PHRESH Staff

PHRESH Principal Investigators

Tamara Dubowitz

Tamara Dubowitz

Senior Policy Researcher
Professor Pardee RAND Graduate School

Wendy Troxel

Wendy Troxel

Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist

Andrea Rosso

Andrea Rosso

Associate Professor, Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh

Walter Lewis

Walter Lewis

President and CEO, Homewood Children’s Village

PHRESH Field Office

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La’Vette Wagner

Field Coordinator
PHRESH

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Joshua Malloy

Research to Action Coordinator
Homewood Children’s Village

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Janina Riley

Field Supervisor for the Cognitive Assessment Team
University of Pittsburgh

PHRESH Staff

RAND Team

Alina Palimaru

Alina Palimaru

Policy Researcher

Linnea May Warren

Linnea May Warren

Policy Researcher

Bonnie Gosh-Dastidar

Bonnie Gosh-Dastidar

Senior Statistician

Rachel Burns

Rachel Burns

Quantitative Analyst

Gerald Hunter, Photo by Diane Baldwin, RAND

Gerald Hunter

Research Programmer

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Robin Beckman

Researcher Programmer

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Pierrce Holmes

Policy Analyst

Adaeze Ibeanu

Adaeze Ibeanu

Research Assistant

Emily Hagland, Photo by Diane Baldwin/RAND

Emily Hagland

Administrative Assistant

Omar Staben, Photo by Diane Baldwin/RAND

Omar Staben

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Academic and Community Partners

Meryl Butters

Meryl Butters

Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science
University of Pittsburgh

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Andrea Weinstein

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh

Tiffany Gary-Webb

Tiffany Gary-Webb

Professor, Epidemiology; Associate Director, Center for Health Equity
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Office of the Dean
University of Pittsburgh

Jennifer Manly

Jennifer Manly

Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurology
Columbia University

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Raymond Robinson

Director of Partnerships and Community Engagement
Homewood Children’s Village

Sarah Haig

Sarah Haig

Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Pittsburgh

Emily Elliot

Emily Elliot

Co-founder, Emeritus Director, Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory
University of Pittsburgh

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Daniel Bain

Associate Professor Geology and Environmental Science
University of Pittsburgh

Alyssa Lyon

Alyssa Lyon

Director of Black Environmental Collective
Urbankind

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Michelle Zmuda

Research Program Administrator
University of Pittsburgh

Gretta Cheng

Greta Jianjia Cheng

Ph.D. Student, Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh

Jemima-Ederéwoma Ohwobete

Jemima-Ederéwoma Ohwobete

Ph.D. Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Pittsburgh

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Faith Shepherd

Research Project Assistant, Geriatric Neuropsychology Research Program
University of Pittsburgh

Previous PHRESH Staff

Previous RAND Team

  • Andy Bogart Statistical Analyst
  • Jonathan Cantor Associate Policy Researcher
  • Rebecca Collins Senior Behavioral Scientist
  • Lu Dong Behavioral and Social Scientist
  • Melissa Finucane Behavioral and Social Scientist
  • Ann Haas Statistical Analyst
  • Stephanie Holliday Behavioral and Social Scientist
  • Rebecca Lawrence Research Assistant
  • Alexandra Mendoza-Graf Policy Researcher
  • Alvin Nugroho Survey Coordinator
  • Andrea Richardson Senior Policy Researcher
  • Heather Schwartz Senior Policy Researcher

Previous Consultants and Co-Investigators

  • Natalie Colabianchi Associate Professor and Director, Environment and Policy Lab, University of Michigan
  • Scott Beach Associate Director and Survey Research Program Director, University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR)
  • Daniel J. Buysse Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh
  • Matthew Buman Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
  • Lauren Hale Associate Professor of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University
  • Linda C. Gallo Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
  • Albert Presto Associate Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University