Our CTSI Team

Timothy Murphy, MD

CTSI Director

murphyt@buffalo.edu

Erin Bailey, MSM

Chief Financial Officer

eedb@buffalo.edu

Jonathan Blaisure, MS

Chief Research Information Officer University at Buffalo

jcblaisu@buffalo.edu

Erin Carnes, MBA

Senior Research Administrator

erinobyr@buffalo.edu

Urmo Jaanimägi, MA, MS

Quality Assurance Specialist

uj@buffalo.edu

Xiufeng Liu, PhD

Evaluation Director

xliu5@buffalo.edu

Christopher Schobert, MA

Communications Director

schobert@buffalo.edu

Sanjay Sethi, MD

Associate Director

ssethi@buffalo.edu

Naveed Shah

IT Business Analyst

nshah26@buffalo.edu

Mary Sienkiewicz, MBA

Chief Operating Officer

mjs35@buffalo.edu

Ranjit Singh, MBBChir MBA

Associate Director Evaluation 

rs10@buffalo.edu

Andrew Talal, MD MPH

Associate Director, Hub Liaison Team

ahtalal@buffalo.edu

Gregory Wilding, PhD

Director, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Core

gwilding@buffalo.edu

Saptarshi Chakraborty, PhD

Core Operations BERD

chakrab2@buffalo.edu

Michael LaMonte, PhD, MPH

Core Operations BERD

mlamonte@buffalo.edu

Jeffrey Miecznnikowski, PhD

Core Operations BERD

jcm38@buffalo.edu

Austin Miller, PhD

Core Operations BERD

Austin.Miller@RoswellPark.org

Zhaoqi Zhang

Research Assistant, BERD

zhaoqizh@buffalo.edu

Jingtao Zhu

Research Assistant, BERD

jzhu63@buffalo.edu

Yi Xiong, PhD

Core Operations BERD

yxiong3@buffalo.edu

Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD

Director, Center for Biomedical Imaging

rzivadinov@bnac.net

John Canty Jr, MD

Chair, Steering Committee, Translational Imaging Core

canty@buffalo.edu

Michael Dwyer, PhD

Director of Computational Analysis, Center for Biomedical Imaging

mgdwyer@buffalo.edu

Aaron Krawczyk

Research MRI Technologist, Center for Biomedical Imaging

adk2@buffalo.edu

Suyog Pol, PhD

Director of MRI Integration, Center for Biomedical Imaging

suyogpol@buffalo.edu

Ferdinand Schweser, PhD

Technical Director, Center for Biomedical Imaging

schweser@buffalo.edu

Sanjay Sethi, MD

Director, Clinical Research Office

ssethi@buffalo.edu

Marchelle Brooks, MPH

Clinical Research Facilitator

mbrooks9@buffalo.edu

Urmo Jaanimägi, MA, MS

Quality Assurance Specialist

uj@buffalo.edu

Lynn Jagodzinski

Clinical Research Regulatory Administrator 

lynnjago@buffalo.edu

Alexis O'Brien

CTSI Clinical Research Facilitator

ahazard@buffalo.edu

Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter, PhD

Director, Community Engagement Core

tumiel@buffalo.edu

Elizabeth Gage-Bouchard, PhD

Associate Director Community Engagement

Elizabeth.Bouchard@RoswellPark.org

Ryan James, BS

Community Engagement Specialist

rjames5@buffalo.edu

Grace McKenzie, MEd

Community Engagement Specialist

gracemck@buffalo.edu

Kathleen Tornatore-Morse, PharmD

Associate Director Community Engagement

tornator@buffalo.edu

Peter Elkin, MD

Director, Informatics Core 

elkinp@buffalo.edu

Werner Ceusters, MD

Biomedical Ontology, Informatics Core

ceusters@buffalo.edu

Alexander Diehl, PhD

Biomedical Ontology, Informatics Core

addiehl@buffalo.edu

Zackary M. Falls, PhD

Clinical Informatics Lead, Informatics Core

zmfalls@buffalo.edu

Guresh Mehta, MS

Programmer/Analyst

gureshme@buffalo.edu

Ram Samudrala, PhD

Bioinformatics Lead, Informatics Core

rams@buffalo.edu

Diane Schwartz, MLS

Biomedical Ontology, Informatics Core

digs@buffalo.edu

Barry Smith, PhD

Biomedical Ontology, Informatics Core

phismith@buffalo.edu

Peter Winkelstein, MD, MS, MBA

Executive Director, Institute for Healthcare Informatics

pwink@buffalo.edu

Jonathan Blaisure, MS

Chief Research Information Officer University at Buffalo

jcblaisu@buffalo.edu

Viraj Kothari

Data Steward

virajkot@buffalo.edu

Margarita Dubocovich, PhD

PI & Lead, KL2 Mentor Career Development

mdubo@buffalo.edu

Remi Adelaiya-Ogala, PhD

K Scholar Program Team Associate

remiadel@buffalo.edu

Morgann Clark Schaefer, MS

Scientific Workforce Specialist

morgannc@buffalo.edu

Gillian Franklin, MD, PhD, MPH, MS

K Scholar

gfrankli@buffalo.edu

Ajay Gupta, MD MS

K Scholar

Ajay.Gupta@RoswellPark.org

David Heppner, PhD

K Scholar

davidhep@buffalo.edu

John Hu, MD PhD

K Scholar

conghu@buffalo.edu

Denise Lillvis, PhD MPA

K Scholar

dlillvis@buffalo.edu

John Lillvis, MD PhD

K Scholar

jhlillvi@buffalo.edu

Xiufeng Liu, PhD

Co-investigator and Evaluator

xliu5@buffalo.edu

Jason Sprowl, PhD

K Scholar Program Team Associate

jasonspr@buffalo.edu

Clare Twist, MD

K Scholar Program Team Associate

Clare.Twist@RoswellPark.org

Brahm Segal, MD

Director, Translational and Clinical Studies

brahm.segal@roswellpark.org

Erin Carnes, MBA

Senior Research Administrator

erinobyr@buffalo.edu

Patricia I. Diaz, DDS, PhD

Pilot Studies Leadership Team member

pidiazmo@buffalo.edu

Urmo Jaanimägi, MA, MS

Quality Assurance Specialist

uj@buffalo.edu

Michael LaMonte, PhD, MPH

Pilot Studies Leadership Team member

mlamonte@buffalo.edu

Brenda Williams McDuffie, MS

Pilot Studies Leadership Team member

Timothy Murphy, MD

CTSI Director

murphyt@buffalo.edu

Ranjit Singh, MBBChir, MBA

Pilot Studies Leadership Team member

rs10@buffalo.edu

Albert Titus, PhD

Pilot Studies Leadership Team member

ahtitus@buffalo.edu

Brian Tsuji, PharmD

Pilot Studies Leadership Team member

btsuji@buffalo.edu

Teresa Quattrin, MD

Director, Special Populations Core

quattrin@buffalo.edu

Ralph Benedict, PhD

Core Operations Special Populations

benedict@buffalo.edu

Marchelle Brooks, MPH

Clinical Research Facilitator

mbrooks9@buffalo.edu

Renee Cadzow, PhD

Special Populations Leader

cadzowr@dyc.edu

Yu-Ping Chang, PhD RN

Core Operations Special Populations

yc73@buffalo.edu

Ashley Regling, MA

Clinical Recruitment Coordinator

amrupp@buffalo.edu

Andrew Strohmeier, MEd

Special Populations Coordinator

awstrohm@buffalo.edu

Kinga Szigeti, MD PhD

Core Operations Special Populations

szigeti@buffalo.edu

Ekaterina Noyes, PhD, MPH

Director, Workforce Development Core

enoyes@buffalo.edu

Prasad Balkundi, PhD

Associate Director Team Science

balkundi@buffalo.edu

Christopher Barrick, PhD

Workforce Development Team member

cbarrick@buffalo.edu

Elizabeth Bengert

Team Science Specialist

ebengert@buffalo.edu

R. Lorraine Collins, PhD

Workforce Development Team member

lcollins@buffalo.edu

Jill Kramer, DDS PhD

Workforce Development Team member

jkramer@buffalo.edu

Jeffrey Lackner, PsyD

Co-Director Workforce Development

lackner@buffalo.edu

Eugene Morse, PharmD

Co-Director Workforce Development

emorse@buffalo.edu

Morgann Clark Schaefer, MS

Scientific Workforce Specialist

morgannc@buffalo.edu

Catherine Sedota, MS

Education Workforce Specialist

cmp9@buffalo.edu

Mary Sienkiewicz, MBA

Chief Operating Officer

mjs35@buffalo.edu