Center for Healthcare Evaluation, Research, and Promotion
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Andrea Krushinski, Administrative Officer, VAPHS, and US Navy Veteran.
Tonia Reynolds-Hendricks, Administrative Officer, CMCVAMC, and US Army.
Chief Scientific Officer
Kelly Burkitt, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, VAPHS and CMCVAMC, Research Health Scientist, and clinical psychologist.
