Kurt Petschke

Kurt Petschke is a research and project coordinator in the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and Public Health Modeling Unity (PHMU). He is also the program manager for the Inclusion Body Myositis Registry at Yale (IBMR).

As part of his responsibilities, Kurt oversees the IBMR including maintaining the IBM Registry, IBM Personalized Index Calculator, and outreach activities for the program. He is also the project coordinator on several research grants and other research projects for A. David Paltiel, Gregg Gonsalves, Joshua Warren, and Jody Sindelar, and he provides additional support and expertise, as needed, to other faculty, researchers, and students in the PHMU.

Prior to coming to Yale in 2004, Kurt worked at the Office of Sponsored Research Services at Rochester Institute of Technology, Genesee Transportation Council Metropolitan Planning Organization in Rochester, New York, and Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority.

Kurt studied Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, and Geography at Penn State University and the University at Albany, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1986.