WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Research Information Officer
- Professor of Medicine, Chief Research Information Officer ( CRIO )
Albert M. Lai, PhD, is the Chief Research Information Officer (CRIO) for the Washington University School of Medicine, Deputy Director of the Institute for Informatics, a Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medical Sciences as well as Professor of Computer Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. In his role as CRIO, he oversees the Informatics Core Services group, which serves as the informatics services arm for the Institute for Informatics. Dr. Lai specializes in the development of research informatics infrastructure and is well recognized in the fields of clinical research informatics and consumer health informatics. His recent research has focused on the application of natural language processing, temporal reasoning and information fusion to generate a longitudinal computable phenotype to support clinical trial prescreening. He has additional research interests in telemedicine, mobile health, data sharing networks, and usability of provider and patient-facing systems.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Editorial Board Member of Accountability
Biography
Dr. Alison Antes is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medical Sciences in the Department of Internal Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. She is a Co-Investigator in the Professional and Social Issues Lab where she collaborates on research examining factors that foster and hinder professionalism and integrity in research. Her work has focused largely on ethical decision-making and instruction aimed at promoting professionalism and ethics, and current areas of interest include leadership and management in research. Dr. Antes is also the Assistant Director of the Center for Clinical and Research Ethics where she teaches courses in research ethics and delivers workshops on the responsible conduct of research.
Dr. Antes is an editorial board member of Accountability in Research, and serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for multiple publications such as Science and Engineering Ethics, Ethics and Behavior, and Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics.
Dr. Antes completed her PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Oklahoma, where she focused on cognition, ethical decision-making, and the development and evaluation of research ethics training.
Biography
Dr. McQueen has served on several university committees including the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council, Siteman Cancer Center's PRMC Behavioral Science Subcommittee, and the Siteman Investment Program grant review panel. Dr. McQueen is currently the Director of the Applied Health Behavior Research master's program at the School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Health Communication Research Lab at the Brown School of Social Work. She is lead faculty in the Health Communication workgroup in the Envolve Center for Health Behavior Change in the School of Social Work, a unique University-Industry collaboration to improve health behaviors and health outcomes of diverse populations.
Dr. McQueen has applied social psychology and health behavior theory to the development, implementation, and evaluation of behavioral interventions designed to increase individuals' preventive behaviors such as cancer screening and smoking cessation. She has a particular interest in understanding the causal mechanisms underlying the inter-relations between health behaviors and cognitive, psychosocial, and environmental determinants. Her specific training and expertise in psychometrics and structural equation modeling supports her research interests in measurement development and evaluation, and examining complex mediating and moderating pathways of influence involving psychological factors, health behaviors, and health outcomes. Other interest areas include risk perceptions, health communication including narratives, patient-physician communication, qualitative research methods and analysis, and usability testing/user-centered design.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Medicine and Occupational Therapy at WUSM
Biography
Dr. Dale is a Professor of Medicine and Occupational Therapy at WUSM. Dr. Dale has over 25 years of experience in the clinical treatment of work-related upper extremity conditions and in worksite based prevention of musculoskeletal disorders. She has used a variety of intervention methods for individuals and groups of workers in many industries including healthcare, construction, automotive, manufacturing, and service industries, to prevent or reduce the effects of physical exposures from work tasks. Since joining the OSHR Group in 2001, she earned a Ph.D. in Epidemiology with a focus on measurement and evaluation of musculoskeletal disorders. She is currently conducting several intervention studies exploring the use of a participatory process with workers and managers to identify and implement strategies for reducing physical exposures in work tasks and improve wellness of the workforce. Dr. Dale has a passion for helping workers maintain and regain function in order to lead successful and productive work lives.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Research Coordinator
- Clinical Research Coordinator for the Occupational Safety
Anna Kinghorn is a Clinical Research Coordinator for the Occupational Safety and Health Research Lab. She earned a double Bachelors of Arts in Sociology and Women's Studies from Saint Louis University in 2009. She started with Washington University School of Medicine since 2009 as a research assistant for the Department of General Medical Sciences. In May 2014, Anna earned a Master's of Science in Applied Health Behavior Research. She is interested in health education, health behavior theory, and workplace wellness. She enjoys working with study participants in many different areas and learning from their unique experiences.
Biography
Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH is Chief of the Division of General Medical Sciences in the Department of Internal Medicine at Washington University, where he holds the Richard A. and Elizabeth Henby Sutter Chair in Occupational, Industrial, and Environmental Medicine.
Job Titles:
- Administrative Professional
Job Titles:
- Senior Statistical Data Analyst
Biography
Brian F. Gage, MD, MSc is a physician-scientist whose research focuses on antithrombotic therapy and thrombosis. He is a Professor of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis where he teaches Designing Outcomes & Clinical (DOC) Research. He sees patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, where he directs the Clinical-Scientist Teaching And Research (C-STAR) program for medical residents. He also directs the Washington University Fellowship in General Medical Sciences (GMS Fellowship).
Dr. Gage has a BS (biology) and MSc (health services research) from Stanford University and an MD from the University of California, San Diego. He completed his internship and chief residency at the Good Samaritan/Phoenix VA Medical Center, his internal medicine residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and his fellowship (in general internal medicine) at the Palo Alto VA/Stanford University. He is board-certified in internal medicine.
Dr. Gage studies antithrombotic therapy and thrombosis. He was the principal investigator of the recently completed Genetic InFormatics Trial (GIFT) of Warfarin Therapy to Prevent DVT Trial. GIFT compared pharmacogenetic to clinical dosing of warfarin therapy in a multi-centered trial of 1600 participants. To make the GIFT dosing algorithms publicly available, he operates a non-profit website, (www.WarfarinDosing.org) that guides warfarin initiation. He also has helped develop clinical prediction rules to predict stroke (CHADS 2) and hemorrhage (HEMORR 2 HAGES) in patients with atrial fibrillation or with acute coronary syndrome and (CRUSADE Bleeding Rule).
After retiring from 22 year career in the United States Air Force, Chris began working for Washington University in October 2016 with the Business Office for the Department of Neurology. He administered payroll and administrative functions for over 800 employees throughout the department. Chris transferred to General Medical Sciences Division in February 2019 and serves as an integral part of the division's grant team .
Job Titles:
- Accounting / Purchasing Assistant II
David spent 30 years in the Air Force serving as a medic. He retired as a Chief Master Sergeant in 2009 after 13 assignments in the United States, Europe, Asia, and a Deployment to Iraq. For the next 5 years he worked as a Recovery Care Coordinator caring for our nations wounded, ill and injured service members and their families. In 2015 he joined the Department of Medicine Team as a trainee Clinical Research Assistant. He assumed a part-time position as a Accounting & Purchasing Assistant in 2017.
Job Titles:
- Accounting / Purchasing Assistant II
Job Titles:
- Director
- Professor of Medicine
Dr. Jeffe is Professor of Medicine, Director of the Medical Education Research Unit (MERU) in the Office of Education at Washington University School of Medicine, and Director of the Health Behavior, Communication, and Outreach Core, an affiliated resource of the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and Siteman Cancer Center with a component at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. Dr. Jeffe has expertise in survey development and validation, psychometrics, quantitative and qualitative research design and data analysis, and educational program evaluations. She has been principal investigator (PI) or co-investigator of many federally funded research projects and has an active educational-outcomes research program, including institutional research (under the auspices of the Office of Education) and National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research focusing on the recruitment, retention and promotion of women and underrepresented minorities in science, biomedical-research, and academic-medicine careers. Since 2008, she has had continuous funding from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences as PI of a national cohort study of medical-school matriculants, examining interventions that promote the retention of women and underrepresented minorities in the research and academic-medicine career pipelines. She also led national evaluations of NIH training programs focusing on increasing the diversity of the biomedical-research workforce. In addition to her work in Education, Dr. Jeffe studies social support, personal, and situational factors in relation to health-risk/health-promoting behaviors and emotional adjustment to disease. Her clinical research focuses on quality of life in cancer patients/survivors and cancer prevention and control in underserved groups. She was PI of a breast cancer cohort study funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Breast Cancer Stamp Fund. She also led an NCI-funded randomized controlled trial as part of the Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research (CECCR II) at Washington University, investigating the impact of African American breast cancer survivors' stories on newly diagnosed patients' quality of life and adherence to follow-up care.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Keath holds a PhD in Molecular Biology/Biochemistry from Saint Louis University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the WU Infectious Diseases division in molecular medical mycology. Prior to joining the GMS division, she was on the faculty at Saint Louis University (Department of Biology) and served in Ireland as a Scientific Programme Officer (Science Foundation Ireland, www.sfi.ie) and consultant for the Irish Cancer Society. Dr. Keath is the Translational Research Program Officer for the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences and leads the ICTS Research Development Program which provides navigation services, project development resources through the Research Forum Program, and extramural grant editing supports through the Scientific Editing Service.
Job Titles:
- Education Program Manager
Emily Schenk works with Dr. James DuBois, DSc, PhD, overseeing educational programming in the Bioethics Research Center (BRC), including the Professionalism and Integrity in Research Program (P.I. Program) and the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) course.
Prior to joining the BRC, Emily worked for 10 years with Dr. Amy Waterman, PhD studying the psychosocial aspects of kidney transplantation and living donation. She assisted with designing patient health education, coordinated a statewide educational program and national conference, served as a kidney health educator, recruited study participants and conducted survey interviews and educational interventions. In 2013, Emily began working with Dr. Elna Nagasako, MD, PhD, MPH as a clinical research project coordinator in areas of study related to social determinants of health, stakeholder and community engagement, quality improvement, and improving health care for vulnerable patient populations. Additionally, Emily served as clinical research project coordinator to Dr. Min Lian, MD, PhD supporting spatial epidemiology research projects.
Ms. Schenk earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech-Communications from the University of Missouri - Columbia. She joined Washington University School of Medicine in 2003.
Job Titles:
- Senior Project Manager
- Managing Editor for Narrative Inquiry
- PSI Lab Project Manager
Since joining Washington University in 2009, Heidi has worked in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and at the Brown School of Social Work before joining the Professional and Social Issues (PSI) Lab in the Division of General Medical Sciences in 2015. Heidi joined Washington University after working at Mercy Hospital in the emergency and behavioral health departments.
Heidi is the PSI Lab project manager. She manages the Sharing Qualitative Research Data: Identifying and Addressing Ethical and Practical Barriers project and the Preventing Ethical Disasters in the Practice of Medicine project.
Heidi also serves as the managing editor for Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics: A Journal of Qualitative Research (NIB). The journal provides a forum for exploring complex bioethical issues through the words of the people experiencing them. The NIB narratives can be used to foster empathy, as a tool for narrative education, and to raise awareness of bioethical issues.
Heidi's interests include qualitative data analysis, the promotion of evidence-informed policy and decision making, and improving the patient experience.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor in Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Medicine at Washington University 's Bioethics Research Center
- Co - Director of the Responsible Conduct of Research Course for ICTS Scholars
- Editorial Board Member of Narrative Inquiry
Biography
JESSICA MOZERSKY, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Washington University's Bioethics Research Center and a Faculty Scholar at the Institute for Public Health. Dr. Mozersky completed her PhD in Anthropology within the Institute for Human Genetics and Health at University College London, UK. She holds a Master's degree in Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Mozersky received 4 years of postdoctoral training in bioethics and the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genetics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Mozersky is co-director of the Responsible Conduct of Research Course for ICTS Scholars. Dr. Mozersky is an editorial board member of Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics: A Journal of Qualitative Research, published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Dr. Mozersky conducts empirical research on the ethical and social implications of new biomedical and genomic technologies including cancer genetic testing, prenatal genetic screening, whole genome sequencing, and PET neuroimaging. Dr. Mozersky is currently Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator for numerous NIH funded projects regarding Alzheimer's Disease, informed consent, genetic testing, and data sharing.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Jing Li, MD, DrPH, MS, was an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Co-Director of the Center for Health Services Research at the University of Kentucky where she had worked since January 2014. A graduate of Tianjin Medical University in 1997, she completed residency training in anesthesiology at the Tianjin Medical University General Hospital and clinical research training obtaining a Master's degree in Clinical Research. She then moved to the U.S. in 2000 and completed a Master's degree in Computer & Information Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In 2020, she completed a Doctorate in Public Health with a focus on Health Management and Policy at University of Kentucky.
Dr. Li's research is motivated by fragmented, inefficient and inconsistent health services delivery that yields suboptimal patient outcomes and quality of life. With experience and expertise in research methodologies, health services delivery, implementation science, teamwork, and program evaluation, she has led multiple projects to implement evidence-based practices, promote preventive care, improve care coordination and patient safety, enhance in-setting and cross-setting teamwork, and improve community health. While at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dr. Li led data management for several multi-center studies including Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA), National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), and the Dental Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN). In 2006, she was recruited to the Alabama Quality Improvement Organization and began working with health care organizations and practices in optimizing care processes and improving patient outcomes. In this role, Dr. Li focused on improving care through quality improvement, advanced analytics, and integration of behavioral interventions and process optimization. Subsequently, she was recruited to Northwestern University in 2011 to serve as Director of Research for the Division of Hospital Medicine and project director for the Preventing Readmissions through Effective Partnerships (PREP) initiative funded by BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois in collaboration with the Illinois Hospital Association. Dr. Li co-developed and implemented three statewide quality improvement programs at 62 hospitals for PREP.
For over a decade, Dr. Li has been studying the impact of multilevel factors on adoption, adaption, and implementation of evidence-based programs. Her research portfolio includes serving as PI on an NHLBI-funded study to implement guideline-based practice in syncope evaluation and management, serving as Co-PI on the CMS-funded Kentucky Consortium for Accountable Health Communities, and leading the Transdisciplinary Implementation Science Alliance at the University of Kentucky. Additionally, she was the Co-Director for the Tracking and Evaluation Core at the Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science and led a Medicare ACO spillover effect analysis funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Previously, she was co-investigator and Director of the Coordinating Center for the PCORI-awarded transitional care (TC) study (Project ACHIEVE) that used a mixed methods approach and linked qualitative context data and quantitative claims and survey data to determine the most effective TC strategies.
From an education perspective, Dr. Li was course director at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health's Leading Change with Healthcare Teams. She also led the development of University of Kentucky HealthCare's role-based TrueBlue Process Improvement Capacity Development Program and initiated enterprise wide training in quality improvement. Dr. Li also developed and delivered an implementation science training workshop to over 107 faculty among six health professions colleges in 2017.
Job Titles:
- Senior Project Manager
- Clinical Research Coordinator for the Professional & Social Issues Lab
Kari Baldwin serves as a Clinical Research Coordinator for the Professional & Social Issues Lab (PSI Lab) at Washington University School of Medicine. She first joined the Division of General Medical Sciences in 2012. She assists the PSI Lab with qualitative interviews and coding, Qualtrics online survey formatting, and IRB protocols. She enjoys working on various research projects in the lab, which promote professionalism and integrity in research.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Kenton J. Johnston, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor within the Division of General Medical Sciences and the Department of Medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is also Associate Director of the Center for Health Services & Policy Research (CHSPR) and Director of the Medicare Innovation Research Lab (Medicare IRL). Dr. Johnston is funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Mental Health to assess the impact of Medicare value-based and alternative payment models on patients with dementia and mental health conditions and on the clinicians who serve them.
Kevin Stephenson, MD, is an Instructor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He sees patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Dr. Stephenson has a BA (English Literature, Biology) from Washington University in St. Louis and an MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, NY. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. He is board certified in Internal Medicine. Dr. Stephenson studies acute and chronic forms of malnutrition in children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. The focus of his research is on clinical trials investigating treatments for malnutrition in Malawi, Sierra Leone, and Ghana.
Mary M. McKay joined the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis as dean in 2016, continuing the School's legacy of creating vital knowledge, initiating social change, and preparing leaders to address social and health challenges both locally and globally.
Job Titles:
- Senior Public Health Research Coordinator
Job Titles:
- Public Health Research Technician
- Research Staff Member
- Senior Public Health Research Technician
Meredith has been a public health research technician in the Professional and Social Issues (PSI) Lab in the Division of General Medical Sciences since joining Washington University in October of 2017. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Science with concentrations in public health and health administration from Truman State University, and she is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). She has experience working in health education, community and public health, and public health research. Meredith's interests include research methods, health and medical education, and social determinants of health.
Job Titles:
- Manager, Business Operations