children's Injury Prevention Core Director
Sonika Bhatnagar, MD, MPH
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Director, Kohl's Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Primary Care Center Safety Center
412-692-6000
sonika.bhatnagar@chp.edu

Administrator
Jessica L. Duell, MPH
  • Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
412-624-4387
jld110@pitt.edu
 



Core Faculty
Dr. David J. Kolko, Ph.D., ABPP
  • Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Pediatrics, School of Medicine
  • Director, Special Services Unit, Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic
Secondary Appointments:
  • Professor of Psychology, School of Medicine
  • Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
412-246-5888
kolkodj@upmc.edu

Steven M. Albert, PhD
  • Professor, Department of Behavior and Community Health Sciences
  • Associate Chair for Research and Science, Department of Behavior and Community Health Sciences
  • CAPH Co-Director
412-383-8693
SMAlbert@pitt.edu

Patricia Sweeney, JD, MPH, RN
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management
  • Associate Director of Law and Policy, Center for Public Health Practice
412-383-2231
psweeney@pitt.edu

Anne B. Newman, M.D., M.P.H.
  • Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
  • Chair, Department of Epidemiology
  • Director, Center for Aging and Population Health
412-624-3056
newmana@edc.pitt.edu

Joyce A. D’Antonio, MS, PhD
  • Associate Director, Early Childhood Partnerships
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology in Education, School of Education
412-244-5386
jad155@pitt.edu
 

Ravi K. Sharma, PhD
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health
  • Associate Director for Public Health Informatics, Institute for Evaluation Science
412-624-3615
rks1946@pitt.edu

Kristen Mertz, MD, MPH
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health
412-624-5710
mertzk@edc.pitt.edu
 

Christopher R. Keane, ScD, MPH
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
412-624-3128
crkcity@pitt.edu

Rachel P. Berger, MD, MPH
  • Child Protection Team, Pittsburgh Child Advocacy Center, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  • Director, Child Abuse Research, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh
  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
412-692-8664
rachel.berger@chp.edu

Michael J. Bell, MD
  • Director, Pediatric Neurocritical Care, University of Pittsburgh, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  • Director, Pediatric Neurotrauma Center, University of Pittsburgh, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  • Associate Director, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research for Pediatric Neurointensive Care, University of Pittsburgh
  • Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine and Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
412-692-5164
bellmj4@upmc.edu



Students Currently Trained by CIRCA Faculty
Jason DeChant PhD Genetic Markers related to Prognosis following Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Yll Hyseni MS/PhD Role of State Driver’s Licensing Policies and Mandated Physician Reporting Requirements on Older Driver Safety

Stephen Strotmeyer PhD Surveillance for MuyThai Fighter Injury

Nicholas Soulakis PhD Syndromic Surveillance for Anthrax in Emergency Department Settings

Michael Bazaco PhD Association between Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Adverse Health Effects and Delinquency

Charlotte Tu PhD Neighborhood Disadvantage and the Shape of the Age/Crime Curve

Chung-Yu Chen PhD Child Passenger Safety in Southwestern Pennsylvania

Alvaro Sanchez MS Traumatic Brain Injury Registries in Latin America

Nahom Beyene PhD Driver Capability Sensing to Enhance Driver Rehabilitation Services

Daniel Patterson MS Sleep, Fatigue and Patient and EMS Provider Safety

Matthew Weaver PhD 1st year student

Andrea Arrington PhD 1st year student