The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) is a statewide partnership among Indiana University, Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame – all working together to improve health in Indiana through research. The Indiana CTSI has been continuously funded since 2008 by multi-million-dollar grants from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and is administratively managed by Indiana University through the IU School of Medicine.
Indiana CTSI Leadership
Sharon M. Moe, MD
Sarah E. Wiehe, MD, MPH
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Directors
Scott Denne, MD
Deputy Director
IUPUI campus
Melanie DeFord, MS
Deputy Director
Notre Dame campus
George Wodicka, PhD
Deputy Director
Purdue University campus
Jeff Zaleski, PhD
Deputy Director
IU Bloomington campus
Michelle Shwery, MS, MBA
Chief Operating Officer
Carmel Egan, PhD
Consultant
Strategy Committee
The Indiana CTSI’s executive strategy committee includes Sharon Moe, MD, and Sarah Wiehe, MD, MPH, Directors; Michelle Shwery MBA, MSc., Chief Operating Officer; Carmel Egan, PhD, consultant; Scott Denne, MD, deputy director IUPUI Campus; Tom Hurley, PhD, director of the TL1 program; Sheri Robb, PhD, director of the KL2 program; Umberto Tachinardi, MD, MS associate director of Informatics; Matthew Allen, PhD, and Sylk Sotto, EdD, MBA, MPS, co-directors of career development, education and research training programs; Rob Dimmitt, MBA, senior director of research administration and finance; Amy Wright, director of research services; Sylk Sotto, Director, All IN for Health; Anna Carrera, Research Communications Manager; Joe Hunt, MPH, director of tracking and evaluation; Patricia McGuire, MS, education program manager. Drs. Tucker Edmonds and Sotto also co-lead the Health Equity and Racial Justice Task Force of the Indiana CTSI.
External Advisory Committee
The Indiana CTSI is guided by multiple advisory boards made up of scientific, business and community leaders from across the state and the nation, including the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and its Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program. The External Advisory Committee advises the Indiana CTSI in pursuit of its vision to make Indiana one of the nation’s healthier states.
Virginia Caine (Chair), MD
Director
Marion County Public Health Department
Marlene Dotson, MPA
President and CEO
Indiana Latino Institute
Claire Fiddian-Green, MBA
President and CEO
Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation
Carl Garner, PhD
Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs
Eli Lilly and Company
Tony Gillespie
Vice President, Public Policy & Engagement
Indiana Minority Health Coalition
Lisa Harris, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Eskenazi Health
Jay Hess, MD
Dean
IU School of Medicine
David Ingram, MD
Chief Medical Executive and Executive Vice President
IU Health
Patricia Martin, MBA
President and CEO
BioCrossroads
Hany Moselhi, MD
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Roche Diagnostics
Dennis Murphy, MHA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Indiana University Health
Alan Palkowitz, PhD
President and CEO
Indiana Biosciences Research Institute
Umesh Patel, PhD
President
Cook Biotech
Daniel Rusyniak, MD
Secretary
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Brian Tabor, MS
President
Indiana Hospital Association
Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board helps assess the impact and progress the Indiana CTSI is making through its programs and services.
Anantha Shekhar (Chair), MD, PhD
Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences
John and Gertrude Petersen Dean
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Robert Dittus, MD, MPH
Albert and Bernard Werthan Professor of Medicine
Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President
Co-director of the Vanderbilt Learning Healthcare System
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ann Dozier, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor and Chair of Public Health Sciences
University of Rochester Medical Center
Steve Dubinett, MD
Interim Dean David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Associate Vice Chancellor and Senior Associate Dean for Translational Research
University of California, Los Angeles
Brad Evanoff, MD, MPH
Director of the Division of General Medical Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis
Cynthia Morris, PhD, MPH
Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology
Oregon Health & Science University
Philip Payne, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, FAIMBE, FIAHSI
Janet and Bernard Becker Professor
Director of the Institute for Informatics
Associate Dean for Health Information and Data Science and Chief Data Scientist
Washington University in St. Louis
Harry Selker, MD, MSPH
Executive Director of the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies
Dean of Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Tufts Medical Center
Maureen Smith, MD, PhD, MPH
Professor in Departments of Population Health Sciences and Family Medicine & Community Health
Wisconsin
Julian Solway, MD
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Dean for Translational Medicine
University of Chicago
Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI
Professor of Medicine
Senior Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
