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Graduate Program Contacts

Pitt Graduate School of Medicine

Graduate ProgramProgram Directors and CoordinatorsEmail
Biomedical Informatics

Harry Hochhesier, PhD 

Xinghua Lu, PhD

Program Coordinator: Toni Porterfield

harryh@pitt.edu

xinghua@pitt.edu 

tls18@pitt.edu 

Cell Molecular and Systems Biology (CMSB)

Michael Tsang, PhD 

Gerry Hammond, PhD 

Andrey Parkhitko

Program Coordinator: Shari Murphy

tsang@pitt.edu 

ghammond@pitt.edu 

parkhitk@pitt.edu 

cmsb.som@medschool.pitt.edu 

Cellular & Molecular Pathology (CMP)+

Andrew Duncan, PhD

Program Coordinator: Amanda Bytzura

duncana@pitt.edu 

amb430@pitt.edu 

Clinical & Translational Sciences (CTSI)*

Galen Switzer, PhD

Jacquelin Rankine, MD, PhD

Program Coordinator:

switzerge@umpc.edu 

jacquelin.rankine@chp.edu 

Computational Biology

David Koes, PhD

Program Coordinator: Kelly Gentile

dkoes@pitt.edu

kmg120@pitt.edu 

Program in Microbiology and Immunology (PMI)

Greg Delgoffe, PhD

Anthony Richardson, PhD

Program Coordinator: Candice (Candy) Kuo

gdelgoffe@pitt.edu 

anthony.richardson@pitt.edu  

cak94@pitt.edu 

Molecular Biophysics & Structural Biology (MBSB)

Andrew Hinck, PhD

Program Coordinator:

ahinck@pitt.edu 
Molecular Pharmacology +

Tija Jacob, PhD

Jon Beckel, PhD

Program Coordinator:  Shannon Granahan 

tcj11@pitt.edu 

jmbeckel@pitt.edu 

granahan@pitt.edu

Neurobiology (CNUP)

Robert Turner, PhD

Program Coordinator: Patti Argenzio

rturner@pitt.edu

argenzio@pitt.edu 

Oncology Graduate Program

Chris Bakkenist, PhD

Carola Neumann, MD

Program Coordinator:

bakkenistcj@upmc.edu

can44@pitt.edu 

oncologygradprogram@pitt.edu 

**NOTE: CBMP (Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology), ISB (Integrative Systems Biology) and MGDB (Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology) are now combined in Cell Molecular and Systems Biology (CMSB).

*Please work with Kathy if entering CTSI, tuition funding is not automatically covered by the SOM and alternative tuition must be found (T32, etc).

+Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program

 

Graduate School of Public Health 

Graduate ProgramProgram DirectorsProgram Director EmailProgram CoordinatorProgram Coordinator Email
Epidemiology Iva Miljkovic, MD, PhDivm1@pitt.edu Amy Rhodesrhodesa@edc.pitt.edu 

School of Arts and Sciences

Graduate ProgramProgram DirectorsProgram Director EmailProgram CoordinatorProgram Coordinator Email
NeuroscienceStephen D. Meriney, PhDmeriney@pitt.edu Patti Argenzioargenzio@pitt.edu 

School of Engineering 

Graduate ProgramProgram DirectorsProgram Director EmailProgram CoordinatorProgram Coordinator Email
Bioengineering Mark Redfern, PhDmredfern@pitt.edu James Robnettjar425@pitt.edu 

Carnegie Mellon University

Graduate ProgramProgram Directors and CoordinatorsEmail
Biomedical Engineering

Program Director: Charlie Ren, PhD

Program Coordinator: Maryia Rakach

xir@andrew.cmu.edu

mrakach@cmu.edu 

Biological Sciences

Program Director: Alison Barth, PhD

Program Coordinator: Ena Miceli

barth@cmu.edu

emiceli@andrew.cmu.edu  

Neural Computation

Program Director: Gelsey Torres-Oviedo, PhD

Program Coordinator: Melissa Stupka

gelsyto@pitt.edu

mstupka@andrew.cmu.edu 

Psychology

Program Director: Kasey Creswell, PhD

Program Coordinator: Erin Donahoe

kasey@andrew.cmu.edu

donahoe@andrew.cmu.edu 

Social and Decision Sciences

Program Director: Gretchen Chapman, PhD

Program Coordinator: Connie Angermeier

gchapman@andrew.cmu.edu

cla2@andrew.cmu.edu 

Systems Neuroscience

Program Director: Aryn Gittis, PhD

Program Coordinator: Melissa Stupka

agittis@cmu.edu

mstupka@andrew.cmu.edu 

Computational Biology

Program Director: Carl Kingsford, PhD

Program Coordinator: Nicole Stenger

ckingsf@andrew.cmu.edu 

nstenger@cs.cmu.edu 

Human Computer Interaction

Program Director: Brad Myers, PhD 

Program Coordinator: Carolyn Buzzelli-Stumpf

bam@cs.cmu.edu

cbstumpf@cs.cmu.edu