ATRN Leadership Committee 2024-2025

Chair

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


Chair-Elect

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

Professor

Director, Brenner FITĀ® (Families In Training)

Department of Pediatrics

Department of Epidemiology and Prevention

Wake Forest University

School of Medicine
jskelton@wakehealth.edu



Immediate Past-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

Secretary
Brianna Sheppard, PhD
Director
WV Area Health Education Centers
absheppard@hsc.wvu.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

Alison P. Sanders, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Associate Dean for Research, School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Aps109@pitt.edu
 

Kelly Stacy, PhD, MHA, RN
Assistant Professor

University of Cincinnati College of Nursing
sumpteke@ucmail.uc.edu
513.519.5299

Melissa Thomas, PhD, MSPH, MSA, MCHES, CCHW
Founding Director

Denter for Appalachia Research in Cancer Education
melissa.thomas@appalcare.org
800.614.5857


Ashley G. Hall, MS 
Research Project Manager, Community Engagement and Participant Recruitment,
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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