Michael Horst, PhD, Director Dr. Horst earned his doctorate degree from Penn State University, a master’s degree from Penn State University College of Medicine and a master’s degree from Illinois State University. In addition to Director of the Research Institute, he is also the Director of CME at Lancaster General Hospital. Dr. Horst has provided statistical consultation for organizations, taught college business related courses, and published/presented in various forums. His research interests include applied statistics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applied to health research.

Angela Gambler, Research Coordinator Angela earned her bachelor’s degree from Penn State University and is currently enrolled in a master's degree program at Millersville University. As research coordinator, Angela performs a multitude of tasks such as data preparation and analysis, presentation coordination and design, database creation, oversight of interns and volunteers, grant budget management, and general activities in order to support potential and current studies.

Erica Cavanaugh, MS, MHS, Research Analyst Erica earned a master's degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University as well as a master's degree in applied anatomy and physiology from Boston University. As Research Analyst, Erica works with both the College of Nursing and Health Sciences on institutional research and evaluation and with the LG Research Institute on research and data analysis projects. Her personal research interests include obesity prevention, physical activity behavior interventions, and the effects of the built environment on health.

Andrew Coco, MD, MPH, Research Faculty Dr. Coco earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts and a master's degree in public health from Harvard University. In addition to Research Faculty, he is an Associate Director, Family Practice Residency at Lancaster General Hospital. Dr. Coco has numerous publications in medical journals and has appointments as: Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Practice, Penn State University School of Medicine and Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Practice, Temple University School of Medicine. His research interests include gestational diabetes, antibiotic resistance and HIV disease.

Donna Cohen, MD, MPH, Research Faculty Dr. Cohen earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, and completed her family practice residency at Lancaster General Hospital in 2002. During residency she received the Mead Johnson Award for Family Practice Graduate Medicine. Dr. Cohen completed a two-year academic fellowship at Boston University Medical Center following residency. There she developed her research interests in women’s health and health services, which she plans to continue working on through theResearch Institute at Lancaster General Hospital. In addition to working in the LG Research Institute, she is an Associate Director, Family Practice Residency at Lancaster General Hospital.