Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies

Researchers and Staff

A Renowned Faculty and Dedicated Research Staff

The faculty of the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (ICRHPS) is deeply committed to mentoring, teaching and supporting the research community of Tufts Medical Center, Tufts Children's Hospital and Tufts University. The ICRHPS staff is comprised of talented and dedicated post-doctoral researchers, fellows, research associates, project managers and colleagues who provide administrative support.

David A. Adler, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine

Janis Lynn Breeze, MPH
Associate Director of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Center

James Chambers, PhD, MPharm, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine 

Joshua T. Cohen, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Medicine

Denise Hartnett Daudelin, RN, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Karen M. Freund, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine  

David M. Kent, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine

David D. Kim, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Manlik Kwong, BSEE, BSCS
Instructor of Medicine

Amy LeClair, PhD
Senior Research Associate

Debra Lerner, PhD, MS
Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry

Laurel K. Leslie, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Pei-Jung Lin, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine 

Peter Neumann, ScD
Professor of Medicine 

Susan K. Parsons, MD, MRP
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Jessica Paulus, ScD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Lori Lyn Price, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine 

Angie Mae Rodday, MS, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

William H. Rogers, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Alice Rushforth, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Robin Ruthazer, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Paola Sebastiani, PhD

Robert Sege, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine

Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH
Professor of Medicine

Norma C. Terrin, PhD
Professor of Medicine

Hocine Tighiouart, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Lisa Welch, PhD
Assistant Professor

Benjamin S. Wessler, MD
Instructor

John B. Wong, MD
Professor of Medicine

Peter A. L. Bonis, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Evan Benjamin, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Mei Chung, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Olaf Dammann, MD
Research Professor of Medicine

Jonathan Davis, MD
Professor of Pediatrics

Roger Fielding, MD
Professor of Nutrition

Frederick Frankhauser, JD, RPh
Instructor

Ivan D. Frantz, III, MD
Professor of Pediatrics

Jonathan Garlick, DDS
Professor of Dental Medicine

Seyyed Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry

Robert J. Goldberg, PhD
Clinical Instructor

William Gouveia, MS, FASHP
Associate Professor of Medicine

David J. Greenblatt, MD
Professor of Pharmacology

Catherine Hayes, DMD
Professor

Judith Hinchey
Assistant Clinical Professor

Gordon Huggins, MD
Assistant Professor

Bertrand Jaber, MD
Associate Professor

Georgios Kitsios, MD, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor

Richard I. Kopelman, MD
Professor of Medicine

Jeffrey I. Lasker, MD, MMM, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Mary Y. Lee, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Andrew S. Levey, MD
Professor of Medicine

Alice Lichenstein, DSc
Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy

Peter Lindenauer, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Timothy E. McAlindon, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine

Mkaya Mwamburi, MD, PhD, MA
Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine

Brian J Pereira, MD
Professor of Medicine

Rosalie R. Phillips, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health

Douglas Reichgott, MS
Instructor

Michael Rothberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Dana Safran, ScD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Mark Sarnak, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine

David R. Snydman, MD
Professor of Medicine

Paul C. Stark, ScD, MS
Associate Professor

Gary Strauss, MD
Professor of Medicine

James E. Udelson, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Chenchen Wang, MD
Research Associate Professor

Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, MD, MS
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City

Mohan Bala, PhD, MBA, MS
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Sanofi

Marie Benham-Hutchins RN, PhD, MS
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Northeastern University

Kathleen M. Bungay, PharmD, MS
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Northeastern University

Joseph C. Cappelleri
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Pfizer, Inc.

Peter Castaldi, MD, MS
Lecturer, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Thomas W. Concannon, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, RAND Corporation

Ralph B. D´Agostino, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Boston University
 
Issa J. Dahabreh, MD, MS
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Gary Freeman
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Zoll Medical

Barbara L. Gandek, MS
Adjunct Instructor in Medicine, UMass Medical Center

Alexandra Glazier, JD, MPH
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Elizabeth Goodman, MD
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Eric Gordon, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Emerson College

John P. A. Ioannidis, MD
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of Ioannina (Greece)

Jeroen Jansen, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine (Public Health & Community Medicine), Mapi Values

Joseph Lau, MD
Adjunct Professor of Health Services Policy and Practice, Brown University

John H. Mason, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Kimberley McGuigan, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pfizer, Inc.

Vandana Menon, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Outcome Sciences

Denish Moorthy, MBBS, MS
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Inga Peter, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Medical Center

Thomas Pfeiffer, DNS
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Harvard University

Christopher H. Schmid, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics, Brown University

Carolyn E. Schwartz, ScD
Adjunct Research Professor of Medicine, DeltaQuest Foundation, Inc.

Teruhiko Terasawa, MD, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine

Thomas A. Trikalinos, MD, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Brown University

John E. Ware, PhD
Adjunct Research Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Elias Zintzaras, MSc, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine

Deborah R. Zucker, MD, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital

Muhammad A. Ajlan, MD
Research Fellow

Ashley A. Leech, PhD, MS
Research Fellow

Christina Mule, PhD

Pallavi Rane, PhD

Esmee Venema. MD, MSc
Visiting Fellow

June Baglione
Research Administrator

Oral Benjamin, BA
Research Administrator

Kristen Blanchard, BS
Administrative Assistant

Dina Burnstein
Project Director

James D. Chambers, PhD, MPharm, MSc  
Project Director and Assistant Professor of Medicine

Joshua T. Cohen, PhD 
Deputy Director

Theodora Cohen, PhD
Senior Biostatistician

Abigail Colman
Research Operations Coordinator

Karen Coughlan-Floyd
Research Administrator

Denise Daudelin, RN, MPH
Project Director

Alexis Doria, MPH
Research Administrator

Joanna Emerson, MPH
Research Assistant 

Cathy Ide
Research Administrator 

Kelly Lenahan
Research Associate

David D. Kim, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Danielle Krzyszczyk, BA
Research Assistant

Anita Kumar, MD
Medical Oncologist

Julie Lannon Crowe, BS
Project Coordinator

Tara Lavelle, PhD
Assistant Professor 

Anna Legassie
Development & Communications Project Manager 

Pei-Jung Lin, PhD
Associate Professor

Christine Lundquist, BA, MPH 
Research Assistant

Jennifer Lutz, MA
Program Coordinator

Nikoletta Margaretos
Research Assistant 

Dorothy Dulko, PhD, RN
Project Director

Rebecca Maunder
Project Coordinator

Patricia Synnott, MS
Project Manager

Rachel Murphy-Banks, MA
Research Associate 

Natalia Olchanski, MS
Project Director

Dan Ollendorf, PhD
Special & Scientific Staff 

Marisha Palm, PhD
Project Director

Ari Panzer
Research Assistant

Jinny Park, MPH
Research Assistant

Myrlande Remy, MS
Executive Assistant

Annika Jain, BA, BS
Research Assistant

Meghan Podolsky, BS
Research Assistant

Rebecca Gertler, BA, BS
Research Assistant

Carol Seidel, BS
Director, Research Administration and Finance

Madison Silver
Research Assistant  

David van Klaveren, PhD, MSc
Research Associate

Feng Wang
Patient Navigator

Ruth Ann Weidner, MBA, MRP
Research Associate

Chloe Yang
Research Assistant