Faculty

Consortium Principal Investigator

Justice, Amy MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Public Health
VACS Coordinating Center
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 3541
Fax: 203-937-4926
amy.justice2@va.gov
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Affiliated PIs

Director of Alcohol and Behavioral Interventions
Fiellin, David A., MD
Professor of Medicine and Investigative Medicine
and Investigative Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street, PO Box 20802
New Haven, CT 06520-8025
Phone: (203) 688-2984
Fax: (860) 588-4505
david.fiellin@yale.edu
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Director of Operations Research
Braithwaite, R. Scott, MD, MSc, FACP Chief, Section of Value and Comparative Effectiveness Director
The Operations Research Collaboration for Health (TORCH)
Division of General Internal Medicine
NYU School of Medicine Office 15-091 S
423 E. 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 263-4979
Fax: (212) 263-4983
scott.braithwaite@nyumc.org
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Crothers, Kristina, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359762
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 744-9870
KCrothers@medicine.washington.edu  
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Dubrow, Robert, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor
Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Yale School of Public Health
P.O. Box 208034
New Haven, CT 06520-8034
Phone: (203) 785-2853
Fax: (203) 785-6980
robert.dubrow@yale.edu
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Freiberg, Matthew S., MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of General Internal Medicine and Center
for Research on Health Care
University of Pittsburgh
230 McKee Place, Suite 623
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 586-9847
Fax: (412) 692-4838
freibergms@upmc.edu
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Lo Re, Vincent, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
836 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA  19104
Tel. 215-573-5964
Fax. 215-349-5111
vincentl@mail.med.upenn.edu

Coordinating Center Faculty and Staff

Akgun, Kathleen, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 5247
kathleen.akgun@yale.edu

Bathulapalli, Harini, MPH
Biostatistician
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 4341 
Harini.Bathulapalli@va.gov

Bohan, Teresa
Research Coordinator
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 3554
Teresanne.Bohan@va.gov

Brandt, Cynthia, MD, MPH
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology (Medical Informatics)
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 4720
cynthia.brandt@va.gov

Chang, Joyce, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics,
and Clinical and Translational Science
Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
200 Meyran Ave, Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 692-4868
Fax: (412) 246-6954
changj@pitt.edu
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Ciarleglio, Jennifer
Study Manager
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 3558
jennifer.ciarleglio@va.gov

Consorte, Angela
Project Administrator
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 3541
angela.consorte@va.gov

Cunningham, Patricia, MA, MS
Systems Analyst
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 5355
pat.cunningham@yale.edu

Edelman, E. Jennifer, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
P.O. Box 208025
New Haven, CT 06520-8025
Phone: (203) 785-5925
eva.edelman@yale.edu

Erdos, Joseph, MD, PhD
VA CT VISN1
Attending Psychiatrist
Team Lead, Region 4 Regional Data Warehouse (RDW) VISN 1-5
Business Intelligence Service Line (BISL)
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 5370
Joseph.ErdosMD@va.gov

Erickson, Liana 
Office Assistant
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 7470
liana.erickson@va.gov

Gordon, Kirsha, MS
Biostatistician
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 5527
kirsha.gordon2@va.gov
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Huston, Julie
Office Assistant
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 2054
Julie.Huston@va.gov

Kidwai-Khan, Farah
Database Administrator
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 3557
farah.kidwai@va.gov

Levin, Forrest (Woody)
IT Consultant
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 3551
woody.levin@va.gov

Park, Lesley, MPH
CIRA Predoctoral Fellow
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 5856
lesley.park@yale.edu

Piscitelli, Laura 
Research Assistant
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 5562
laura.piscitelli@va.gov

Sico, Jason, MD
Attending, Department of Neurology
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 5526
jason.sico@va.gov
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Tate, Janet P, ScD
Director, Biostatistics Core
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 5371
Janet.Tate2@va.gov
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Womack, Julie A., PhD, CNM, APRN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 4224
julie.womack@va.gov

Pittsburgh Staff

McGinnis, Kathleen, MS
Biostatistician
VACS Coordinating Center
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone:  412-954-5237               
Kathleen.mcginnis3@va.gov
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Skanderson, Melissa, MSW
Programmer
VACS Coordinating Center
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 412-954-5251
melissa.skanderson2@va.gov
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