Our People
Leadership
Mike Boninger, MD
Associate Dean for Sustainability
Distinguished Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Noe Woods, MD, FACOG
Assistant Dean for Sustainability
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Suresh V. Kuchipudi, PhD, MVSc, DipACVM, MB
Professor and Chair, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
Director of Sustainability, School of Public Health
Sarah E. Ross, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology
Director of Sustainability, School of Medicine
Karen S. Pater, PharmD, CDCES, BCACP
Associate Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Director of Sustainability, School of Pharmacy
Michelle Varnell, PhD, LAT, ATC
Assistant Professor, Sports Medicine and Nutrition
Director of Sustainability, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Claire Werner, PhD
Assistant Professor, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
Director of Sustainability, School of Dental Medicine
Staff
Corey Flynn, MPPM, NDTR
Program Manager
Lola Conti
Project Coordinator
loc59@pitt.edu
Affiliated Faculty
Goeran Fiedler, PhD, OTM
Associate Professor
Isabela Angelelli, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Amanda Artsen, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor
Melissa Bilec, PhD
Special Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability
Co-Director, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
George M. and Eva M. Bevier Professor
Thuy Bui, MD
Professor
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...
Stephanie Maximous, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Jocelyn D. Mich-Basso, BS, MT
jdm114@pitt.edu
Maya Indira Ragavan, MD, MPH, MS
Associate Vice Chair of Diversity Equity and Inclusion Research
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Keith Somers, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
someks@upmc.edu
Dennis Swanson, MS
Professor of Pharmacy
Firoz Abdoel Wahid, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
fza3@pitt.edu
Student Representatives
Shannon Cason
Sustainability Subcommittee, SOM Student Executive Committee (SEC)
Caroline Lindsey
OSHS Student Representative
Cynthia McMahan
OSHS Student Representative
Divya Natesan
OSHS Student Representative
Teja Pulavarthi
Pitt Students for One Health
Karensa Tjoa
Sustainability Subcommittee, SOM Student Executive Committee (SEC)
Ivy Yip
Pitt Students for One Health
Student Researchers
Learn more about student-led programs at Pitt Sustainability
Neeharika Kolli
John C. Mascaro Scholar, MCSI Summer Undergraduate Research
Nathalia Silva de Souza Lima Cano
PhD Student
Priya Vishnoi
John C. Mascaro Scholar, MCSI Summer Undergraduate Research
Justin Wang
Pitt Med Research Experience for Prematriculants (PREP)
Monet Weldon
Dean’s Summer Research Program (DSRP)
Dechen Xie
John C. Mascaro Scholar, MCSI Summer Undergraduate Research