Institute for
Health Equity and Social Justice Research
OUR PEOPLE

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

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

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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
Research Scientist

Institute for Experiential AI

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

Stipend Graduate Students

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Chloe Bennett

Sima Bou Jawde

Sima Bou Jawde

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Krista Caasi

Mengyuan Cheng

Mengyuan Cheng

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Natalia Diaz

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Paige De Pasquale

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Danielle Duran

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Lauren Ellis

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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

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Elizabeth Nakiyingi

Sarah Rendon

Sarah Rendon

Megan Souza

Megan Souza

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Shavaun Sutton

Institute Staff

Krystal Abbott
CHANGE Lab Coordinator

Amantia Ametaj

Amantia Ametaj
Research Scientist

Colette Aryee

Colette Aryee
Events Coordinator

Arianna Boja

Arianna Boja
CHANGE Lab Co-op

Wendy Friedman

Wendy Friedman
NU-PEL Senior Program Evaluator

Suzanne Garverich

Suzanne Garverich
Program Assistant Director

Behrakis Health Science Center at Northeastern's Boston Campus

Isabel Geisler

Mikaela Janelle Gibbs

Mikaela Janelle Gibbs IHESJR Co-Op

Katherine Hazen
Assistant Research Professor

Daphney Mirand

Daphney Mirand
Project Manager

Zena Ndirangu

Zena Ndirangu
NU-PEL Lab Co-Op

Makiya Polk

Makiya Polk
Administrative Coordinator

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

Jordon Bosse

Jordon 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

Colette 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

Health Equity Interns

Erica Jackson

Erica Jackson

Isis Ramirez Rea

Isis Ramirez Rea

Aarushi Vatsyayan

Aarushi Vatsyayan

Nancy Zheng

Nancy Zheng

Nasir Stanley

Nasir Stanley

Carrie Gilmore

Carrie Gilmore

Ashvika Boopathy

Ashvika Boopathy

Sena Etefa

Sena Etefa

Anuragh Mangar

Anuragh Mangar

Tessa Joseph

Tessa Joseph

Melina Yang

Melina Yang

Christine Shin

Christine Shin

Anelise Kim

Anelise Kim

Glenn Mensah

Glenn Mensah

Lia Horkenbach

Lia Horkenbach

Justin Hippler

Justin Hippler

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Mako Niwa

Ellee Tomaru

Ellee Tomaru

Jennifer Mauricio

Jennifer Mauricio

Anushka Chakrabarti

Anushka Chakrabarti

Amelia Fargnoli

Amelia Fargnoli

Trisha Reddy

Trisha Reddy

Kara Orsini

Kara Orsini

Kiera Truong

Kiera Truong

Isabella Frangione

Isabella (Bella) Frangione

Divya Singh

Divya Singh

Angelina Wang

Yiru (Angelina) Wang

Amrita Yalavarti

Amrita Yalavarti

Aziza Kasanga

Aziza Kasanga

Katherine Greene

Katherine Greene

Pema Sherpa

Pema Sherpa

Alyana Childs

Alyana Childs

Jessica Nguyen

Jessica Nguyen

Maya Ali

Maya Ali

Danaed Lazo

Danaed Lazo

Kalia Shah

Kalia Shah

Krystal Amihere

Krystal Amihere

Grace Guo

Grace Guo

Dina Yacoub

Dina Yacoub

Mateo Rementilla

Mateo Rementilla

PraiseGod Bright Agindotan

PraiseGod Bright-Agindotan

Neela Nesari

Neela Nesari

Calla Johnson

Calla Johnson

Melanie Maldonado

Melanie Maldonado

Angelina Varon

Angelina (Angie) Varon

Nicole Rodriguez

Nicole Rodriguez

Rohan Chopra

Rohan Chopra

Rodela Alam

Rodela Alam

Emma Albert

Emma Albert

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Sahara Baral

Emma Bitterman

Emma Bitterman

Noah Brenman

Noah Brenman

Mia Cain

Mia Cain

Claire Chi

Claire Chi

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Ariana (Ari) Eiseman

Jasmine Elsayed

Jasmine Elsayed

Catherine Emery

Catherine Emery

Madison Evans

Madison Evans

Ami Farrell

Ami Farrell

Laila Harruna

Laila Harruna

Vandya Goel

Vandya Goel

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Migue Van Louis Darcera

Hannah Jackson

Hannah Jackson

Rabiya Jaffry

Rabiya Jaffry

Nadia Herrera-Set

Nadia Herrera-Set

Jade Kai

Jade Kai

Jaidene Henry

Jaidene Henry

Devin Kantu

Devin Kantu

Sahasra Karri

Sahasra Karri

Samarth Keerthivasan

Samarth Keerthivasan

Janelle Lardizabal

Janelle Lardizabal

Jaime Lee

Jaimie Lee

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Yeongju (Sophia) Lee

AnnKirsten Tweneh

AnnKirsten Tweneh

Vivian Lin

Vivian Lin

Nikoletta Kennedy

Nikoletta Kennedy

Jennifer Lopez Velazquez

Niccola Lutri

Niccola Lutri

Avery Melam

Avery Melam

Chloe Mak

Chloe Mak

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Jahnavi Patel

Gina McKeown

Gina McKeown

Grace Na

Grace Na

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John Nguyen

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Nancy Nguyen

Diego Pacheo

Diego Pacheco

Joud Rai

Joud Rai

Isma Saleem

Isma Saleem

Chantel Salem

Chantel Salem

Natalie Rappaport

Natalie Rapport

Madison Seymour

Madison Seymour

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Chloe Strawn

Saumya Thakker

Saumya Thakker

Emily Wu

Emily Wu

Sai Tummala

Sai Tummala

Stanley Tun

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Elizabeth Sun

Elizabeth Hill

Elizabeth Hill

OUR PEOPLE