MCRC Faculty and Staff

Administrative Core

Richard M . Pope MD, Core Director (Rheumatology)
Rosalind-Ramsey Goldman MD, DrPH, Assistant Core Director (Rheumatology)
Anabel Garza, Research Administrator (Rheumatology)
Christine De Luca, Division Administrator (Rheumatology)
Kelly Thompson, Financial Administrator (Rheumatology)
Aaron DeLee, Division Assistant (Rheumatology)

Methodology/Data Management Core

Rowland Chang MD, MPH
Joan Chmiel PhD
Dorothy Dunlop PhD
Julia Lee PhD
Spencer Huang PhD
Darcy Majka MD, MS
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman MD, DrPH
Larry Manheim PhD
Bonnie Spring PhD
Pamela Semanik PhD, APN

Staff:
Jing Song MS
Orit Almagor MA
Anh Chung BS
Daniel Erickson BS
Gwendolyn DeLaCruz

Project 1: Potential Beneficial Role of Hip Muscles in Knee OA Progression

Leena Sharma MD
Alison Chang DPT, MS
Kirsten Moisio PhD
Joan Chmiel PhD
Dorothy Dunlop PhD
Karen Hayes PhD
Orit Almagor MA
Steven Gard PhD
September Cahue MPH
Felix Eckstein MD (Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg Austria)
Ali Guermazi MD (Boston University)

Project 2: SOLVABLE

Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman MD, DrPH
Richard Pope MD
Phillip Greenland MD
Craig Langman MD
Paula Stern PhD
Kiang Liu PhD
William Pearce MD
Dorothy Dunlop PhD
Jungwha (Julia) Lee PhD
Spencer (Chiang Ching) Huang PhD
Daniel Edmundowicz MD (University of Pittsburgh)
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell DrPH (University of Pittsburgh)
IlyasKamboh PhD (University of Pittsburgh)
F. Yesim Demirci PhD (University of Pittsburgh)
David D. McPherson MD (University of Texas, Houston)
Susan Manzi, MD MPH (West Penn Allegheny Health System
Joseph Witztum MD (University of California, San Diego)

Staff:
Karen Mancera-Cuevas, MS, CHES
Patricia Murphy, MSN, CNP, CNM
Lillian Medina
Danielle Lerner
Anh Chung, BS
Jing Song, MS
Gwendolyn DeLaCruz

Project 3: Physical Activity, Disability, and Health Utility in Rheumatic Disease

Dorothy Dunlop PhD
Rowland Chang MD, MPH
Jungwha Lee PhD
Larry Manheim PhD
Pamela Semanik PhD,APN
Leena Sharma MD
Jing Song MS