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
As Center Administrator, Clarice manages the financial and day-to-day operational tasks of the Center. She has been with Johns Hopkins University for more than 23 years and before coming to the Center was a Senior Research Service Analyst at the Department of Radiology. Back to Top
Dr. Jernigan's work has focused on public health practice with a particular interest in alcohol policy. He has written about and worked extensively in the field of media advocacy, the strategic use of mass media to influence public health policy. He has also served as an advisor to the World Health Organization and the World Bank on the role of alcohol in health and development. Dr. Jernigan was the founding research director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University and in that capacity pioneered in new forms of surveillance of the levels of risk posed to young people by exposure to alcohol advertising. E-mail: djernigan@jhsph.edu Back to Top
Katrina Brooks is a Baltimore native with over ten years of service to children and families of Baltimore City. A graduate of Lincoln University with a master's degree in Human Service and a former community school coordinator and member of several citywide initiatives, Katrina brings a wealth of grassroots knowledge, personal and professional passion, and insight into her position as Community Relations Coordinator. E-mail: klbrooks@jhsph.edu Back to Top
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
Ms. Tucker coordinates the HOPE and Healthy Minds at Work Projects. Her research interests focus on resiliency in youth. Prior to her work at the Center, Meg worked with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. She received her BS from the University of Maryland College Park in Family Studies and is a part-time master's student in the deaprtment of Health Behavior and Society at the Bloomberg School of Public Health where she focuses on health communication and community-based participatory research. E-mail: mgifford@jhsph.edu Back to Top
Robert Blum, MD, MPH
William H. Gates Sr. Chair
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health Anita Chandra, DrPH
Researcher
RAND Health
RAND Corporation 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 Arik Marcell, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health 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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