TPS-Supported Scholars
The Pittsburgh Study (TPS) offers infrastructure, mentorship (both academic and community), connectedness, and leadership training for diverse students, trainees, fellows, and faculty who have been historically underrepresented in research. With a developmental lens and attention to health across the lifespan, TPS offers ample opportunity for emerging scholars to develop their research skills and to identify pathways towards independent investigation. Notably, TPS provides intentional training in community-engaged scholarship, collaborative team science, research on risk and resilience associated with racism and discrimination, as well as translating research for policy and practice. All trainees are assigned a community member to serve as a formal mentor, who meets regularly with the trainee connecting them to other community partners and who participate in their scholarly oversight committee.
The large number of research grants coming to TPS also offer ample opportunity for diversity supplements and related career development awards that support the growth of scholars underrepresented in research. Additionally, with community-partnered research focused on addressing structural racism, building individual, family, and community resilience, and measuring thriving and trustworthiness, TPS is at the forefront of health equity research nationally. Thus, faculty with expertise in health equity research who are being recruited to Pittsburgh are likely to find opportunities for multi-disciplinary collaborations with TPS scientific committees.
Meet the Scholars
Dr. Katherine Guyon-Harris, PhD – Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology, NIDA funded from 2022-2027 (adapting Family Check-Up for expectant mothers with history of opioid addiction), supported by TPS Early Childhood Collaborative
Erricka Hager, MPH, PhD Candidate focused on promoting maternal and infant health and thriving, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, supported by TPS Healthy Pregnancy Collaborative
Learn more about Erricka’s career path and how she’s transforming maternal and reproductive health.
Dr. Ashley Hill, DrPH – Former postdoctoral scholar in Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, now Assistant Professor in Division of Community Health Sciences and Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health, University of Illinois, Chicago
Dr. Onome Oghifobibi, MD – Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; through the TPS Pregnancy Collaborative, advancing NICU family centered research through a doula integrated support model and serving in partnership with the health department on the countywide Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program.
Dr. Paula Powe, MD – Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, career development award focused on engaging fathers in early childhood interventions to promote child health and wellbeing, supported by TPS Early Childhood Collaborative
Dr. Latrice Rollins, PhD – LEAD Scholar (PI Doris Rubion); Assistant Professor, Community Health and Preventative Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine; Director, National American Child and Family Research Center. Received NIMHD career development award (fathers and role in adolescent health promotion), supported by TPS Adolescent Health Collaborative
Dr. Lynissa Stokes, PhD – Postdoctoral scholar in Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, the Research Scientist in Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, recipient of a career development award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that supported a mixed methods project on Black adolescent girls and relationship abuse. Co-author of a child and youth thriving scoping review published in Pediatrics.
Dr. Nick Szoko, MD, PhD – Former fellow in Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, PhD focused on youth participatory action research with TPS Adolescent Health Collaborative. Now Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University
Dr. Tyia Wilson, PhD – Former postdoctoral Scholar and now Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, with TPS Adolescent Health Collaborative