In addition to the members of our Advisory Boards, the Center for Adolescent Health is composed of a team of faculty, staff and affiliates dedicated to improving the health and well-being of young people in urban environments.
Dr. Sonenstein's work focuses on healthy transitions from youth to adulthood and on sexual and reproductive health. Dr. Sonenstein has conducted applied research in family and children's policy for the last three decades. E-mail: fsonenst@jhsph.edu Back to Top Dr. McNeely's work focuses on how the contexts where adolescents spend their time--schools, out-of-school-time programs, families, and peer groups--influence their health and well-being. She also conducts and teaches program evaluation. E-mail: cmcneely@jhsph.edu Back to Top As Center Administrator, Sara manages the financial and day-to-day operational tasks of the Center. Prior to this, Sara worked in the Department of Medicine under the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins as a financial analyst. Sara has a degree in Healthcare Administration from George Washington University, as well as a degree in Homeopathic Medicine from India. E-mail: saragarw@jhsph.edu Back to Top
As Senior Development Associate, Dr. Beckstrom works in association with the Center Director to expand resources available to the Center for the attainment of the Center's mission. She formerly served as Center Administrator. Prior to moving to Baltimore, Dr. Beckstrom was the Founding Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program at Sweet Briar College, where she taught Gender Studies and Sociology. She taught the Sociology of Art, Family and Women & Society at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville and served for six years as Social Development Planner for the City of Charlottesville. Dr. Beckstrom has lectured widely on the 1930s WPA Federal Art Project and Government and the Arts, was a Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy Fellow, and served as Delegate to the Second International Conference on Women in Dublin, Ireland. In addition to her work at the Center, she is a painter with works in private collections in Baltimore and other major U.S. cities. E-mail: hbeckstr@jhsph.edu
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Ms Quartson provides administrative support for the Center. She has held administrative positions at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
E-mail: equartso@jhsph.edu
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Ms. Blanchard has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines, and other publications
since the age of 18. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, ADAM magazine,
Style magazine, USA Today, Cosmopolitan, Psychology Today, Family Circle, Newsday, and many other national and regional publications. In addition to her duties at the Center,
Ms. Blanchard is the theater critic for The Washington Times. E-mail: jblancha@jhsph.edu Back to Top
Ameena Batada, DrPH
Nutrition Policy Fellow
Center for Science in the Public Interest Robert Blum, MD, MPH
William H. Gates Sr. Chair
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health Dorothy Browne, DrPH
Director
Morgan-Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions
Morgan State University Anita Chandra, DrPH
Researcher
RAND Health
RAND Corporation Chuan-Yu Chen PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Mental Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health Jon Ellen, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Andrea Gielen, ScD
Professor & Deputy Director of the Center for Injury Research & Policy
Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Bloomberg School of Public Health Joel Gittelsohn, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Human Nutrition
Bloomberg School of Public Health Phil Leaf, PhD
Director
Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
Bloomberg School of Public Health Lori Leonard, ScD
Assistant Professor
International Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health Arik Marcell, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health Adaline Muyeed, PhD
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health Ryan Pasternak, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Director, Adolescent Medicine Program
Louisiana State University School of Medicine Geri Lynn Peak, MPH, DrPH
Independent Consultant
Two Gems Consulting Services Barb Sugland, MPH, ScD
Executive Director
Center for Applied Research and Technical Assistance, Inc. Maria Trent, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Fernando Wagner, ScD
Associate Director
Morgan-Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions
Morgan State University Laurie Schwab Zabin, PhD
Professor
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health
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