Georgia CTSA Program Directors
Andrew C. West, MBA, MHA
Executive Center Administrator
Emory University
Andrew West graduated from Emory University in 1993 with a History major and English minor. After graduation, he began working full-time for Wesley Woods, the geriatric and chronic care wing of Emory Healthcare. During his time with Wesley Woods, Andrew obtained an MBA and MHA from Georgia State University. He then left Wesley Woods to work as a consultant for BDO Seidman, LLP. After two years of consulting, he returned to Emory University to manage finances and research administration for the Department of Pathology. In March 2008, West assumed the Center Administrator, Sr. role of the Georgia CTSA and is currently the Executive Center Administrator.
Henry M. Blumberg, MD
Principal Investigator, KL2 and TL1
Co-Course Director, Clinical Research Colloquium, Research Education Programs / Emory University
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Linda McCauley, RN, PhD
Director, Translational Workforce Development
Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Dean and Professor
Dr. Linda McCauley began her tenure as Dean of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in May 2009.
Dr. McCauley is a national leader in the area of research on environmental exposures and conducts interdisciplinary research using participatory research models to study pesticide exposures among minority communities. Her work aims to identify culturally appropriate interventions to decrease the impact of environmental and occupational health hazards in vulnerable populations, including workers and young children.
Dr. McCauley has been awarded research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Her research has resulted in more than 80 publications, ongoing consultations, leadership on occupational and environmental advisory panels, and testimony to governmental oversight bodies.
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Rishikesan (Rishi) Kamaleswaran, PhD
Director, Informatics
Emory University
Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics
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Alexander Quarshie, MD, MSc
Co-Director, Informatics
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM)
Director, Morehouse School of Medicine, MSCR Program
Director, Biomedical Informatics Program
Professor of Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Jon Duke, MD, MS
Co-Director, Informatics
Georgia Tech
Chair, Health Analytics & Informatics
Jeff M. Sands, MD
Director, Pilot Grants
Emory University
Professor, Medicine and Physiology
Director, Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Jeffrey Lennox, MD
Director, Quality & Efficiency
Emory University
Associate Dean, Clinical Research
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Vice Chair of Medicine, Grady
Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH
Director, Community Engagement
Morehouse School of Medicine
Professor and Chair of Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Associate Dean of Community Engagement
Dr. Henry Akintobi, Professor and Chair of Community Health at Morehouse School of Medicine, is a globally sought health equity champion and social behavioral scientist, leading, or collaborating in the implementation of translational research and participatory evaluations that address health disparities and advance community or population health transformation.
She serves as Principal Investigator of the Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center (PRC), funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 1998. Dr. Henry Akintobi leads the Georgia Community Engaged Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She also represents Morehouse School of Medicine as contact PI or Director for other NIH grants including the Georgia Center for Diabetes Translation Research, the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance Community Engagement Program, and Georgia RADx-Underserved Populations-Promoting Engagement and COVID-19 Testing for Health, among others. She is an extensively published contributor to the peer reviewed literature and co-author of the Johns Hopkins University Press text entitled The Morehouse Model: How School of Medicine, Revolutionized Community Engagement and Health Equity, editor of Black Health in the South and the CDC-NIH co-sponsored Principles of Community Engagement Primer (2nd and 3rd Editions) among many others.
As Associate Dean for Community Engagement at Morehouse School of Medicine, Dr. Henry Akintobi advances efforts to promote and strengthen effective partnerships between faculty, staff, and students and community residents and leaders, government agencies, faith-based organizations, or health and social service agencies. She has led collaborations with education, clinical, research, practice, and policy leaders to demonstrate preeminence in community health and related engagement strategies through successful acquisition of local and national awards including but not limited to the Carnegie Designation for the Advancement of Teaching in Community Engagement, and the Josiah Macy Inaugural Award for Excellence in Social Mission. Her public health research and practice leadership have been designed to advance the art and science of community engagement. Specifically, her work has focused on community engaged translational research science, the practice of community-based participatory research (CBPR), and approaches to build and sustain effective partnerships among academic institutions, community residents, health departments and policy leaders to understand, develop and shape research, policy, and practice strategies to address health disparities and their root causes thereby advancing health equity led. Her work is guided by training in public health social epidemiology, social marketing, community-based participatory research, and evaluation. Read Tabia's Bio
Eric J. Nehl, PhD
Director, Evaluation & Continuous Improvement
Emory University
Associate Research Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
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Carlton D. Dampier, MD
Director, Regulatory Knowledge & Support
Emory University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Office of Clinical Research
Assistant Dean for Clinical Research
Professor of Pediatrics
John J. Hanfelt, PhD
Director, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Research Design
Emory University
Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Rollins School of Public Health
Colleen Kraft, MD
Director, Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs)
Emory University
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD
Director, Innovation Catalyst
Emory University and Georgia Tech
Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics
Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University and in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Dr. Lam is a member of the Cancer Cell Biology Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute. In 2017, he was inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
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Kathy Griendling, PhD
Director, Collaboration & Multi-disciplinary Team Science
Emory University
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, School of Medicine
Professor and Vice Chair, Research and Faculty Development, Department of Medicine
Brian Rivers, PhD
Director, Integrating Special Populations
Morehouse School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Preventative Medicine
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Neal Dickert, MD, PhD
Director, Network Capacity
Emory University
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology
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Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH
Director, Pediatrics
Emory University
Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology; and Associate Faculty Member, Nutrition Health Sciences, Graduate Division of Biologic and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University
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