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Mikhil Bamne, PhD
Mikhil is a geneticist who has recently joined our lab, and
his focus is analysis of gene expression.
Triptish Bhatia, PhD
Sr. Project Coordinator - Dr. Bhatia is a psychologist and
has extensive experience in research in India. She is
responsible for coordinating the Indian chapter of this
project. In addition she trains the new research staff
in ascertainment and interviews of families for the research
in India.
Triptish is currently here in the U.S. engaged in a training
program.
Kay Bornemann
Kay has recently joined our group as a recruiter in
Cincinnati.
Daniel Brace
Daniel is a graduate student who recently joined our group
as an interviewer in Pittsburgh.
Cathy Cortese
Administrative Assistant - Having a degree in Business
Administration from Robert Morris College and an interest in
psychology, Cathy came to Western Psychiatric Institute and
Clinic's Research Department. Her time is spent primarily in
word processing, but she also handles a number of other
clerical and administrative duties.
 Kodavali V.
Chowdari, PhD
Chowdari joined our group several years ago to manage our
genetics lab. He came here as a post-doc from India
and currently focuses on candidate gene research in the
schizophrenia genetics project.
Sue Clifton
Sue is the project coordinator for the STEP-BD genetics
study. This study is being conducted in collaboration
with the Main STEP-BD study. For questions regarding
the main STEP-BD treatment study go to http://www.stepbd.org/
. You can contact Sue
about the genetics branch of the study.
Smita N Deshpande, MD, DPM
Dr. Deshpande is a Senior Psychiatrist with the Government
of India. Dr Deshpande trained at the Universities of Nagpur,
Bombay and at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(New Delhi). She is interested in the etiology of psychoses
in India. She is the principle Indian collaborator.
Kelly Dillon
Kelly has joined our group as a clinical interviewer in our
studies of schizophrenia.
Joseph Eaton, PhD
Dr. Eaton is a Professor Emeritus at the Graduate School of Public
and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, in the field
of Economic and Social Development and Sociology. He has conducted pioneering
studies among the Hutterites and is actively involved in this field. He
is a consultant for the present project.
Frank Fleischer
Frank has recently joined our group as a recruiter in
Pennsylvania.
Rohan Ganguli, M.D.
Dr. Ganguli is a professor of Psychology and Pathology and is the Director
of the Schizophrenia Research and Treatment Center. he is interested in
the causes and treatment of schizophrenia and is a co-investigator in the
current project.
Tom Horner, MS
Tom works as a data technician, and has been a valued member
of our data team for a number of years. Fran Lokar, RN
Fran is a Registered Nurse working as a recruiter for the
study. Kelly Macko
Kelly is a clinical interviewer whose primary focus is with
our various projects dealing with bipolar disorder,
including the STEP-BD genetics study and the newly
instituted MHIRC DNA repository.
Mary Maendel
Mary is a member of the Hutterite community, based at the Fairholme
Colony, Portage L'Prairie, Manitoba. She assists Selma Maendel with
ascertainment
of participants and with database management.
Selma Maendel
Selma is a member of the Hutterite community, based at the Fairholme
Colony, Portage L'Prairie, Manitoba. She is the principle collaborator
for the studies among the Hutterites. She is responsible for ascertainment
of participants and for database management.  Hader
Mansour, M.D.
Hader is a psychiatrist and visiting scholar from
Egypt, and is working with us in our lab in preparation for
beginning genetics research in Egypt. His current
projects include assessing the role of circadian rhythm
genes and phenotypes in bipolar disorder.
Mary K. Miller, L.P.N.
Recruitment Specialist - Mary became interested in our research because
she has a family member with a mental illness. Previously she was one of
7 VISTA workers assigned to Spencer State Hospital for a one-year term.
Mary volunteers at the medical library at St. Joseph's Hospital and is
an officer in the ParentShare organization.
Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Nimgaonkar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry
and Human Genetics. Dr. Nimgaonkar received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the
University of Madras, and performed his residencies in Psychiatry at
the University of London and the University of Pittsburgh. He leads the
research team. Abby Northup
Abby has recently joined our lab as a laboratory technician,
and will be working with Travis in handling samples, as well
as pursuing individual projects. Rachel Petersen
Rachel is a University of Pittsburgh student who has
recently joined our group. Her primary focus is
quality control of clinical data. Lora Pless
Lora is a Laboratory technician, her main work include
handling of samples and DNA extraction, as well as
genotyping.
Michael Pogue-Geile, Ph.D.
Dr. Pogue-Geile is an Associate Professor of Psychology and
Psychiatry at Pitt. he is interested in causes of
schizophrenia, and is collaborating with regard to the
neuropsychological tests for this project.
Patrick Reitz, M.A.
Research Coordinator - Before joining the schizophrenia
research project, Patrick worked extensively with the
mentally ill in Pittsburgh as the director of a large
homeless shelter. He is currently the research coordinator
for this project. Karol Rosengarth
Karol recently joined our group as an administrative
assistant. She also works with our friends and
collaborators in Matcheri Keshavan's group at WPIC. Cynthia
Ruglovsky
Cynthia has recently joined our group as a clinical
interviewer in our studies of bipolar disorder. Todd
Schoeni
Todd is a clinical interviewer in our schizophrenia studies,
as well as helping to coordinate the PAARTNERS
study. Brian Shirts
Brian is an M.D./Ph.D. student in our lab, and is curently
working on projects relating to gene environment
interactions with, with a focus on exposure to infectious
agents.
 Michael Talkowski
Michael is starting graduate work in human genetics, and is working towards a Ph.D.
His current projects include Meta analysis of research into
the RGS4 gene, and the possible role of dopaminergic
genes in schizophrenia. Sarah Tarbox
Sarah has recently joined our group as a clinical
interviewer in our schizophrenia studys, and is a Ph.D.
student in clinical psychology at the University of
Pittsburgh. Monisha
Tarneja, MPH
Monisha is the project coordinator for our Indo-US
psychiatric genetics projects in India as well as the
liaison for our UK project. She joined our group as a
clinical interviewer and has 8 years of clinical experience
from her work at the Long Term Structured Residence of WPIC.
She worked with chronically ill adult psychiatric clients in
a clinical, administrative, and psychotherapeutic capacity
and was a supervisor to the residential advisors.
Govner Thorp
Clinical Research Specialist - Govner has been a research associate
studying mental illness among the homeless population of Allegheny County.
He has also worked as a homeless case manager and a psychiatric case manager
in a general psychiatric clinic.
Joel Wood
Joel is the computer and data coodinator for the project. He designs database
applications,
handles the hardware and software needs of the main study staff, and shares in
the clinical and laboratory data analysis responsibilities.
He is also the designer and administrator of this site.
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