Our People

Leadership

Mike Boninger, MD

Mike Boninger, MD

Associate Dean for Sustainability  
Distinguished Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Sarah E. Ross, PhD

Sarah E. Ross, PhD

Professor of Neurobiology
Director of Sustainability, School of Medicine

Claire Werner, PhD

Claire Werner, PhD

Assistant Professor, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences 
Director of Sustainability, School of Dental Medicine

Staff

Affiliated Faculty

Melissa Bilec, PhD

Melissa Bilec, PhD

Special Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability 
Co-Director, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation 
George M. and Eva M. Bevier Professor

Gabe Cisneros, MD, FAAP

Gabe Cisneros, MD, FAAP

Gabriel.cisneros@upmc.edu   Dr. Cisneros is a pediatrician at UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics, Medical Director of UPMC Children’s Express Care at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and co-chair of both the Advocacy Committee and the Climate and...

Student Representatives

Shannon Cason 

Shannon Cason 

Sustainability Subcommittee, SOM Student Executive Committee (SEC) 

Karensa Tjoa

Karensa Tjoa

Sustainability Subcommittee, SOM Student Executive Committee (SEC)

Jocelyn D. Mich-Basso, BS, MT

Ivy Yip

Pitt Students for One Health 

Jocelyn D. Mich-Basso, BS, MT

Neeharika Kolli

John C. Mascaro Scholar, MCSI Summer Undergraduate Research

Priya Vishnoi

Priya Vishnoi

John C. Mascaro Scholar, MCSI Summer Undergraduate Research

Justin Wang

Justin Wang

Pitt Med Research Experience for Prematriculants (PREP) 

Jocelyn D. Mich-Basso, BS, MT

Dechen Xie 

John C. Mascaro Scholar, MCSI Summer Undergraduate Research

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