Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) Board
Colleen Kraft, MD
Director, Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs)
Emory University
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Priscilla E. Pemu, MD, MS, FACP
Liaison, Community Clinicians Network
Community Engagement / Morehouse School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Medicine
Medical Director, Clinical Research Center
Medical Director, Community Physicians' Network
Priscilla E. Pemu is the medical director of the Community Physicians' Network, an academic-community partnership that is recognized by the AHRQ as a Practice Based Research Network. She is engaged in direct patient care, research, undergraduate, graduate, and resident preceptorship and didactic teaching. Her research enquiry is broadly aimed at improving health outcomes of African-American women and other underserved populations.
She serves as Principal Investigator (PI) of the Morehouse School of Medicine's R-Center Community Based Research Core; Co-PI of the Health Information Technology Implementation arm of the Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center on health disparities; and Chair of the Research and Education Committee of the Morehouse Choice Accountable Care Organization-Educational System (MCACO-ES), a participant in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
Her efforts are designed to improve care and outcomes for patients with chronic disease by addressing the gaps between primary care and population health. The development and testing of patient facing technologies that enhance health literacy and the interaction between patient and primary care provider is aligned with this overall goal. Developing and testing approaches that enhance care coordination to improve chronic disease outcomes also aligns with her goals. She has demonstrated sustained collaboration with institutional, local, and national leaders seeking to facilitate effective translation of research between academic institutions and real world clinical practice.
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Bradley G. Phillips, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP
Principal Investigator
University of Georgia
Director and Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences Institute
Director, Clinical and Translational Research Unit (CTRU), Office of Research
Thomas R. Ziegler, MD
Co-Director, TL1 Program
Emory University School of Medicine / Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs)
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids
Co-Program Director, Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Center
Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH
Director, Pediatrics
Emory University
Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology; and Associate Faculty Member, Nutrition Health Sciences, Graduate Division of Biologic and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University
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Sérgio Mota, DNP, RN, CCRN-CSC, NE-BC
Nursing Director
Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) / Emory University
Emory University
Kim Schmitz, MS
Unit Coordinator, Clinical and Translational Research Unit
Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) / University of Georgia
University of Georgia
Kim Schmitz is the Unit Coordinator of the Clinical and Translational Research Unit, also known as the UGA GCRC. In this role, she oversees the activities of the CTRU, including coordinating several studies and providing oversight for recruitment, compliance, and quality improvement activities. She is also part of the GaCTSA Recruitment Center. Kim earned a Bachelor of Science degree in molecular and cellular biology from Humboldt State University and Masters of Science degrees in genetics and epidemiology from the University of Wisconsin. After starting as a clinical research coordinator at the University of Wisconsin Reproductive Endocrinology clinic in 2005, she continued her career in public health research and clinical research at the Naval Medical Center San Diego in 2008, and managed the start-up of the UGA Clinical and Translational Research Unit in 2015.
Kesley Holmes, DHA, MS, CCRP
Director, Clinical Trials Office and Research Operations
Morehouse School of Medicine
