Faculty and Staff
The program director is Cynthia Morris, PhD, MPH, Professor and Vice Chair, Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology. 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 |
| Karen McCracken, RN, CCRP |
Program Coordinator |
| Annette Vu, BS |
Program Assistant |
Course Directors
| Michelle Berlin, MD, MPH |
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Evidence-based Medicine Seminar |
| Judith Bowen, MD |
Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology; Staff Physician, Portland VA Medical Center Education Consultant |
Effective Clinical Teaching Methods. |
| Patty Carney, PhD | Professor, Family Medicine | Scientific Writing and Data Presentation |
| Rachel Dresbeck, PhD | Director, Research Communications and Development Services | Scientific Writing and Data Presentation |
| 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 |
Clinical Reseaerch Design and Biostatistics |
| Mike Lasarev, MS |
Sr. Research Associate, CROET, Public Health & Preventive Medicine |
Clinical Research Design and Biostatistics |
| Cheryl Maslen, PhD |
Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular & Medical Genetics |
Molecular Biology for Clinical Research |
| 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 |
| Jeff Oltmann, MEng, PMP |
Adjunct Faculty, Division of Management |
Best Practices in Project Management |
| Somnath Saha, MD, MPH |
Associate Professor, Medicine, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology |
Health Disparities and Community Based Research |
| Robert Schuff, MS |
Director, Clinical Research Informatics, OCTRI |
Computerized Data Management |
| Nicole Steckler, PhD |
Associate Professor, Division of Management |
Understanding and Managing Academic Organizations, Influence and Effective Communication for Leading Research Teams. |
| John Stull, MD, MPH |
Assistant Professor, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, |
Clinical Research Design |


