OHSU

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
Annette Vu, BS
Program Assistant

Course Directors

Leon Assael, DMD
Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Scientific Writing and Data Presentation
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.
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, Public Health & Preventive Medicine
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
Susan Norris, MD, MSc, MPH
Assistant Professor, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology
Systematic Reviews
Jeff Oltmann, MEng, PMP
Adjunct Faculty, Division of Management
Best Practices in Project Management
Dawn Peters, PhD
Associate Professor, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics
Applied Biostatistics II
Jesse Reeder, MURP
Adjunct Faculty, Division of Management
Influence and Effective Communication in Leading Research Teams
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.