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HBS Students and Alumni


Sarah Brannon
Areas of Interest: The effects of psychological stress on health and neurocognitive function; the relationship between metabolic, inflammatory, and neurotrophic factors and cognitive health; interventions to promote healthy lifestyle and primary, secondary, and tertiary disease prevention; translation of research into practice.

Emily Chasco
Master's Degree: Anthropology
Areas of Interest: medical anthropology, sexual and reproductive health, women's cancer

Kate Coleman-Minahan
Master's Degree: Nursing
Areas of Interest: maternal-child health, health disparities, adolescent pregnancy, international health

Amy Conroy

Master's Degree: Public Health
Areas of Interest: HIV, gender, Africa

Jessica Cook
Master's Degree: Landscape Architecture
Areas of Interest: built environment & health

Sara Cooper

Areas of Interest: injury epidemiology including suicide, sexual assault and domestic violence, motor vehicle injuries

Ted Diedrich

Master's Degree: Social Sciences

Areas of Interest: substance abuse prevention; social epidemiology of addiction; program evaluation, particularly for SBIRT programs and their implementation; translational theory

Brooke Dorsey

Master's Degree: Forensic Psychology

Areas of Interest: health disparities, the HIV/AIDS epidemic among African American women, and socioeconomic trends in illegal drug use

Cristy Geno

Areas of Interest: health disparities, maternal and child health, obesity and chronic disease prevention, health literacy, medical ethics

Ira Gorman
Master's Degree: Public Health
Areas of Interest: injury prevention, childhood obesity, health policy

Debbie Guenther
Master's Degree: Health Education
Areas of Interest: obesity, maternal/child health

Bridget Hulbirt

Areas of Interest: social inequalities, health disparities, community-based health promotion and use of technology in health promotion

Whitney Jones
Master's Degree: Public Policy
Areas of Interest: chronic disease management, cancer, diabetes

Carrie McConnell


Deanna McQuillan

Master's Degree: Sociology

Areas of Interest: worksite wellness

Susan Moore

Master’s Degree: Public Health 

Areas of Interest: health information technology, chronic disease management, medical informatics

Ernesto Moralez

Master's Degree: Public Health

Areas of Interest: colorectal cancer, mental health

Kate Oviatt
Master's Degree: Anthropology
Areas of Interest: food systems & health; local/sustainable food; globalization & health

Stephanie Phibbs

Master's Degree: Public Health
Areas of Interest: community-based participatory research to increase youth physical activity

Mario Ramos
 

Deborah Rinehart
Master's Degree: Applied Health Psychology
Areas of Interest: community-based illness prevention, HIV & STD prevention, substance abuse prevention and treatment, integration of mental health and primary care and the cost effectiveness of public health and health care services

Stacy Salomonsen-Sautel

Master's Degree: Applied Social Research and Evaluation
Areas of Interest: children's physical activity and active commuting to school, neighborhood influences on health, social ecological models

Charlene Shelton
Master's Degree: Public Administration/Sociology
Areas of Interest: access to services by children with disabilities (especially with learning disabilities); how families cope with stress; health policy

Amy Stone Hammerich
Master's Degree: Physical Therapy
Areas of Interest: low back pain and social support

Christine Tagliaferri
Master's Degree: Medical Anthropology
Areas of Interest: viral hepatitis (B, C), vaccines, developing world

Alisa Velonis
Master's Degree: Public Health
Areas of Interest: Intimate partner violence, specifically focusing on the gendered nature of violence in relationships

Ryan Walters
Master's Degree: Public Health
Areas of Interest: Africa, development, poverty, engineering​​

Jerry Wulff
Master's Degree: Medical Anthropology
Areas of Interest: breastfeeding decision-making, Taiwan

 

 

Andrew Duvall

Areas of Interest: active transportation, public bicycle sharing, city-scale health/behavioral interventions, social ecology, urban systems, sustainable urban infrastructure

Courtney Lee

Master's Degree: Sociocultural Anthropology

Areas of Interest: global health, health policy, international health systems, global medical travel, development and globalization

Stacey McKenna

Master's Degree: Medical Anthropology

Areas of Interest: Culture of Enhancement; drug use; cultural constructions of medicine & science