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

Institute Leadership

Suzanne Garverich

Suzanne Garverich
Program Assistant Director

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

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

Tiana Yom

Tiana Yom
Program Director– Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab

College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Faculty Scholars

Analia Albuja, Northeastern University

Analia Albuja
Assistant Professor

College of Science

Meryl Alper

Meryl Alper
Associate Professor

College of Arts, Media and Design

Benita Bamdbade

Benita Bamgbade
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Leo Beletsky

Leo Beletsky
Associate Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences, School of Law

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Adrianna Crossing
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Laura Dudley
Assistant Clinical Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Bilge Erten

Bilge Erten
Assistant Professor

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

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

Jeanne Madden

Jeanne Madden
Associate Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Jean Flatkey McGuire

Jean Flatley McGuire
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
Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Rebekah Moore

Rebekah Moore
Assistant Professor

College of Arts, Media and Design

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
Research Scientist

Institute for Experiential AI

Katherine Simmonds

Katherine Simmonds
Clinical Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences, The Roux Institute

Kisha Thompson, Northeastern University

Kisha Thompson
Assistant Clinical Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

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 Le

Lichuan Ye
Associate Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Mokay Yoo-Jeong

Moka Yoo-Jeong
Assistant Professor

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Affiliated Faculty

Wallis Adams

Wallis Adams
Associate Professor
California State University

Beth Beatriz

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

Jordan Bosse

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

Saloni Dev

Saloni Dev
Assistant Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine

Mara Eyllon

Mara Eyllon
Associate Director, Practice Research Network
Reliant Medical Group

Danielle Haley

Danielle Haley
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health

Ashley Houston

Ashley Houston
Strategic Researcher
Boston Teachers Union

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Atsushi Matsumoto

Sameera Nayak

Sameera Nayak
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Collette Ncube

Colette Ncube
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health

Andrea Grimes Parker

Andrea Grimes Parker
Associate Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology

Christopher Prener

Christopher Prener
Director, RWE Digital Platforms
Pfizer

Arielle Scoglio

Arielle Scoglio
Assistant Professor
Bentley University

Megan Zelinsky

Megan Zelinsky
Clinical Research Project Manager
Cleveland Clinic

Staff and Students

Institute Staff

Krystal Abbott
Lab Coordinator

Amantia Ametaj

Amantia Ametaj
Research Scientist

Colette Aryee

Colette Aryee
Events Coordinator

Maible Daly

Maible Daly
IHESJR Co-op

Wendy Friedman

Wendy Friedman
NU-PEL Senior Program Evaluator

Suzanne Garverich

Suzanne Garverich
Program Assistant Director

Katherine Hazen
Assistant Research Professor

Tiffany Hidalgo

Tiffany Hidalgo
NU-PEL Lab Co-Op

Elizabeth Hill

Elizabeth Hill
CHANGE Lab Co-op

Elaine Marshall, Northeastern University

Elaine Marshall
Research Scientist

Daphney Mirand

Daphney Mirand
Project Manager

Makiya Polk

Makiya Polk
Administrative Coordinator

Stipend Graduate Students

Sima Bou Jawde

Sima Bou Jawde

Mengyuan Cheng

Mengyuan Cheng

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Natalia Diaz

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Tiffani Elliot

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

Danielle Maestas

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Virginia Martinez

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Chloe Nichols

Sarah Rendon

Sarah Rendon

Megan Souza

Megan Souza

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Shavaun Sutton

Health Equity Interns

Ikeoluwa Adedokun

Ikeoluwa Adedokun

Rodela Alam

Rodela Alam

Emma Albert

Emma Albert

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Sahara Baral

Emma Bitterman

Emma Bitterman

Noah Brenman

Noah Brenman

Mia Cain

Mia Cain

Alyxandria Carmichael

Alyxandria Carmichael

Dale Carney

Dale Carney

Clare Chi

Claire Chi

Rohan Chopra

Rohan Chopra

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Matthew Chu

Fatimah Dan Salley

Fatimah Dan Salley

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Migue Van Louis Darcera

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Kadidja Dembele

Reshika Sai Devarajan

Reshika Sai Devarajan

Jasmine Eadie-Dixon

Jazmine Eadie Dixon

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Ariana (Ari) Eiseman

Jasmine Elsayed

Jasmine Elsayed

Catherine Emery

Catherine Emery

Madison Evans

Madison Evans

Ami Farrell

Ami Farrell

Remy Ghosh

Remy Ghosh

Vandya Goel

Vandya Goel

Darryna Guy-Williams

Darryna Guy-Williams

Rachel Halvorsen

Rachel Halvorsen

Kristyn Haney

Kristyn Haney

Laila Harruna

Laila Harruna

Chiara Haskell

Chiara Haskell

Jaidene Henry

Nadia Herrera-Set

Nadia Herrera-Set

Cayla Hoang

Cayla Hoang

Victoria Horard

Victoria Horard

Hannah Jackson

Hannah Jackson

Rabiya Jaffry

Rabiya Jaffry

Ty Jones

Ty Jones

Jade Kai

Jade Kai

Aminata Kante

Aminata (Ami) Kante

Devin Kantu

Devin Kantu

Sahasra Karri

Sahasra Karri

Samarth Keerthivasan

Samarth Keerthivasan

Nikoletta Kennedy

Nikoletta Kennedy

Maya Khan

Maya Khan

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Anastasia Kichula 

Sophia Kim

Janelle Lardizabal

Janelle Lardizabal

Jaime Lee

Jaimie Lee

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Yeongju (Sophia) Lee

Ziyu Lin

Ziyu (Linda) Lin

Vivian Lin

Vivian Lin

Yarendy Lopez

Yarendy Lopez

Jennifer Lopez Velazquez

Niccola Lutri

Niccola Lutri

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Lucy Ly

Chloe Mak

Chloe Mak

Timothy Martin

Timothy (Quinn) Martin

Gina McKeown

Gina McKeown

Neirja Mehta

Neirja Mehta

Avery Melam

Avery Melam

Jaithan Micourt

Jaithan Micourt

Steven Munn

Steven Munn

Grace Na

Grace Na

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

John Nguyen

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Nancy Nguyen

Matthew Nikiciuk

Matthew Nikiciuk

Maame Obeng

Maame Obeng

Katherine O'Brien

Katherine O’Brien

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Julia Olosky

Benjamin Orbach

Benjamin Orbach

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Leah Oruko

Diego Pacheo

Diego Pacheco

Srinithya Panamgipalli

Srinithya Panamgipalli

Julia Papasodoro

Julia Papasodoro

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Jahnavi Patel

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Wali Qureshi

Joud Rai

Joud Rai

Natalie Rappaport

Natalie Rappaport

Isabel Roman

Isabel Roman

Isma Saleem

Isma Saleem

Chantel Salem

Chantel Salem

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Jolan Schluter

Madison Seymour

Emma Shek

Emma Shek

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Johnny Signorlie

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Katherine Soule

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Shana Soyfer

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Chloe Strawn

Saumya Thakker

Saumya Thakker

Alexis Thom

Alexis Thom

Annika Toivonen

Sai Tummala

Sai Tummala

Stanley Tun

AnnKirsten Tweneh

Kia Vilchez Erickson

Kia Vilchez Erickson

Samadhi Wijethunga

Samadhi Wijethunga

Emily Woodin

Emily Woodin

Emily Wu

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