Roster

Workshop Chairs

Ira S. Ockene, M.D.
David and Barbara Milliken Professor of
Preventive Cardiology
Director, Preventive Cardiology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655
Phone: 508-856-3907
Fax: 508-856-4571
Email:   Ira.ockene@umassmed.edu

Laura P. Svetkey, M.D
Duke Hypertension Center
Stedman Center for Living Campus
3475 Erwin Road Suite 100
Durham NC 27705
Phone:  919-660-6626
Fax: 919-660-8802
E-mail: svetk001@mc.duke.edu
Assistant: Martis King martis.king@duke.edu

Invited Participants

Jamy Ard, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition Sciences
Associate Scientist
Department of Nutrition Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Nutrition Sciences
1675 University Blvd.
318A Webb Nutrition Sciences Building
Birmingham, AL 35294-3360
Phone: 205-934-5564
Fax: 205-934-7050
E-mail: ardj@uab.edu

Hector Balcazar, Ph.D.
Regional Dean and Professor
Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
UT School of Public Health at Houston
El Paso Regional Campus
1100 N. Stanton, Suite 110
El Paso, Texas 79902
Phone: 915-747-8507
Fax: 915-747-8512
Email:   Hector.G.Balcazar@uth.tmc.edu

Kathy Berra, MSN, ANP, FAAN
Stanford Prevention Research Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
Hoover Pavilion, Room N229
211 Quarry Road
Stanford. California 94305-5705
Phone:  650-723-6256
Fax: 650-725-6247
Email:   kberra@stanford.edu

Hayden B. Bosworth, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Research Professor,
Department of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
School of Nursing
Duke University Medical Center
HSR&D (152), Suite 600
411 West Chapel Hill Street
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: 919-286 6936 (Mon, Tues, Fri)
Phone: 919-668-0300 (Wed-Thurs)
Fax: 919-668-1300
Email:   hayden.bosworth@duke.edu

Barry L. Carter, Pharm.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science College of Pharmacy
Professor and Associate Head for Research Department of Family Medicine
Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone:  319-335-8456
Fax: 319-353-5646
Email:  barry-carter@uiowa.edu

Ned Calonge, M.D.,M.P.H.
Chief Medical Officer
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO  80246
Phone: 303-692-2662
Fax: 303.691.7702
E-mail:  ned.calonge@state.co.us

Lisa A. Cooper, M.D.,M.P.H
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy & Management
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Division of General Internal Medicine
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
2024 East Monument Street, Suite 2-500
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
Phone: 410-614-3659
Fax: 410-614-0588
Email:   lisa.cooper@jhmi.edu

Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob,Ph.D.,RN, FAAN
Dean and Professor of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
3500 Victoria Street, Room 350, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-624-7838
Fax: 412-624-2401
Email:  dunbar@pitt.edu
Executive Assistant: Stephanie Duplaga
Phone: 412-624-7838
Fax: 412-624-2401
Email:   sdup@pitt.edu

Paul Estabrooks, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Translational Obesity Research Program
VT Riverside
1 Riverside Circle SW Suite #104
Roanoke, VA   24016
Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise
Virginia Tech Rm 1129
Corporate Research Center Building XV
Blacksburg VA 24061
Phone: 540-857-6664
Fax: 540-857-6658
Email:   estabrkp@vt.edu

Penny Hollander Feldman, Ph.D
Vice President, Research and Evaluation Director, Center for Home Care Policy and Research Visiting Nurse Service of New York
1250 Broadway New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-609-1530
Email:   pfeldman@vnsny.org

Joseph Finkelstein, M.D., Ph.D.,MA, CCRP
Director, Chronic Disease Informatics Program
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
2024 East Monument Street, Room 2-615
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: 410-558-0480
Fax: 410-558-0470
Email:   jfinkel9@jhmi.edu

Raymond J. Gibbons, M.D.
Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine
Mayo Medical School Arthur M. & Gladys D. Gray
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street, S.W.
Rochester, MN 55905
Phone: 507-284-2541
Fax: 507-266-0229
E-Mail: gibbons.raymond@mayo.edu

David C. Goff, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063
Phone: 336-716-9837
Fax: 336-716-4501
E-mail: dgoff@wfubmc.edu

Beverly B. Green, M.D., M.P.H.
Center for Health Studies
Group Health Cooperative
Met Park East, Suite 1600
1730 Minor Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-287-2997
Fax: 206-287-2871
Email:   green.b@ghc.org

Martha N. Hill, Ph.D, RN, FAAN
Dean, Professor of Nursing, Medicine and Public Health
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
525 N. Wolfe Street, Suite 501
Baltimore, MD 21205-2110
Office: 410-955-7544
Fax: 410-955-4890
Email:   mnhill@son.jhmi.edu

David Hyman, M.D., M.P.H.
Internist researcher
Baylor College of Medicine
Ben Taub General Hospital Pediatrics
1504 Taub Loop
Houston, TX 77030
Phone:  713-873-3560
Email:   Dhyman@bcm.edu

Michael S. Lauer, M.D., FACC, FAHA
Director, Division of Prevention and Population Sciences (DPPS)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institutes of Health
Rockledge Center II, 6701 Rockledge Drive
Room 10122
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-435-0422
Fax: 301-480-1864
Email: lauerm@nhlbi.nih.gov

Howard Leventhal, Ph.D.
Board of Governors Professor of Health Psychology
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
30 College Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ  08901-1293
Phone: 732-932-7537
Fax: 732-932-1945
Email:   hleventhal@ifh.rutgers.edu

Brian S. Mittman, Ph.D.
Director, VA Center for Implementation Practice and Research Support (CIPRS)
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (152)
16111 Plummer Street
Sepulveda CA 91343
Phone: 818-895-9544
Fax: 818-895-5838
E-mail: Brian.Mittman@va.gov

Olugbenga Ogedegbe, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of the Center for Healthful Behavior Change, Division of General Internal Medicine NYU School of Medicine - Department of Medicine
423 East 23rd Street, 15N-168
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212-263-4183
Fax: 212-263-4201
E-mail: olugbenga.ogedegbe@nyumc.org

Steven Ornstein, M.D.
Professor of Family Medicine
Director, Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet) Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
295 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone:  843-876-1213
Email:   ornstesm@musc.edu

Thomas A. Pearson, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Albert D. Kaiser Professor
Division of Epidemiology, Community & Preventive Medicine
University of Rochester
Community & Preventive Medicine
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 644
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone: 585-275-2191
Fax: 585-756-7775
Email:   thomas_pearson@urmc.rochester.edu
Assistant: Reenie_Marcello@urmc.rochester.edu

Laura A. Peterson, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Health Services Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, VA HSR&D Center of Excellence (152)
2002 Holcombe Blvd. Houston TX 77030
Phone: 713-794-8623
Fax: 713-748-7359
Email:   laurap@bcm.tmc.edu

George Rust, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Family Medicine
Director, National Center for Primary Care
Morehouse School of Medicine
720 Westview Drive
Atlanta, GA  30310
Phone:  404-756-5740
Fax: 404-756-5767
Email:  GRust@msm.edu

Sidney C. Smith, Jr., M.D.
Senior Advisor for Cardiovascular Research Translation and Application
Research Translation Branch
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
31 Center Drive MSC 2480
Building 31, Room 4A10
Bethesda MD  20892-2480
Phone: 301-496-1051
Fax: 301-402-1051
Email:   scs@med.unc.edu, smithsc2@nhlbi.nih.gov

Jonathan N. Tobin, Ph.D
President/CEO
Clinical Directors Network, INC (CDN)                   
5 West 37th Street, 10th Floor   
New York, NY 10018 USA       
Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Phone: 212-382-0699 ext. 234
Fax: 212-382-0669
Email: JNTobin@CDNetwork.org

Judith Walsh, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Women's Health Clinical Research Center
University of California San Francisco
Campus Box 1793
1635 Divisadero Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: 415-353-9979
Fax: 415-353-9856
Email: judith.walsh@ucsf.edu

NHLBI Workshop Planning Group

Chair: Denise Simons-Morton, M.D., Ph.D
Senior Scientific Advisor
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences (DPPS)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 10018
Bethesda, MD 20892-7936
Phone: 301-435-0384
Fax: 301-480-1864
Email: simonsd@nhlbi.nih.gov

Co-Chair: Robinson Fulwood, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Acting Director
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries (DARD)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
31 Center Drive MSC 2480
Building 31, Room 4A10
Bethesda MD  20892-2480
Phone: 301-496-5437
Fax: 301-480-4097
Email: FulwoodR@mail.nih.gov

S. Sonia Arteaga, Ph.D.
Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-435-6677
Fax: 301-480-5158
Email: arteagass@nhlbi.nih.gov

Denise Bonds, M.D., MPH
Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive  Suite 10018, MSC-7936
Bethesda MD 20817
Phone: 301-435-0379
Fax: 301-480-1864
Email: bondsde@mail.nih.gov

James I. Cleeman, M.D.
Senior Medical Officer
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
Coordinator, National Cholesterol Education Program
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
31 Center Drive, Room 4A10, MSC 2480
Bethesda, MD 20892-2480
Phone: 301-594-2836
Fax: 301-402-2405
Email: cleemanj@nih.gov

Nakela L. Cook, M.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Medical Officer
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, Rockledge 2
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-435-0383
Fax:301-443-0945
Email: cookn2@nhlbi.nih.gov

Lawton S. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Officer
Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 10018, MSC 7936
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-435-0419
Fax: 301-480-5158
Email: cooperls@nhlbi.nih.gov

Susan Czajkowski, Ph.D.
Program Director
Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Rockledge Center 2, MSC 7936
6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 10018
Bethesda, MD 20892-7936
Phone: 301-435-0406
Fax: 301-480-5158
Email: czajkows@mail.nih.gov

Karen A. Donato, S.M.
Acting Branch Chief, Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Branch 
Coordinator, Overweight and Obesity Research Applications
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Building 31, Room 4A03
31 Center Drive, MSC 2480
Bethesda, MD 20892-2480
Phone: 301-496-1051
Fax: 301-402-2405
Email: donatok@nih.gov

Michael Donovan, Ph.D.
Presidential Management Fellow
National Cancer Institute
6116 Executive Blvd
Rockville, MD 20892
Email: donovanm@mail.nih.gov

Paula T. Einhorn, M.D., M.S.
Medical Officer
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
2 Rockledge Centre, Room 10222
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7936
Bethesda, MD 20892-7936
Phone: 301-435-0563
Fax: 301-480-1773
Email: einhornp@mail.nih.gov

Peter G. Kaufmann Ph.D., FABMR
Deputy Chief, Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive MSC 7936
Bethesda, MD 20892-7936
Phone: 301-435-2467
Email: kaufmannp@nhlbi.nih.gov

Barbara Wells, Ph.D.
Program Director & Health Services Researcher
Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch
Division of Prevention and Population Studies
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 10114, MSC 7936 
Bethesda, MD  20892
Phone: 301-435-0417
Fax: 301-480-5158
Email: wellsb@nhlbi.nih.gov

Zhi-Jie Zheng, M.D., PhD 
Senior Medical Epidemiologist
Program Director
Integrated Guideline for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Building 31, Room 4A10
31 Center Drive, MSC# 2480
Bethesda, MD 20892-2480
Phone: 301-496-1051
Fax: 301-402-2405
Email: zhengz2@mail.nih.gov

Workshop Attendees

Matilde M. Alvarado, R.N., M.S.
Coordinator
Minority Health Education and Outreach Activities
Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Branch
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
31 Center Drive MSC 2480
Building 31, Room 4A10
Bethesda MD  20892-2480
Phone: 301-496-1051
Fax: 301-402-1051
Email: AlvaradM@mail.nih.gov

Glen C. Bennett, M.P.H.
Coordinator
Advanced Technologies Applications in Health Education
Office of the Director
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
31 Center Drive MSC 2480
Building 31, Room 4A10
Bethesda MD  20892-2480
Phone: 301-496-0554
; Fax: 301-480-4097
Email: bennettgc@mail.nih.gov

Jeffrey A. Cutler, M.D., MPH
Consultant
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 9189
Bethesda, MD 20892-2480
Phone: 301-435-0413
Email: CutlerJ@nhlbi.nih.gov

Edward Donnell Ivy, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Officer
Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Branch
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
31 Center Drive MSC 2480
Building 31, Room 4A10
Bethesda MD  20892-2480
Phone: 301-496-1051
Fax: 301-402-1051
Email: ivied@mail.nih.gov

Joylene I. John-Sowah, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Officer, Preventive Medicine
Research Translation Branch
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
31 Center Drive MSC 2480
Building 31, Room 4A10
Bethesda MD  20892-2480
Phone: 301-496-1051
Fax: 301-402-1051
Email: johnsowahj@mail.nih.gov

Rae-Ellen W. Kavey, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Medical Officer, Pediatric Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
Research Translation Branch
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
31 Center Drive MSC 2480
Building 31, Room 4A10
Bethesda MD  20892-2480
Phone: 301-496-1051
Fax: 301-402-1051
Email: kaveyr@mail.nih.gov

Melinda Kelley, Ph.D.
Public Health Science Policy Analyst
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Phone: 301-496-1051
Fax: 301-402-2405
Email: kelleym@nhlbi.nih.gov

Elaine Leventhal, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, /UMDNJ
Suite 2300, Clinical Academic Building
125 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, NJj 80901
Phone: 732-235-7124  
 Fax 732-235-7144
Email: eleventh@umdnj.edu

Eduardo Ortiz, M.D., MPH
Senior Medical Officer, Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive, Building 31A
MSC 2480
Bethesda, MD 20892-2480
Phone: 301-594-2637
Email: ortize@mail.nih.gov

Charlotte A. Pratt, Ph.D., RD
Program Director
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
6701 Rockledge Drive
MSC 7936, Room 10118
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: (301) 435-0382
Fax: (301) 480-5158
Email: prattc@nhlbi.nih.gov

Cristina Rabadán-Diehl, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Program Director
Atherothrombosis and Coronary Artery Disease Branch
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
NHLBI/NIH
Rockledge II, Room 8156
6701 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-7956
Phone: 301-435-0550
Fax: 301-480-3667
Email: rabadanc@mail.nih.gov

Susan T. Shero, M.S., B.S.N.
Public Health Advisor
Research Translation Branch
Division for the Application of Research Discoveries
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
31 Center Drive MSC 2480
Building 31, Room 4A10
Bethesda MD  20892-2480
Phone: 301-496-1051
Fax: 301-402-1051
Email: SheroS@mail.nih.gov

Catherine M. Stoney, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 10018, MSC 7936
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7936
Phone: 301-435-6670
; Fax: 301-480-5158
Email: stoneyc@mail.nih.gov