Our Team
Leadership
Katherine Clegg Smith, PhD
Vice Dean for Faculty
Professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Katherine Clegg Smith is a Professor in Health, Behavior, and Society and also serves as the Vice Dean for Faculty at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Smith is a sociologist with research interests around the social determinants of health and the application of qualitative methods to address important public health questions. Her particular areas of expertise are the communication of health information and the lived experience of health conditions. She also has a general interest in identity and its relationship to health. Much of her research is organized around individual and collective understanding of health issues and experiences. She was an author of the NIH Best Practices in Mixed Methods Research for the Health Sciences.
Dr. Smith has several current research projects that are focused on understanding and disseminating people's experiences of significant health conditions. She also leads the TPackSS study, a global surveillance system of tobacco packaging. She is also a member of the Health Experiences Research Network Steering Committee.
Shannon Frattaroli, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management
Dr. Frattaroli's research interests include understanding the role of policy in improving the health of populations, with particular attention to the implementation of public health policies and the role of advocacy and communities in the policy process. Current projects include: addressing the opioid epidemic through innovative injury prevention approaches, understanding residential sprinkler policies as a strategy for preventing house fire death and injury, and maximizing the revolution in auto safety currently underway with the advances in automation and safe systems design. Dr. Fattaroli is also very involved with research and practice efforts to implement firearm dispossession provisions of domestic violence restraining orders and the new extreme risk protection order laws in several states across the country. Dr. Frattaroli's work involves the use of qualitative methods.
Caitlin E. Kennedy, PhD
Program Director, Social and Behavioral Interventions
Professor, Department of International Health
Caitlin Kennedy conducts qualitative research in collaboration with the Rakai Health Sciences Program in southcentral Uganda. For over a decade, she has collaborated on studies focused on a range of social and behavioral factors related to HIV, STIs, and other topics related to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in this setting. Current projects include the LONGVIEW study on the impact of COVID on HIV services and the ART diversion study examining HIV medication sharing among people living with HIV.
Susan Hannum, PhD
Associate Research Professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Dr. Hannum is an interdisciplinary gerontologist whose broad research agenda focuses on chronic illness among aging populations. Dr. Hannum's primary interests surround socio-cultural aspects of cancer and cancer survivorship; she is additionally interested in chronic illness management, care implementation, and patient outcomes. Dr. Hannum is deeply committed to research that will inform and influence the future of care for those with cancer and other chronic conditions, while increasing quality of life and reducing the burden of illness among aging populations.
Affiliated Faculty
Will Beckham, PhD '13, MPH, MA, researches treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS, with a focus on LGBTQ health, particularly that of transgender and gender diverse people.
Danielle German, PhD '09, MPH, conducts research to understand and address the social context of health behavior and well-being among marginalized populations.
Meghan Moran, PhD, MA, studies how communications from advertising to misinformation shape public health issues such as vaccine promotion, cancer screening, and tobacco control.
Jill Owczarzak, PhD, MA, is a medical anthropologist who explores how cultural, social, and political forces shape health disparities.
Daniela C. Rodríguez, DrPH, MPH, studies how politics, public health, and evidence intersect in policies that impact vulnerable communities around the world.
Susan Sherman, PhD '00, MPH, brings harm reduction evidence to inform drug policy and programming in order to reduce overdose deaths and other harms to people who use drugs.
Pamela Surkan, PhD, ScD, MS, is a social epidemiologist working in the areas of mental health, child health, and development and testing of interventions to reduce health disparities.
Tahilin Sanchez Karver, PhD ‘21, MPH, employs social and behavioral theory and mixed-methods to research stigma, HIV prevention and treatment, and sexual and reproductive health to inform equitable, community-driven interventions.
Christina Yuan, MPH, PhD, is a health care management researcher who uses mixed methods to study the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices to improve care delivery and quality.
Fernanda Alonso, PhD ‘22, LL.M, uses legal and qualitative research methods to analyze and improve public health policies and interventions, particularly in the areas of drug policy and NCDs.
Laura Beres, PhD ’19, MPH, uses implementation science and participatory approaches to optimize engagement in HIV prevention, care, and treatment services globally.
Erica N. Rosser, MHS ’08, evaluates global health programs and conducts research to inform equitable solutions that improve population health and wellbeing.
Peter J. Winch, MD, MPH ’88, develops and evaluates interventions to promote health behaviors for water, sanitation, infectious diseases, and environmental sustainability.
Molly Lasater, PhD ’18, MPH ’14, researches mental health, conflict, and climate change to promote the health of marginalized populations in low-resource settings.
Ligia Paina, PhD '14, MHS '08, studies how to improve health systems policies and programs so they provide equitable, quality care and are responsive to poor and marginalized communities.
Ping Teresa Yeh, MSPH ’16, uses qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate strategies to improve the health of people living in resource-limited settings.
Haneefa Tasleem Saleem, PhD ’14, MPH, ’09, conducts research to inform and evaluate approaches aimed at improving HIV prevention and treatment and other health outcomes for people who use drugs globally.
Victoria M. O’Keefe, PhD, MS, works to achieve strengths-based and culturally informed suicide prevention, mental health promotion, and wellness among Indigenous communities.
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