BeRCH Role

Translation Core Member - Supporting all the key activities of the Translation Core.

Personal Bio

Ursula Keller Weiss, PhD is the Director of the Network for Clinical Research, Training, and Community Engagement (NCRT-CE) and a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine at the Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine. Dr. Weiss leads the FSU Community Engagement Leaders Committee and co-leads the Community Engagement Core of the University of Florida (UF) – Florida State University (FSU) Clinical and Translational Science Award. She has held previous leadership positions in various public and private health sectors, including the Florida Department of Health, the Agency for Health Care Administration, and Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida.

As Director of NCRT-CE, Dr. Weiss oversees consultation and services of clinical and translational research and community engagement activities for the FSU College of Medicine. She also supports the translational research activities associated with the UF-FSU Clinical and Translational Science Award at FSU. A key research focus is rural health, minority and underserved populations, health equity, and community-engaged research.