Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion

Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion Investigators

The VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) has Core Investigators based at the Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System, the University of Pittsburgh, the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, and the University of Pennsylvania. 

Director: Michael Fine, MD, MSc
Co-Director: Judith Long, MD
Associate Director (Pittsburgh): Sonya Borrero, MD, MS
Associate Director (Philadelphia): Melissa Dichter, PhD, MSW

Pittsburgh

Investigators

Sherrie Aspinall, PharmD, MSc, BCPS
John Blosnich, PhD
Sonya Borrero, MD, MS
Adam Bramoweth, PhD
Matthew Chinman, PhD
Monica DiNardo,PhD, ANP
Utibe Essien, MD, MPH
Michael Fine, MD, MSc
Daniel Forman, MD
Walid Gellad, MD, MPH
Chester B. Good, MD, MPH, FACP
Daniel Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc, FACS
Leslie Hausmann, PhD
Maria Mor, PhD
Keri Rodriguez, PhD
Shari Rogal, MD, MPH
Ann Marie Rosland, MD, MS
Armando Rotondi, PhD
Galen Switzer, PhD
Carolyn Thorpe, PhD, MPH
Joshua Thorpe, PhD, MPH

Philadelphia

Investigators 

Rebecca Brown, MD, MPH

Robert E. Burke, MD, MS
Melissa Dichter, PhD
Mary Ersek, PhD, RN
Rollin M. Gallagher, MD, MPH
Peter Groeneveld, MD, MS
Robert Gross, MD, MS
Bruce Kinosian, MD
Robert Krause, MD
Samuel Kuna, MD
Ann Kutney-Lee, PhD, RN
Judith Long, MD
Shahrzad Mavandadi, PhD
Steven Metraux, PhD
Amol Navathe, MD, PhD
David Oslin, MD
Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA, MS
Steven Sayers, PhD
Marilyn Schapira, MD, MPH
Daniel Weintraub, MD
Rachel Werner, MD, PhD
Yu-Xiao Yang, MD, MS 

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