Organization & Staff

Our Organization

The NCDHR is a prevention research center funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is part of the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

  • To read more about the Prevention Research Center Program, click here.
  • To read more about the University of Rochester Medical Center, click here
  • To read more about the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, click here.
  • To see our organizational chart, click here.

Principal Investigator/Program Director

Tom Pearson
Thomas A. Pearson, MD, MPH, Ph.D
Principal Investigator/Program Director
Rochester Prevention Research Center
National Center for Deaf Health Research
Associate Dean for Clinical Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Albert D. Kaiser Professor, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine
Co-Principal Investigator, Clinical & Translational Science Institute

Faculty

Steve Barnett
Steven Barnett, MD
Associate Director
National Center for Deaf Health Research
NCDHR Research Committee Chair
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
steven_barnett@urmc.rochester.edu

 

Nancy Chin
Nancy Chin, Ph.D, MPH
NCDHR Education & Training Committee Chair
Associate Chair for Education
Associate Professor
Department of Community & Preventive Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
nancy_chin@urmc.rochester.edu

 

Camille Martina
Camille Anne Martina, Ph.D
NCDHR Lead Program Evaluator
Research Assistant Professor
Departments of Community and Preventive Medicine and Environmental Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
camille_martina@urmc.rochester.edu

 

Deirdre Schlehofer
Deirdre Schlehofer, Ed.D, MPhil.
NCDHR Research Assistant Professor
Senior Instructor
Department of Community & Preventive Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
866-426-8489 Videophone
deirdre_schlehofer@urmc.rochester.edu

 

Matthew Starr
Matthew Starr, MPH
NCDHR Communication & Dissemination Committee Chair
Senior Instructor
Department of Community & Preventive Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
585-286-2721 Videophone
matthew_starr@urmc.rochester.edu

Staff

Tom Fogg
Thomas Fogg, MS
Senior Administrator
585-758-7820 Voice
thomas_fogg@urmc.rochester.edu

 

Kim Kelstone
Kim Kelstone, CI/CT
Staff Interpreter
585-758-7792 Voice
kim_kelstone@urmc.rochester.edu

 

Tiffany Panko
Tiffany Panko
ASL Video Transcriptionist

 

Brianne Testa-Wojteczko
Brianne Testa-Wojteczko, BS
Grants Management Office
Department of Community & Preventive Medicine
brianne_testa-wojteczko@urmc.rochester.edu

 

Last Updated: 11/6/2009