Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)

Websitehttps://ctsi.psu.edu

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Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute accelerates discoveries to benefit human health.

It is a bridge between basic scientists and clinical researchers and promotes collaboration to discover new treatments, medical procedures and ways to diagnose disease. It helps the Penn State community move its health research more efficiently and effectively out of the science laboratories and into use by the people who need it.

Keith Robert Aronson, PhD
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
- Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) - Associate Director
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness - Associate Director
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
Person: Academic
19952026
Orfeu M. Buxton
Person: Academic
19912026
Vernon Chinchilli, PhD
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Distinguished Professor
- Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Person: Academic
19822026
Mosuk Chow
- Statistics - Research Professor
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Person: Academic
19892017
Patricia Gordon, MD
- Department of Pediatrics - David S. and Amy S. Goldberg Professor
- Division of Genetics - Chief
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Person: Academic
20122025
Michael Green, MS, MD
- Department of Humanities - Professor
- Department of Medicine - Professor
- Division of General Internal Medicine
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
- Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine - The Doctors Kienle Chair for Humane Medicine
Person: Academic
19852025
Vasant Gajanan Honavar, PhD
- College of Information Sciences and Technology - Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology
- Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- One Health Microbiome Center
- Penn State Neuroscience Institute
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
Person: Academic
19892025
Charleen Hsuan, JD, PhD
- Health Policy and Administration - Associate Professor
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) - Regulatory Impact Lead, Research Methods Core
Person: Academic
20032025
Lan Kong, MS, PhD
Person: Academic
20032025
Jennifer Kraschnewski, MD, MPH
- Department of Medicine - Professor and Vice Chair for Research
- Division of General Internal Medicine
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Professor
- Department of Pediatrics - Professor
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) - Director
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
Person: Academic
20062026

A Brief, Single-Session Mindfulness Intervention Decreased Surgical Patients' Preoperative Pain, Pain Medication Desire, and Anxiety: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
Hanley, A. W., Coleman, C., Davis, A., Sorkpor, S., Gililland, J. & Zgierska, A. E., Mar 15 2026, In: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 34, 6, p. e866-e872
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Acute cocoa ingestion decreases spontaneous cardiac baroreflex sensitivity in healthy older adults
Hamaoka, M., Lott, M. E. J., Eckman, Z., Leuenberger, U. A., Blaha, C., Hamaoka, T., Luck, J. C., Sinoway, L. I. & Cui, J., Apr 1 2026, In: American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 330, 4, p. R442-R449
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Aerobic Exercise Training Leads to MASH Resolution as Defined by the MASH Resolution Index
Channapragada, T., Batra, S., Hummer, B. L., Chinchilli, V. M., Huang, D., Loomba, R., Schreibman, I. R. & Stine, J. G., Feb 2026, In: Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 71, 2, p. 628-635 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Applying a process mapping methodology to identify barriers and facilitators to social needs screener and medical-legal partnership integration into primary care facilities
Graham, J. D., Kraschnewski, J. L., Allen, S., Makhlouf, M., Sheriff, N., Llavona-Ortiz, J. & Calo, W. A., Feb 23 2026, In: Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 10, 1, e52.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
A prospective randomized controlled trial on the effect of music therapy intervention on pain and anxiety in adult patients undergoing total shoulder arthroplasty
Kim, R. Y., Nam, H. H., Stouffer, J. W., Myers, C. A., Hassenbein, S. E., Updegrove, G. F., Chinchilli, V. M., Zhang, Y., Adhikary, S. & Armstrong, A. D., Mar 2026, In: JSES Open Access. 10, 2, 101438.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Hydroxychloroquine in Incomplete Lupus
Olsen, N. J., Liao, D., James, J. A., Guthridge, J. M., Arriens, C., Kamen, D., Ishimori, M., Wallace, D. J., Striebich, C., Narain, S., Chong, B. F., He, F., Schaefer, E. W., Chinchilli, V. M. & Karp, D. R., Apr 2026, In: Arthritis and Rheumatology. 78, 4, p. 870-879 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
3 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations
Assessing the Initial Impact of X-Waiver Elimination on Buprenorphine Prescribing for Opioid Use Disorder
Tuan, W. J., Park, S., Altaf, S. & Zgierska, A. E., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Substance Use and Addiction Journal.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Association Between Prepregnancy Blood Pressure and Reproductive Outcomes of In Vitro Fertilization
Fang, Y., Wang, Z., Li, Y., Shang, X., Xu, D., Zhao, L., Niu, Y., Zou, J., Zhao, D., Ouyang, G., Xiao, H., Li, N., Yu, Y., Liu, Y., Liu, C., Wang, Y., Qin, Y., Zhang, H., Legro, R. S. & Wei, D. & 1 others, Chen, Z. J., 2026, In: Hypertension. Publish Ahead of Print, p. 1-10 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Association Between Red Meat Intake and Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adults (NHANES 2003–2016)
Ba, D. M., Zhang, Y., Qiu, T., Raja-Khan, N., Pichardo-Lowden, A. R., Gao, X. & Chinchilli, V. M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of Nutrition.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Associations between perceived discrimination and sleep health: Results from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Young Adult Sleep Study
Collie, A. I. M., Dadzie, A., Reichenberger, D. A., Master, L., Mathew, G. M., Hale, L., Chang, A. M. & Buxton, O. M., Apr 2026, In: Sleep health. 12, 2, p. 229-236 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

20 Active
235 Finished

Impact of brief daily functional resistance training on lower extremity physical performance
Sciamanna, C. (PI)
National Institute on Aging
9/1/25 → 8/31/28
Project: Research project
The Penn State Coordinating Center (CC) for the Multi-Sectoral Preventive Interventions (MSPI) Research Network
Chinchilli, V. (PI) & Kraschnewski, J. (CoPI)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
8/18/25 → 6/30/27
Project: Research project
THE NIH PRECISION BRAIN HEALTH NETWORK: Open and Inclusive Measurement of Neuropsychological Change for AD/ADRD Primary Prevention Trials
Sliwinski, M. J. (PI), Han, D. D. (CoPI), Germine, L. (CoPI) & Chow, S.-M. (CoPI)
National Institute on Aging
8/1/25 → 7/31/26
Project: Research project
From Research to Clinic: Addressing Ethical and Policy Challenges Facing the Gene Therapy Ecosystem
Maschke, K. J. (PI), McCormick, J. (CoPI) & Gusmano, M. M. K. (CoPI)
National Human Genome Research Institute
8/1/24 → 5/31/26
Project: Research project
Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children in Northern Appalachia
Paul, I. (PI) & Legro, R. (CoPI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
7/1/24 → 6/30/29
Project: Research project
ADMINISTRATIVE CORE: Penn State University's Translational Center for Child Maltreatment Studies (TCCMS)
Noll, J. G. (PI)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
4/1/23 → 5/31/26
Project: Research project
AI-based Mapping of Complex Cannabis Extracts in Pain Pathways
Vrana, K. (PI) & Dokholyan, N. (CoPI)
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
2/14/23 → 11/30/26
Project: Research project
FET:Medium: Drug discovery using quantum machine learning
Ghosh, S. (PI) & Dokholyan, N. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
10/1/22 → 9/30/26
Project: Research project
III: Small: Predictive Modeling from High-Dimensional, Sparsely and Irregularly Sampled, Longitudinal Data
Honavar, V. G. (PI)
National Science Foundation
10/1/22 → 9/30/26
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: RI: III: SHF: Small: Multi-Stakeholder Decision Making: Qualitative Preference Languages, Interactive Reasoning, and Explanation
Honavar, V. G. (PI)
National Science Foundation
10/1/22 → 9/30/26
Project: Research project

Sleep Health (Journal)
Buxton, O. M. (Reviewer)
2019 → 2025
Activity: Editorial work types › Editorial activity

Academic Pediatric Association Research Award
Paul, I. (Recipient), 2022
Prize
Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
McAlevy, M. (Recipient), Bonavia, A. (Recipient), Malhotra, A. (Recipient), Weller, G. E. (Recipient), Waning, D. (Recipient), Lanza, M. (Recipient), Ken, K. (Recipient), McCarver, S. (Recipient), Glasser, J. (Recipient), Schooler, J. (Recipient), Lewis, S. (Recipient), Onks, C. (Recipient), Rao, R. (Recipient), Nickolich, S. (Recipient), Helm, L. (Recipient), Critchfield, L. (Recipient), Myers, K. (Recipient), Green, M. (Recipient), Songdej, N. (Recipient), Narayana, S. (Recipient), Razjouyan, H. (Recipient), Duca, N. (Recipient), Casas, R. (Recipient), Cooper, J. (Recipient), Wright, R. (Recipient), Karasinski, A. (Recipient), Probolus, J. A. (Recipient), Madara, J. (Recipient), Guck, D. (Recipient), Ingram, D. (Recipient), De Obaldia, A. (Recipient), Hussein, R. (Recipient), McGillen, B. (Recipient), Chapman, T. (Recipient), Munyon, R. (Recipient), Kinard, S. R. (Recipient), Banks, S. (Recipient), Genao, I. (Recipient), McShane, M. (Recipient), Allie, S. R. (Recipient), Silberman, Y. (Recipient), Evey, L. (Recipient), McLaughlin, P. (Recipient), Grogan, J. (Recipient), Nguyen, J. (Recipient), Donato, H. (Recipient), Fox, E. (Recipient), Gniady, J. (Recipient), Oladipo, O. (Recipient), Abendroth, C. (Recipient), Keefer, L. (Recipient), Massare, B. (Recipient), Undar, A. (Recipient), Mondal, P. (Recipient), Mainali, G. (Recipient), Jhaveri, P. (Recipient), Freiberg, A. (Recipient), Levenson, R. (Recipient), Mailman, R. (Recipient), Boodoo, R. (Recipient), Francis, A. (Recipient), Hameed, U. (Recipient), Yadav, S. (Recipient), Calo, W. (Recipient), Pinto, C. (Recipient), Cooper, A. (Recipient), Kulaylat, A. (Recipient), Scow, J. (Recipient), Roberts, J. (Recipient), Winder, J. (Recipient), Aminsharifi, A. (Recipient), Adams, N. (Recipient) & van Riggelen, J. (Recipient), 2023
Prize
Evan G. and Helen G. Pattishall Outstanding Research Achievement Award
Buxton, O. M. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Honorary award
Investigator to Watch Award
Hicks, S. (Recipient), 2018
Prize
MCHB Director’s Award
Paul, I. (Recipient), 2019
Prize
Outstanding Collaborative Research Team
El-Bayoumy, K. (Recipient), Manni, A. (Recipient), Richie, J. (Recipient), Liao, J. (Recipient), Vanden Heuvel, J. P. (Recipient), Demers, L. (Recipient), Dillard, J. (Recipient) & Rogers, C. J. (Recipient), 2016
Prize