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Roger C. Lipitz Center Faculty and Trainees

The members of the Center include faculty, staff, and students with diverse perspectives and interests across medicine, nursing, social work, public health, economics, sociology, public policy, and implementation science.  

Core Members

Jennifer Wolff

Jennifer Wolff, PhD

Program Director

Jeromie Ballreich

Jeromie Ballreich, PhD, MHS

Associate Scientist

Chanee Fabius

Chanee Fabius, PhD, MA

Assistant Professor

Maureen Skehan

Maureen Skehan, MSPH

Senior Research Associate

Lisa Reider

Lisa Reider, PhD, MHS

Assistant Professor

Danny Scerpella

Danny Scerpella, MPH

Research Associate

Karen Shen

Karen Shen, PhD

Assistant Professor

Danielle Peereboom, MPH

Program Manager

Valecia Hanna

Valecia Hanna, MSPH

Data Analyst

MJ Wu

MJ Wu, MSPH

Data Analyst

Katherine Miller, PhD, MSPH

Assistant Professor

Kayla Hare, MA, MFA

Communications Specialist

Chase Mulholland

Research Assistant

Trainees

  • Andrew Jopson, MPH
    PhD student
  • Emerald Jenkins, PhD-DNP, MSN, RN
    Postdoctoral trainee*
  • Mary Lou Pomeroy, PhD, MPH
    Postdoctoral trainee
  • April Ehrlich, MD
    Postdoctoral trainee*
  • Kacey Chae, MD
    Postdoctoral trainee*
  • Jamie Smith, PhD, RN
    Postdoctoral trainee*
  • Mfon Umoh, MD, PhD
    Postdoctoral trainee*
  • Jenni Seale Reiff, MA, OTR/L
    PhD student*
  • Alexa Bragg, MPH
    PhD student*
  • Natalie Davoodi, MPH
    PhD student*
  • Jeff Marr, BA
    PhD student*
  • Aleks Wec, BA
  • PhD student*
  • Tiffany Riser, MSN, MPH, ANP-C
    PhD student*
  • Yiqing Kuang
    PhD student

 

 

Names with a * next to them indicate a trainee supported by the T32 training program.


Affiliates

  • Gerard Anderson, PhD
    Professor
  • Mariana Socal, MD
    Associate Scientist
  • Emmanuel Drabo, PhD
    Assistant Professor
  • Dan Polsky, PhD
    Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
    Professor
  • Julia Burgdorf, PhD
    Associate
  • Cynthia Boyd, MD, MPH
    Professor of Medicine
    Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
  • Ariel Green, MD, PhD, MPH
    Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Joe Gallo, MD
    Professor of Medicine
  • Bruce Leff, MD
    Professor of Medicine
  • Kelly Gleason, PhD, RN
    Assistant Professor
  • Alicia Arbaje, MD, PhD, MPH
    Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Thomas Cudjoe, MD, MPH
    Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Endowed Assistant Professor
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Quincy Samus, PhD
    Associate Professor
  • Katherine Ornstein, PhD, MPH
    Professor, Director
  • Jennifer Schrack, PhD
    Associate Professor 
  • Halima Amjad, MD, PhD, MPH
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Stephanie Nothelle, MD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • David Roth, PhD
    Professor
  • Vadim Duchanin, MD
    Assistant Scientist
  • Mariah Robertson, MD, MPH
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Laura Samuel, PhD, MSN, RN
    Assistant Professor
  • Janiece Taylor, PhD, MSN, RN
    Assistant Professor
  • Joe Levy, PhD
    Assistant Professor
  • Martha Abshire, PhD, MS, RN
    Assistant Professor
  • Nancy Schoenborn, MD
    Associate Professor of Medicine

Core and affiliate faculty from inside and outside the Center also work together to train tomorrow’s leaders through the T32 Training Program in Health Service and Outcomes Research for Aging Populations. The T32 faculty team and trainees are listed here.