Clinical Research Training Center
The Clinical Research Training Center is the educational core of the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences that provides clinical and translational research training for predoctoral students, house-staff, postdoctoral scholars, fellows, staff, and junior faculty.
Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Clinical Research for the Department of Medicine and Director of Clinical Research for the Cardiovascular Division at WashU School of Medicine
- Email: nancysweitzer@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s):
Co-Director, CRTC
Director, CTSA TWD
Department:
Medicine
Division:
Cardiology
Victoria J. Fraser, MD
Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine and Department Chair
- Email: vfraser@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s):
Chair, Department of Medicine
Co-Director, CRTC
Co-Director, KL2 Career Development Award
Department: Medicine
Division: Infectious Diseases
Mentor for Program(s):
KL2 Career Development Award
T32 Training Program in Infectious Diseases
Office of Training Grants
The Clinical Research Training Center’s Office of Training Grants provides support for research training grants at WashU.
Thomas J Baranski, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Developmental Biology
- Phone: 314-747-3997
- Email: baranski@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s): Office of Training Grants
Department: Medicine
Division: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Mentor for Program(s):
KL2 Career Development Award
Program Leadership
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Arpita K. Vyas, MD, DCH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
- Phone: 314-273-6694
- Email: vyas@wustl.edu
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Endocrinology and Diabetes
Leadership Role(s):
Co-Director, The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Mentor for Program(s):
The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Monika Bambouskova, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Phone: 314-273-3343
- Email: monika.bambouskova@wustl.edu
Department: Medicine
Division: Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research
Mentor for Program(s):
The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Research keywords: immunometabolism, metabolites, inflammation, autoimmunity, immune cells
Alison Antes, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-6006
- Email: aantes@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s):
Director, MSCI
Department:
Medicine
Division:
General Medicine and Geriatrics
Roger Yusen, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8766
- Email: yusenr@wustl.edu
Department: Medicine
Division: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Leadership Role(s):
Associate Director, Postdoctoral Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation (MTPCI)
Rita Brookheart, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Phone: 314-273-1213
- Email: rbrookheart@wustl.edu
Department: Medicine
Division: Nutritional Science & Obesity Medicine
Leadership Role(s):
Director, The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Mentor for Program(s):
The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Research keywords: metabolism, skeletal, muscle, ER stress, mitochondria
Victoria J. Fraser, MD
Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine and Department Chair
- Email: vfraser@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s):
Chair, Department of Medicine
Co-Director, CRTC
Co-Director, KL2 Career Development Award
Department: Medicine
Division: Infectious Diseases
Mentor for Program(s):
KL2 Career Development Award
T32 Training Program in Infectious Diseases
Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
Leadership, Coursemaster, Alumni
- Email: pcavazos@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s):
Director, Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation (MTPCI)
Co-Director, K12 Career Development Program in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder
Associate Director, KL2 Career Development Award Program
Department: Psychiatry
Mentor for Program(s):
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program
KL2 Career Development Award
K12 Career Development Program in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder
Dominic Reeds, MD
Professor of Medicine
Leadership- Phone: 314-362-8430
- Fax: 314-362-8230
- Email: dreeds22@wustl.edu
Department: Medicine
Division: Nutritional Science
Leadership Role(s):
Director, KL2 Career Development Program
Director, The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Associate Director, Postdoctoral Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation (MTPCI)
Associate Director, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI)
Mentor for Program(s):
The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Research keywords: Use of stable isotope tracers to study the regulation of substrate metabolism in humans. Metabolic abnormalities present in patients with HIV infection, and changes in glucose and lipid metabolism during weight gain or loss.
Jay F. Piccirillo, MD, FACS
Professor of Otolaryngology
Leadership, Coursemaster
- Email: piccirij@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s):
Director, TL1 Predoctoral and TL1 Postdoctoral Programs
Co-Director, ASPIRE Programs
Department: Otolaryngology
Mentor for Program(s):
KL2 Career Development Award
K12 Career Development Program for Clinical Oncology
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program
Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI)
Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation (MTPCI)
Ana Maria Arbelaez, MD, MSCI
Professor of Pediatrics
Leadership, Alumni
- Email: aarbelaez@wustl.edu
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Pediatric Endocrinology
Leadership Role(s):
Co-Director, TL1 Predoctoral Program
Mentor for Program(s):
The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
KL2 Career Development Award
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program
Research keywords: complications, metabolic regulation, and obesity
Susan Stark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Leadership, Alumni
- Email: sstark@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s):
Co-Director, TL1 Predoctoral Program
Department: Occupational Therapy
Mentor for Program(s):
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program
John DiPersio, MD, PhD
Virginia E & Sam J Golman Professor of Medicine
- Email: jdipersi@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s):
Co-Director, Paul Calabresi K12 Career Development Program for Clinical Oncology
Department: Medicine
Division: Oncology
Mentor for Program(s):
KL2 Career Development Award
K12 Career Development Program for Clinical Oncology
Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation (MTPCI)
Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI)
Laura J. Bierut, MD
Alumni Endowed Professor of Psychiatry
Leadership
- Email: laura@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s):
Director, K12 Career Development Program in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder
Department: Psychiatry
Mentor for Program(s):
KL2 Career Development Award
K12 Career Development Program for Clinical Oncology
K12 Career Development Program in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder
Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation (MTPCI)
Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI)
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program
Ramaswamy Govindan, MD
Professor of Medicine
Leadership, Coursemaster
- Email: rgovindan@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s):
Director, Paul Calabresi K12 Career Development Program for Clinical Oncology
Department: Medicine
Division: Oncology
Mentor for Program(s):
KL2 Career Development Award
K12 Career Development Program for Clinical Oncology
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program