Faculty and Staff
The program director is Cynthia Morris, PhD, MPH, Professor and Vice Chair, Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology and the co-director is Thomas Becker MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Courses are taught by clinical and translational scientists from the OHSU faculty to give students exposure to a diverse group of instructors with many perspectives and talents. The course director for each course was selected for his or her expertise in clinical and translational research and excellence as a teacher.
Administration
| Cynthia Morris, PhD, MPH | Program Director |
| Thomas Becker, MD, PhD | Program Co-director |
| Karen McCracken, RN, CCRP | Program Coordinator |
| Phyllis Beemsterboer, MS, EdD | Program Evaluator |
| Annette Vu, BS | Program Assistant |
Course Directors
| Leon Assael, DMD | Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Scientific Writing and Data Presentation |
| Grover C. Bagby, Jr, MD | Professor, Medicine and Molecular and Medical Genetics | Molecular Biology for Clinical Researchers, Proposal Development |
| Thomas M. Becker, MD, PhD | Professor and Chair, Public Health and Preventive Medicine | Clinical Research Design, Proposal Development |
| Michelle Berlin, MD, MPH | Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Evidence-based Medicine Seminar |
| Judith Bowen, MD | Professor and Division Head, Medicine, Internal Medicine | Effective Teaching Methods. |
| David Brandon, PhD | Assistant Professor, Medicine | Molecular Biology for Clinical Research |
| Gary Chiodo, DMD | Professor, Community Dentistry; Associate Director OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care, Chief Integrity Officer | Protection of Human Subjects |
| Rick Deyo, MD, MPH | Kaiser Permanente Professor of Evidence-Based Family Medicine | Evidence-based Medicine Seminar |
| Paul Gorman, MD | Associate Professor, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology | Evidence-based Medicine Seminar |
| William Hersh, MD | Professor and Chair, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology | Medical Informatics |
| Jodi Lapidus, PhD | Associate Professor, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics | Applied Biostatistics II |
| Mike Lasarev, MS | Sr. Research Associate, CROET | Biostatistics |
| Marian McDonaugh, PharmD | Assistant Professor, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology | Systematic Reviews |
| Cynthia Morris, PhD, MPH | Professor; Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Medicine, Public Health and Preventive Medicine | Clinical Research Design, Proposal Development, Fundamentals of RCTs |
| Susan Norris, MD, MSc, MPH | Assistant Professor, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology | Systematic Reviews |
| Jeff Oltmann, MEng, PMP | Adjunct Faculty, Division of Management in Science and Technology | Best Practices in Project Management |
| Dawn Peters, PhD | Associate Professor, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics | Applied Biostatistics II |
| Robert Schuff, MS | Director, Clinical Research Informatics, OCTRI | Computerized Data Management |
| Nicole Steckler, PhD | Associate Professor, Division of Management in Science and Technology | Understanding and Managing Academic Organizations, Influence and Effective Communication for Leading Research Teams. |
