ATRN Leadership Committee 2023-2024

Chair

Rajan Lamichhane, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biostatistician 
Department of Clinical and Translational Sciences (DCTS)
John C. Edwards School of Medicine
Marshall University
lamichhaner@marshall.edu
304.691.8648


Chair-Elect

Kathy Hosig, PhD, MPH, RD
Associate Professor & Public Health Extension Specialist
Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech
Director, Center for Public Health Practice and Research
Co-lead, Community & Collaboration Core, integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia
khosig@vt.edu
540.231.6637

Immediate Past-Chair
and Secretary

Brianna Sheppard, PhD
Associate Director, Rural Health Workforce and Center Development
National Center for Rural Health Professions
University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
brishepp@uic.edu 
304.216.2963 

Treasurer
Eugene J. Lengerich, V.M.D., M.S. 
Director, Office for Cancer Health Equity
Associate
Director, Health Disparities and Engagement, Penn State Cancer Institute

Director, Public Health Preparedness Option Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security and Graduate Certificate
The Pennsylvania State University 
elengerich@psu.edu 
717.531.6141

Members 

Gia Mudd-Martin, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA
Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Director of Community Engagement and Research
University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science
gia.mudd@uky.edu
859.257.4204



Rebecca Reece MD, FACP  
Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs
Co-Director WVCTSI Community Engagement and Outreach CORE
Department of Internal Medicine
West Virginia University Medicine
rreece@hsc.wvu.edu

Megan E. Roberts, PhD
Associate Professor
Health Behavior and Health Promotion College of Public Health
The Ohio State University
roberts.1558@osu.edu

Melissa Thomas, PhD, MSPH, MSA, MCHES®, C-CHW
Assistant Professor, Department of Primary Care
Ohio University
thomasm5@ohio.edu
740.593.2217

Joseph A. Skelton, MD, MS, FAAP, FTOS 

Professor

Director, Brenner FIT® (Families In Training)

Department of Pediatrics

Department of Epidemiology and Prevention

Wake Forest University

School of Medicine
jskelton@wakehealth.edu

Kelly Brunst, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
kelly.brunst@uc.edu
513.558.1723

Ashley G. Hall, MS 
Research Project Manager, Community Engagement and Participant Re
cruitment, University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)
ATRN Newsletter Editor
agtayl3@uky.edu
859.323.7375



Contacts

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Pittsburgh, PA 15228

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