Patrick Reitz is the Research Operations Director at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS). Reitz collaborates with Associate Dean for Research Elizabeth Skidmore to develop and facilitate sponsored research within and across all SHRS departments and labs. His role is to identify opportunities to develop and expand areas of research expertise; facilitate productive research collaboration among SHRS departments and with external partners; provide additional administrative and logistical support to identify novel funding opportunities and coordinate proposals; develop and provide resources to SHRS departments that promote scientific success and faculty career development; build faculty and staff knowledge of best research practices and research administration and work to streamline overall research operations within SHRS.
Reitz has 25 years of experience in academic research as a staff member at both UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh. His most recent prior position was Division Administrator for Research in Pitt’s Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM), where he managed all research faculty, staff and finances for the division’s research enterprise. His prior work also includes 10 years as the Administrative Director of the Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE), where he led the development of ICRE’s administrative infrastructure as it rapidly expanded and gained valuable knowledge of career development principles and programs. Reitz earned a master’s degree in social history from Carnegie Mellon in 1991 and obtained a Certified Research Administrator certificate in 2019.