Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Robert A. Branch, MD, FRCP
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Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology

Director, Center for Clinical Pharmacology

Program Director, Montefiore-Clinical Translational Research Center

Division Chief, Clinical Pharmacology
Office: Center for Clinical Pharmacology
100 Technology Drive, Suite 450
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
 
Phone: 412-383-7824
Fax: 412-648-1837
E-mail: Branch@dom.pitt.edu
Education
M.B., Ch.B., University of Bristol Medical School, U.K., 1965
M.D., Univ of Bristol Medical School (UK PhD equivalent), 1976
FRCP, Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians, U.K., 1985
Training
Internship Residency, Bristol Royal Infirmary, U.K., 1968
Postgraduate Medical School, Cardiff Welsh National School Medicine, 1968
Fullbright Fellow, Fellow Clin Pharm, Vanderbilt University, 1973
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
Drug Metabolism
Pharmacogenetics
Pharmacogenomics
Optimization of Prescribing Practices
 
Profile
Dr. Branch is a Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and a nationally and internationally recognized, board certified clinical pharmacologist, whose main research has been on intersubject variability and mechanisms of regulation of drug metabolism in disease states, including liver disease. His research expertise is on the genetic and environmental regulation of drug metabolism, and the pharmacogenetic implications on drug development. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Bristol Medical School in Bristol, England. Dr. Branch is Director of the Center for Clinical Pharmacology, established in 1991 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), where he is group leader of the Pharmacogenomics Drug Metabolizing Program. Dr. Branch is also Program Director of the General Clinical Research Center, an institution-wide research resource center funded by the NIH.
Recent Grants
Title: University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI-Administrative Core)
Role: Co-Director
Amount: 16,860
Funding Agency: NIH
Start Year: 2006
End Year: 2007
Title: University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI-Information Technology Biostatistics Core)
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: 153,643
Funding Agency: NIH
Start Year: 2006
End Year: 2007
Title: University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI-Montefiore University Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center [MUH-CTRC])
Role: Center Director
Amount: 42,147
Funding Agency: NIH
Start Year: 2006
End Year: 2007
Title: University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI- Pilot and Collaborative Translational & Clinical Studies [PCIR])
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: 8,429
Funding Agency: NIH
Start Year: 2006
End Year: 2007
Title: University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI-UL1 Core C)
Role: Co-Director
Amount: 812,389
Funding Agency: NIH
Start Year: 2006
End Year: 2007
Title: Pregnancy and Drug Metabolizing Enzymes and Transporters (Academic, IT Cores)
Role: Co-Investigator and PI on Information Technology subcontract.
Amount: $262,462
Funding Agency: U01 NICHD
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2009
Title: Drug Metabolism and Chronic Liver Disease
Role: Principal Investigator.
Amount: $282,834
Funding Agency: R01 NIDDK
Start Year: 2002
End Year: 2007
Title: Drug Metabolizing Enzymes: Risk Factors in Bladder Cancer
Role: Principal Investigator.
Amount: $246,984
Funding Agency: R01 NCI
Start Year: 1994
End Year: 2007
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