CORE Leadership
Director, Professional Services and Community Outreach
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204 Sigma Dr.
Pittsburgh , PA 15238
412-963-3550
Associate Director, Professional Services
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204 Sigma Dr.
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
412-963-3550
jcorcoran@core.org
PITT Team
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
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Health Policy & Management
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health
130 Desoto St., A616 Crabtree Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-624-6870
degen@pitt.edu
Dr. Degenholtz is Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Associate Director of Research, Center for Bioethics and Health Law, and Founding Director of the Doctoral Program in Health Services Research and Policy. Dr. Degenholtz is a health services researcher who focuses on long-term care and aging and organ donation. He recently completed two major studies supported by the Commonwealth Fund: Improving Quality of Life in Nursing Homes and Availability and Use of Health Information Technology in Nursing Homes. He is the Principal Investigator of three Federally funded projects to increase organ donation. He is a member of the Academy for Health Services Research and the Gerontological Society of America.
Project Manager
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Health Policy and Management
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
130 DeSoto St., A740 Crabtree Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
412-624-6867
drd42@pitt.edu
publichealth.pitt.edu/
Damian Da Costa coordinates research and public education projects at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. His current work focuses on policies to promote awareness of issues surrounding organ and tissue donation.
Research Assistant
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Health Policy & Management
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health
130 Desoto St., A724B Crabtree Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-648-1392
kal137@pitt.edu
Kristin Lazzara, MBA, MHA is a Research Assistant in the Department of Health Policy & Management at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health. She has experience in physician practice operations and electronic medical record implementation in physician practices. She is currently working on three major studies with Dr. Degenholtz in the area of organ donation.
Online Education Coordinator
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Health Policy & Management
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health
130 Desoto St., A724B Crabtree Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-648-1392
amdrozd@pitt.edu
Alexandra Drozd has been working in online education since 2009, focusing on how learning works in the context of online learning and activities. Alexandra's work at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health focuses on educating hospital personnel as to their roles in the context of critically ill patients and organ, tissue and cornea donation.
Research Assistant
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Health Policy & Management
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health
130 Desoto St., A724B Crabtree Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-648-1392
SEB136@pitt.edu
Sarah Burns is a Research Assistant for the Department of Health Policy and Management in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. She is currently working on two projects concerning organ donation with Dr. Degenholtz while pursuing her undergraduate degree in neuroscience.