Staff

Jeffrey Wasserman, Acting Director
(Ph.D., Public Policy Analysis, RAND Graduate School now the Pardee RAND Graduate School

Health care reform; health policy; public health

Jeanne Ringel, Deputy Director
(Ph.D., Economics, University of Maryland)

Pandemic influenza preparedness, vulnerable populations, program evaluation, strategic planning

Joie Acosta
(Ph.D. Community and Cultural Psychology, University of Hawaii)

Regionalization, inter-agency collaboration and coordination, vulnerable populations, public health systems and infrastructure.

Ellen Beckjord
(Ph.D. Psychology, University of Vermont; MPH, Johns Hopkins Univeristy)

Risk communication, vulnerable populations.

Ed Chan
(Ph.D., Operations Research, Cornell University)

Emergency preparedness, medical logistics, mathematical modeling, drills and metrics.

Anita Chandra
(Dr.PH., Public Health, Johns Hopkins University)

Vulnerable populations, program evaluation, community-based public health, child health.

Lynn Davis
(Ph.D., Political Science, Columbia University)

Domestic preparedness, homeland security, military strategy, trends and issues in international security.

David Eisenman
(M.D., Public Health/Mental Health)

Primary care-based services for victims of state-sponsored violence, understanding and improving the role of primary care health workers, mental health and behavior issues, understanding and improving public health system's ability to respond.

Tom LaTourette
(Ph.D., Geology, Caltech)

Emergency preparedness and response, terrorism security, worker safety and health.

Debra Lotstein
(M.D., Medicine, Stanford University)

Quality Improvement in Public Health.

Lisa Meredith
(Ph.D., Social Psychology, Claremont Graduate University)

Psychological consequences, risk communication, vulnerable populations, healthcare facility preparedness.

Melinda Moore
(M.D., MPH, Medicine, Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health)

Global health, pandemic preparedness, public health surveillance, military health, environmental health, monitoring & evaluation

Kristy Morganti
(MPH, Ph.D., Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

General public health preparedness, pandemic influenza preparedness, strategic planning, program evaluation

Christopher Nelson
(PhD, Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Performance measurement, quality improvement, standards development, command structure, intergovernmental management, strategic national stockpile.

Stuart Olmsted
(Ph.D., Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University)

Bioterrorism, Laboratory preparedness, genomics, science and technology policy, military health

Andrew Parker
(Ph.D., Behavioral Decision Theory, M.S., Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University)

Decision–making competencies, risk perception and subjective expectations, risk–taking behavior, public health preparedness, group decision making, adolescence.

Karen Ricci
(RN, MPH, Public Health, University of Massachusetts)

General public health preparedness; quality improvement in PH, medical surge, volunteer recruitment;quality of care; health care reform

Shoshana Shelton
(M.P.H., The Ohio State University)

Public health preparedness, performance measurement, program evaluation, health promotion/disease prevention, public health systems.

Paul Sorensen
(Ph.D. Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, M.A. in Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles)

Transportation planning and policy, land use, energy systems, environmental sustainability, infrastructure finance, emergency response logistics.

Jeffrey Wasserman
(Ph.D., Public Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School)

Policy analysis, program evaluation, public health system integration.

Henry Willis
(Ph.D., Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University)

Risk communication and analysis, cost-benefit, systems analysis, technology assessment.