Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Board

The CTSI Board is the principal oversight body of the University at Buffalo CTSI and is comprised of leaders of each Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) partner institution.  The Board provides broad oversight of CTSI initiatives and advice on strategy and priorities.

Member Title Institution Email
Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD (chair) Dean School of Public Health and Health Professions, UB
jww@buffalo.edu
Keith A. Alford, PhD, MSW Dean School of Social Work sw-dean@buffalo.edu
Marcelo W.B. Araujo, DDS, PhD, MS
Dean
School of Dental Medicine, UB
araujo@buffalo.edu
Erin Bailey, MSM (ex-officio)
Chief Financial Officer
CTSI eedb@buffalo.edu
Jessica Bauer Walker, CHW

Executive Director

CoNECT and Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo
jessica@conect-with-us.org
Renier Brentjens, MD, PhD
Deputy Director

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

renier.brentjens@roswellpark.org
Gale Burstein, MD, MPH
Commissioner
Erie County Department of Health
Gale.Burstein@erie.gov
Karen Craik, EdD, MHA
Senior Manager
HEALTHeLINK
khall14@wnyhealthelink.com
Margarita Dubocovich, PhD (ex-officio) Program Lead Mentored Career Development
mdubo@buffalo.edu
Leonard Egede, MD, MS
Chair, Department of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, UB
legede@buffalo.edu
Ali El Solh, MD, MPH
Assoc. Chief of Staff for Research
VA Western New York Healthcare System
solh@buffalo.edu
Venu Govindaraju, PhD Vice President Research and Economic Development
VPR@research.buffalo.edu
Andrea Manyon, MD
President and CEO
UB Family Medicine Practice Plan
manyon@buffalo.edu
Michael Mineo, MD
Executive VP and CMO
Kaleida Health
mmineo@kaleidahealth.org
Timothy Murphy, MD (ex-officio)
Director CTSI murphyt@buffalo.edu
Rev. George Nicholas, MDiv
Convener Buffalo Center for Health Equity
gfnicholas1@gmail.com
Norma Nowak, PhD Senior Advisor, Life Sciences
Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
njnowak@buffalo.edu
Mandip Panesar, MS, MD
Associate Medical Director, CMIO
Erie County Medical Center
mpanesar@ecmc.edu
Gary Pollack, PhD
Dean School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UB
garypoll@buffalo.edu
Daniel Porreca Executive Director
HEALTHeLINK
dporreca@wnyhealthelink.com
Sanjay Sethi, MD (ex-officio)
Associate Director
CTSI ssethi@buffalo.edu
Paul Shields, DO
CEO, Chief Medical Officer
Great Lakes Integrated Network
Shields.Paul@glin.com
Mary Sienkiewicz, MBA (ex-officio)
Chief Operating Officer
CTSI mjs35@buffalo.edu
Leishia Smallwood, MPA
Director New York State AHEC System
leishias@buffalo.edu
Edward Snell, PhD CEO Hauptman Woodward Institute
esnell@hwi.buffalo.edu
Jennifer Surtees, PhD Co-Director Genome, Environment and Microbiome Community of Excellence
jsurtees@buffalo.edu
Peter Winkelstein, MD, MBA
Executive Director
Institute for Healthcare Informatics pwink@buffalo.edu
Annette Wysocki, PhD, RN
Dean School of Nursing, UB
wysocki4@buffalo.edu
Jinjun Xiong, PhD
Director Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
jinjun@buffalo.edu