An announcement from Doris Rubio, PhD, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research Education and Training, Health Sciences, and Director, Institute for Clinical Research Education:
I am pleased to announce that Kristin Ray, MD, MS, has been named Co-Director of the CTSI KL2 program. She will join me in leading the prestigious KL2 Clinical and Translational Scholars Program. This program provides career development awards for nine junior faculty engaged in clinical and translational research.
Kristin is associate vice chair of clinical research and associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics. She is a health services researcher who is board certified in clinical informatics and in pediatrics. Her research focuses on improving access, effectiveness and equity within health care delivery systems. She completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard University, medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania, and pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She practiced as a pediatrician with the Indian Health Service before coming to Pittsburgh for her general academic pediatrics research fellowship in 2012, during which she completed ICRE’s Master of Science in clinical research. Kristin is principal investigator for a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R01 investigating parent perceptions and decision-making about the use of telemedicine, a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R01 investigating the use of telemedicine within pediatric primary care, and a Health Resources and Service Administration Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (T32) focused on training primary care researchers. Committed to translating research into practice, she serves as director of health systems improvement for UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics and as medical director of population health for the Pennsylvania Pediatric Health Network. She serves as an appointed member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Pediatric Workforce and is a current fellow in the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine’s Executive Leadership in Health Care program. Kristin is a former ICRE K12 scholar and is dedicated to supporting the next generation of researchers. We are thrilled to have her as part of the team.
I also want to congratulate Esa Davis, MD, MPH, on her career advancement as the inaugural associate vice president for community health at University of Maryland, Baltimore and senior associate dean for population and community medicine at its medical school. I am grateful for Esa’s hard work, dedication and the impact she made in her time as codirector of the KL2 Program and wish her great success.
Doris Rubio, PhD
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research Education and Training, Health Sciences
Professor of Medicine and of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine; of Biostatistics, School of Public Health; and of Clinical and Translational Science
Director, Institute for Clinical Research Education