PHRESH Staff
PHRESH Principal Investigators

Tamara Dubowitz
Senior Policy Researcher
Professor Pardee RAND Graduate School

Wendy Troxel
Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist

Andrea Rosso
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh

Walter Lewis
President and CEO, Homewood Children’s Village
PHRESH Field Office

La’Vette Wagner
Field Coordinator
PHRESH
Joshua Malloy
Research to Action Coordinator
Homewood Children’s Village

Janina Riley
Field Supervisor for the Cognitive Assessment Team
University of Pittsburgh
PHRESH Staff
RAND Team

Alina Palimaru
Policy Researcher

Linnea May Warren
Policy Researcher

Bonnie Gosh-Dastidar
Senior Statistician

Rachel Burns
Quantitative Analyst

Gerald Hunter
Research Programmer
Robin Beckman
Researcher Programmer

Pierrce Holmes
Policy Analyst

Adaeze Ibeanu
Research Assistant

Emily Hagland
Administrative Assistant

Omar Staben
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Academic and Community Partners

Meryl Butters
Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science
University of Pittsburgh
Andrea Weinstein
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh

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
Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurology
Columbia University
Raymond Robinson
Director of Partnerships and Community Engagement
Homewood Children’s Village

Sarah Haig
Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Pittsburgh

Emily Elliot
Co-founder, Emeritus Director, Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory
University of Pittsburgh
Daniel Bain
Associate Professor Geology and Environmental Science
University of Pittsburgh

Alyssa Lyon
Director of Black Environmental Collective
Urbankind
Michelle Zmuda
Research Program Administrator
University of Pittsburgh

Greta Jianjia Cheng
Ph.D. Student, Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh

Jemima-Ederéwoma Ohwobete
Ph.D. Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
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