Institute for
Health Equity and Social Justice Research
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current and past projects

Institute Leadership

Suzanne Garverich

Suzanne Garverich
Program Director

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Katherine Hazen
NU-PEL Assistant Program Director

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Beth Molnar

Beth Molnar
Director of Violence Prevention and Trauma Studies Team

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Carmel Salhi

Carmel Salhi
Lead of Migration and Health Initiative

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Faculty, Staff, and Students

Faculty Scholars

Anjanette Chan Tack, Northeastern University

Anjanette Chan Tack
Assistant Professor

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Diane Francis
Associate Professor

College of Arts, Media and Design

Analia Albuja, Northeastern University

Analia Albuja
Assistant Professor

College of Science

Meryl Alper

Meryl Alper
Associate Professor

College of Arts, Media and Design

Benita Bamgbade

Benita Bamgbade
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Leo Beletsky

Leo Beletsky
Associate Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences, School of Law

Cali-Ryan Collin

Cali-Ryan Collin
Associate Teaching Professor

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Exterior of the ISEC building at Northeastern on a beautiful sunny day

Adrianna Crossing
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Laura Dudley

Laura Dudley
Assistant Clinical Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Amy Helburn

Amy Helburn
Associate Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Tad Hirsch

Tad Hirsch
Assistant Professor

College of Arts, Media and Design

Jessica Hoffman

Jessica Hoffman
Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Mi-Kyung "Miki" Hong

Mi-Kyung “Miki” Hong
Assistant Adjunct Professor

Mills College at Northeastern University

Catrina Jaime

Catrina Jaime
Assistant Clinical Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Tamara Jimah, Northeastern University

Tamara Jimah
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Tiffany Joseph

Tiffany Joseph
Associate Professor

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Winston Kennedy, Northeastern University

Winston Kennedy
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Miso Kim

Miso Kim
Assistant Professor

College of Arts, Media and Design

Dami Ko

Dami Ko
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Cassie McMillan

Cassie McMillan
Assistant Professor

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Shan Mohammed

Shan Mohammed
Clinical Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Beth Molnar

Beth Molnar
Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

John Olawepo

John Olawepo
Assistant Clinical Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Brady Post

Brady Post
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Silvia Prina

Silvia Prina
Associate Professor

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Zenghan Qi

Zhenghan Qi
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences, College of Science

Jane Saczynski, Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research, Northeastern University

Jane Saczynski
Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Herman Saksono

Herman Saksono
Assistant Professor

Khoury College of Computer Sciences

Carmel Salhi

Carmel Salhi
Associate Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Claudia Santelices

Claudia Santelices
Associate Research Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Annika Schoene

Annika Schoene
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Dani Scott

Dani Scott
Visiting Associate Clinical Professor

Bouvé College of Health Science

Briana Taylor

Briana Taylor
Research Assistant Professor

The Roux Institute, College of Science

Kisha Thompson, Northeastern University

Kisha Thompson
Assistant Clinical Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Irina Todorova

Irina Todorova
Clinical Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Julia Varshavsky

Julia Varshavsky
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences, College of Engineering

Liza Weinstein

Liza Weinstein
Associate Professor

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Patrice Williams

Patrice Williams
Assistant Professor

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Lichuan Ye

Lichuan Ye
Associate Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Moka Yoo-Jeong

Moka Yoo-Jeong
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Zumana Noor

Zumana Noor

Sima Bou Jawde

Sima Bou Jawde

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Shavaun Sutton

Mengyuan Cheng

Mengyuan Cheng

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Natalia Diaz

Entrance to building with a bicycle and blooming tulips

Paige De Pasquale

Entrance to building with a bicycle and blooming tulips

Danielle Duran

Entrance to building with a bicycle and blooming tulips

Lauren Ellis

Entrance to building with a bicycle and blooming tulips

Salome Goglichidze

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Francesca Korte

Merrily Leblanc

Merrily LeBlanc

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Jasmine Lee

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Julia Logan

Julisa Fernandez-Rivera

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Elizabeth Nakiyingi

Sarah Rendon

Sarah Rendon

Megan Souza

Megan Souza

Institute Staff

Amantia Ametaj

Amantia Ametaj
Research Scientist

Jade Baptiste

Jade Baptiste
CHANGE Lab Coordinator

Katie Everett
BRIGHT Study Research Co-op

Wendy Friedman

Wendy Friedman
Program Director of NU-PEL

Suzanne Garverich

Suzanne Garverich
Program Assistant Director

Marjani Green

Marjani Green Research Scientist

Katherine Hazen
Assistant Research Professor

Daphney Mirand

Daphney Mirand
Project Manager

Makiya Polk

Makiya Polk
Administrative Coordinator

Caden Roberts
NU-PEL Lab Co-Op

Kathleen Ryder
CHANGE Lab and IHESJR Co-op

Phoebe Wernborg
IHESJR Co-op

Affiliated Faculty

Arielle Scoglio

Arielle Scoglio
Assistant Professor
Bentley University

Jessica Santos

Jessica Santos
Director
Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research

Christopher Prener

Christopher Prener
Director, RWE Digital Platforms
Pfizer

Beth Beatriz

Beth Beatriz
Director, Office of Statistics and Evaluation
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Ariel Blakey
Pediatric Psychology Fellow at Children’s National Hospital
Children’s National Hospital

Jordon Bosse

Jordon Bosse
Assistant Professor
University of Rhode Island – College of Nursing

Saloni Dev

Saloni Dev
Assistant Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine

Colette Ncube

Collette Ncube
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health

Sameera Nayak

Sameera Nayak
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Health Equity Interns

Amina Abdirahman

Ana-Karina Adrianza

Dayana Alay Gonzalez

Anushka Anand

Lorena Arcelay

Madelyn Braker

Mary Alice Brennan

Sophia Cheng

Gabriel Crandall

Alondra Delgado-Aguilar

Elizabeth Delia

Emma Dominik

Joshua (Josh) Doulé

Katharine Duggan

Jessica Eskarous

Riana Fazir

Leona Gagalac

Nina Garbarino

Laasya Gattu

Pruthviraj Golvepalli

Alba Guzman

Douglas Hassell

Nora Hoque

Alvin Huang

Safia Ibrahim

Kayla Lee

Trinity Lu

Fernando Medina

Lamha Mehdi

Lauren Okimoto

Mahi Patel

Rohan Patel

Jasmine Phung

Maya Preuss

Abby Qiu

Amirah Reaz

Aditi Rege

Clementina Saldivia

Alice Saranukool

Nicoleta Savvidis

Anchal Sinha

Leila Smadi

Ella Sonnenburg

Carolina Toranzo

Annika Yeung

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