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CHERP Executive Leadership Team

CHERP has an 8-member, cross-site Executive Leadership Team (ELT) which consists of 2 Co-Directors, 3 Associate Directors, 2 Administrative Officers, and 1 Chief Scientific Officer.

Co-Directors

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Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS, FCCP,
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, VAPHS, and Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

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Peter W. Groeneveld, MD, MS
, Staff Physician, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center (CMCVAMC) and Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Associate Directors

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Leslie R. M. Hausmann, PhD, MS, FSBM
, Director of the CHERP Equity & Engagement Capacity Building Core, VAPHS, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

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Marilyn M. Schapira, MD, MPH
, Director of the CHERP Mentoring, Career Development, & Research Ethics Core, CMCVAMC, and Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

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Allison W. Willis, MD, MS
, Neurology Service Chief, CMCVAMC, and Associate Professor of Neurology and of Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Administrative Officers

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Andrea Krushinski
, Administrative Officer, VAPHS, and US Navy Veteran.

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Tonia Reynolds-Hendricks
, Administrative Officer, CMCVAMC, and US Army.

Chief Scientific Officer

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Kelly Burkitt, PhD
, Chief Scientific Officer, VAPHS and CMCVAMC, Research Health Scientist, and clinical psychologist.