Our People

Director

Jody Steinauer, MD, PhD

Core Team

Rebecca Griffin, Communications & Advocacy Director

Karen Men, Administrative Coordinator

Jasmine Powell, Equity & Justice Director

Research and Administration Team

Michele Benjamin, Senior Financial Analyst

Mary Beth Blasnek, Division Administrator

Lawrence Bottome, Senior Financial Analyst

Stephen Dalton, Accounts Payable Coordinator

Caroline Fisher, Senior Finance Analyst

Alma Franco-Flores, Financial Analyst

Siobhan Hayes, Post-Award Analyst

Jennifer McElroy, Associate Director of Global Research Administration

Sandra Urias, International Subcontract Analyst

Jennifer Vogler, Director of Research Administration

Jane Wong, Post-Award Analyst

Emeritus Directors

Investigators

Sharon Adler, MD, MPH

Patience Afulani, PhD, MD, MPH

Anna Altshuler, MD, MPH

Ifeyinwa Asiodu, PhD, RN

Meg Autry, MD

Kimberly Baltzell, RN, PhD, MS

Jill Barr-Walker

Emily Beck, CNM, MS

Cynthia Belew, CNM, MS

April Bell, PhD, MPH

Nancy Berglas, DrPH

Antonia Biggs, PhD

Katie Brown, MD

Joelle Brown, PhD

Amanda Bryson, MD, MPH

Elizabeth Bukusi

Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH

Arianna Cassidy, MD

Sneha Challa, PhD, MPH

Theresa Cheng, MD

Zvavahera Chirenje, MD

Craig Cohen, MD, MPH

Alison Comfort, PhD

Kim Dau, CNM, MS

Deborah Dean, MD, MPH

Mara Decker, DrPH

Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS

Ana Delgado, RN, MS, CNM

Nadia Diamond-Smith, PhD, MSc

Julio Diaz-Abarca, CNM, MSN

Eleanor Drey, MD, MEd

Jennifer Dunn, JD

Alison El Ayadi, ScD, MPH

Mai Fleming, MD

Diana Greene Foster, PhD, MA

Linda Franck, RN, PhD, FAAN

Lori Freedman, PhD

Asmara Gebre, CNM, MS

Waru Gichane, PhD, MSPH

Suzan Goodman, MD

Daniel Grossman, MD

Sarah Gutin, PhD

Monica Hahn, MPH, MS, MD

Cynthia Harper, PhD

Anke Hemmerling, MD, PhD, MPH

Miranda Hill, PhD, MPH

Kelsey Holt, MA, ScD

Anneka Hooft, MD

Heather Huddleston, MD

Margy Hutchison, CNM, MSN

Rebecca Jackson, MD

Andrea Jackson, MD, MAS

Jennifer James, PhD, MS, MSW

Carole Joffe, PhD

Kelly Johnson, MD, MPH

Galen Joseph, PhD

Laurie Jurkiewicz, CNM, MS

Deborah Karasek, PhD

Jennifer Karlin, MD, PhD

Jennifer Kerns, MD, MPH

Kaitlyn Lee

Katrina Kimport, PhD

Yasaswi Kislovskiy, MD, MSc

Abner Korn, MD

Sara LaHue, MD

Tracy Lin, PhD, MPP

Jenny Liu, PhD, MPP

Rachel Logan, PhD, MPH

Karen Lopez-Acero, CNM

Deena Mallareddy, CNM, MSN

Aisha Mays, MD

Mary Mays, CNM, NP, MS

Karen Meckstroth, MD, MPH

Renee Mehra, PhD

Biftu Mengesha, MD, MAS

Christine Mcdonald, ScD, MS

Sarah McNeil, MD

Hayley Miller, MD

Suellen Miller, PhD, CNM, MHA

Dominic Montagu, DrPH

Pamela Murnane, PhD, MPH

Kara Myers, CNM

Sarah Nathan, MSN, RN, FNP

Sara Newmann, MD, MPH

Malini Nijagal, MD

Jerry Ouner, PhD, RN, MS

Ina Park, MD

Andrea Pfeffer, CNM, MSN

Michael Policar, MD, MPH

Tina Raine-Bennett, MD, MPH

Lauren Ralph, MPH, PhD

Carmen Rivera, CNM, MS

Sarah Roberts, DrPH

Corinne Rocca, PhD, MPH

Nicholas Rubashkin, MD

Erica Sedlander, DrPH, MPH

Dominika Seidman, MD

Tania Serna, MD

Anjana Sharma, MD, MAS

Lila Sheira, PhD, MPH

Gretchen Sisson, PhD

Samira Soleimanpour, PhD

Naomi Stotland, MD

Lauren Suchman, PhD

Diana Taylor, RN, PHD, NP, FAAN

Kelly Taylor, PhD, MS, MPH

Kathleen Tebb, PhD

Ariana Thompson-Lastad, PhD

Diane Tober, PhD

Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH

Josie Urbina, MD

Jennifer Velloza, PhD, MPH

Aisha Wagner, MD

Dilys Walker, MD

Savanah Washington

Gabrielle Westergren, CNM, MS

Sara Whetstone, MD, MHS

Tricia Wright, MD

Jennifer Yarger, PhD

Staff

Glenn Alexander

Janette Alvarez

Alejandra Alvarez

Stephanie Andaya

Emelly Argueta

Avery Asuncion

Meghana Atre, MPH

Finley Baba

Kimberly Bale, MPH

Jessica Barnes

Molly Battistelli

Daisy Becerra

Lauren Blakley

Maya Blum, MPH

Natasha Borgen

Rachel Burger

Kristen Burke

Eliza Buttrick

Vivienne Carlsen

Purba Chatterjee

Alena Chavez

Emily Claymore, MPH

Dana Cropper

Linda DeSantis, MEd

Julia Duray

Ariel Eastburn-McCormick, MA

Katherine Ehrenreich

Laura Ellerbe

Veronica Espinoza

Connie Folse

Juliana Fung

Ricardo Garcia

Evelyn García

Miriam Garfinkel

Sara Geierstanger

Monica Getahun, MPH

Michelle Giannuzzi-Savelli

Lindsey Gibson, MPH

Elizabeth Gonzalez

Heather Gould, MPH

Alison Guichard

Jasmine Gums

Cynthia Gutierrez

Mary Guze

Aunsha Hall-Everett

Alvina Han, BA

Salish Harrison

Hannah Hecht

Jessica Hernandez Castaneda

Steph Herold

Emmanuelle Hodgson

Holly Howard

Erin Hubbard

Deundra Hundon

Flor Hunt

Jenifer Jackson

Wanda Jackson

Jason Johnson, MPhil

Shavar Johnson

Jennifer Juarez

Shelly Kaller

Alana Kern

Shanna Kim

Kristen Kirksey

Jared Kitagawa, BA

Jennifer Ko

Leah Koenig

Tammy Kremer

Rebecca Kriz, MS, RN

Megan Kumar

Nikki Lanshaw

Selina Lao

Samantha Lekus

Alyssa Lindsey

George Louis

Catalina Macdonald

Jenny Manriquez

Sarah McCoy-Harms

Greg Mehlhaff

Ana Mendoza

Julia Mercer

Virali Modi-Parekh 

Amayrani Morales

Natalie Morris

Holly Mueller, MS, CGC

Isabel Munoz

Carmen Nakapaahu-Guerrero

Sandy Ng

Nicole Nguyen

Nicole Novero

Jacqueline Odiase

Carrie Oliver

Elizabeth Olson

Tamara Ooms

Maria Openshaw, RN, MS

Aura Orozco-Fuentes

Luis Penate

Alberto Perez

Tienna Perez-Close, BS

Alissa Perrucci, PhD, MPH

Lisa Peters

Christopher Phillips

Beth Phillips, MPH

Amy Pineda

Patrick Piper

Sana Rahman

Sarah Raifman

Julia Ramirez 

Teresa Rondone

Miranda Rouse

Duran Rutledge

Shira Rutman, MPH

Lara Salazar

Melissa Saphir

Rosalyn Schroeder, MSc

Rebecca Schwartz, ACSW

Avery Seefeld

Kristin Simonson, MA

Abby Sokoloff

Erica Somerson, MSc

Heather Steele

Clare Stewart

Aleza Summit

Amanda Teal

Kirsten Thompson

Sandra Torres

Kendra Tramiel

Jema Turk, PhD, MA, MPA

Isabella Villarreal

Stacy Vogan

Jo Williams

Schyneida Williams

Whitney Wilson, MPH

Erin Wingo, MPH, BA

Iris Wong

Katie Woodruff, DrPH, MPH

Sarah Wulf, MPH

Claudia Zaugg

Yasaman Zia

Fellows, Post-Docs, Doctoral Students and Residents

Samantha Auerbach, PhD, WHNP-BC

Muna Bashir

Emma Chew Murphy, MD

Norlissa Cooper, PhD

Laura Cox, MS, RN

Juliana Friend, PhD

Cory Ellen Gatrall

Bethany Golden, RN, CNM, MSN

Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, PhD

Jessica Harrison, LCSW

Lucía Abascal Miguel

Allison Merz-Herrala

Ashley Mitchell

Sophie Morse, PhD

Judith Namanya

Celestine Ofori-Parku

Bria Peacock, MD

Christina Pineda, MSN, NP

Fay Roepcke, MD

Daphne Scott-Henderson, MS, BSN, RN-BC, CPHQ

Allison Slater, MD

Keridwyn Spiller

Ivonne Verduzco, MD