Principal Investigator

Gaetano R. Lotrecchiano, EdD, PhD, Associate Professor, Clinical Research and Leadership, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, MATRICx, Principal Investigator. Dr. Lotrecchiano is an associate professor in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University (GWU) and a Senior Scholar in the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation. His research interests are grounded in team science inquiry and include transdisciplinary leadership and education, social mechanisms of team science, collaboration readiness, and change dynamics in groups. He is the team leader of the MATRICx project and is a Morton A. Bender Teaching Excellence recipient and past Chair of the GWU Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Dr. Lotrecchiano has conducted workshops at the National Science of Team Science (SciTS) meetings, and is a sought-after clinician for team science effectiveness and has been a guest speaker at the Association of Research Libraries-Coalition for Network Information, The American Heart Association Annual Research Leadership Academy, the U.S. Council on Emergency Medical Care (CEMC), International Conference on Organizational Learning Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC), and The International Conference on One Medicine One Science. Dr. Lotrecchiano is the Vice Chair of the International Science of Team Science Society.