Leadership Team

BIRCWH Leadership

K12 Building Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Program housed awarded to the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and house under the Medical School Center for Women’s Health Research utilizes a multi-PI leadership structure.

Staff Leadership

Sharon Allen

Sharon Allen, MD, PhD

Professor

 

Corresponding BIRCWH PI, 

Co-Research Director

Bharat Thyagarajan

Bharat Thyagarajan, MD, PhD, MPH

Professor and Bittner Chair of Cancer Research

Director, Advanced Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ARDL)

Director, Division of Molecular Pathology & Genomics (MPG)

 

BIRCWH PI, 

Co-Program Director

BIRCWH Scholar Alumni

Kristen Mark

Kristen Mark, PhD, MPH

Professor

Joycelyn Elders Chair in Sexual Health Education, Institute for Sexual and Gender Health

 

BIRCWH PI, 

BIRCWH Co-Program and Research Director,

Center for Women’s Health Research Director

Kait Macheledt_headshot

Kait Macheledt, MPH, Research Manager 1