PRIMARY FACULTY AND PROGRAM DIRECTORS

ELISHA H. ATKINS, MD | Assistant Professor in Environmental Health | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School | Medical Director, Occupational Health Program, Massachusetts General Hospital

ANN S. N. BACKUS, MS | Instructor in Occupational Health | Director, Outreach Program | Administrator of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency

DAVID C. CHRISTIANI, MD, MPH, MS | Professor of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology | Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School | Director, Harvard Education and Research Center | Director, Occupational Medicine Section, Pulmonary Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital | Director, Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Northeast Specialty Hospital | Director, Occupational Epidemiology Training Core

JACK DENNERLEIN, SMME, PhD | Associate Professor of Ergonomics and Safety | Program Director: Occupational Injury Prevention Training Program

DOUGLAS W. DOCKERY, MS, SD | Department Chair, Environmental Health | Professor of Environmental Epidemiology | Associate Professor of Medicine (Epidemiology), Harvard Medical School

SUSAN DUTY, RN, SM, MSN , SD | Instructor in Occupational Health Nursing | Professor of Nursing, Simmons College | Director, Occupational Health Nursing Training Core

ELLEN A. EISEN, MS, SD | Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health | University of California , Berkley

JOHN S. EVANS, MS, SD | Senior Lecturer on Environmental Science

LYNN C. FITZGERALD, MEd | Associate Director of Programming and Finance, Center for Continuing Professional Education | Director, ERC Continuing Education Program

ROSE H. GOLDMAN, MD, MPH | Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine | Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School | Chief, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance

PHILIPPE GRANDJEAN, MD, DMSc | Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health | Professor and Chair of Environmental Medicine, University of Southern Denmark

RUSS B. HAUSER, MD, MPH, SD | Professor of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology

ROBERT F. HERRICK, MS, SD, CIH | Senior Lecturer on Industrial Hygiene

STEFANOS N. KALES, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor of Occupational Medicine | Director, of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency | Director, Occupational Medicine Training Core | Director of Employee and Industrial Medicine Clinical Services, Occupational and Environmental Health Center , Cambridge Health Alliance | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

JEFFREY N. KATZ, MS, MPH | Associate Professor of Occupational Health | Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS | Co-Director, Multipurpose Arthritis Center , Brigham and Women's Hospital

PETROS KOUTRAKIS, MS, PhD | Professor of Environmental Sciences | Director, Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program

ALEX LU | Instructor in the Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program

JAMES MCDEVITT | Instructor in the Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program

EILEEN McNEELY, RNP, MS, PhD | Instructor in Occupational Health | Director, Occupational Health Services Research and Policy Component

MURRAY MITTLEMAN, MD, SD | Associate Professor of Epidemiology | Associate Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital , HMS

RICHARD R. MONSON, MD, MS, SD | Professor of Epidemiology, Emeritus | Associate Dean for Professional Education | Co-Director, Occupational Epidemiology Training Core

MELISSA PERRY, MHS, ScD | Associate Professor of Occupational Epidemiology | Co-Director, Injury Prevention Training Program

STEPHEN N. RUDNICK, MS, SD, CIH | Lecturer on Industrial Hygiene Engineering | Director, Hazardous Substance Academic Training Core | Director, ERC Hazardous Substance Training Program

THOMAS J. SMITH, MPH, MS, PhD, CIH | Professor of Industrial Hygiene | Director, Industrial Hygiene Training Core | Deputy Director, Harvard Education and Research Center

JOHN D. SPENGLER, MS, PhD | Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation

GREGORY R. WAGNER, MD | Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health | Senior Advisor, NIOSH

DAVID H. WEGMAN, MD, MS | Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health | Dean, School of Health and Environment, University of Massachusetts , Lowell

MARC WEISSKOPF, PhD, ScD | Mark and Catherine Winkler Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health

ROBERT WRIGHT, MD, MPH | Associate Professor in Environmental Health

ROSALIND WRIGHT | Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

XIN XU, MD, PhD | Mark and Catherine Winkler Assistant Professor of Genetic Epidemiology

ANCILLARY FACULTY

JOSEPH D. BRAIN, SM, SD | Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Physiology | Director, Center for Childrens' Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research | Director, Kresge Center for Environmental Health

WILLIAM A. BURGESS, SM | Associate Professor of Occupational Health Engineering, Emeritus

MELVIN W. FIRST, SD | Professor of Environmental Health Engineering, Emeritus

JONATHAN LEVY, ScD | Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Risk Assessment

JOHN B. LITTLE, MD | James Steven Simmons Professor of Radiobiology, Emeritus

JOEL SCHWARTZ, PhD | Professor of Environmental Epidemiology | Associate Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, HMS

FRANK E. SPEIZER, MD | Edward H. Kass Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

HELEN H. SUH, SD | Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Exposure Assessment

TEACHING STAFF

VINCENT M. CIRIELLO, SD, CPE | Instructor in Biomechanics | Senior Research Associate in Ergonomics, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety

THEODORE K. COURTNEY, MS, CSP | Instructor on Injury, Safety and Ergonomics | Director of Research Operations, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety

LETITIA K. DAVIS, SD | Instructor in Occupational Health Epidemiologic Consultant, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

LOUIS J. DIBERARDINIS, SM, CIH, CSP | Instructor in Industrial Hygiene | Industrial Hygiene Officer, Environmental Medical Services, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DEAN HASHIMOTO, MD, JD, MPH | Instructor in Environmental Health

MARTIN R. HOROWITZ, MS, CIH, CSP | Instructor in Industrial Hygiene | Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager, Analog Devices

SUSAN A. KORRICK, MD, MPH | Instructor in Occupational Health | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School | Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital

DAVID KRIEBEL, ScD | Instructor in Industrial Hygiene | Professor of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts , Lowell

PHILIP J. LANDRIGAN, MD | Instructor in Occupational Health | Professor and Chief, Division of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , NY

CAROLYN S. LANGER, MD, JD, MPH | Instructor in Occupational Health | Associate Medical Director, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Mass

GEOFFREY LIU, MD, MSc | Instructor in Occupational Health | Assistant Professor in Medicine, HMS

DAVID LOMBARDI, PhD | Instructor in the Faculty of Public Health | Research Scientist in Epidemiology, Quantitative Analysis Unit, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety

MARGARET M. QUINN, ScD | Instructor in Industrial Hygiene | Professor of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts , Lowell

JANET SWEENEY RICO, SM, MBA | Instructor in Environmental Health

JAMES H. STEWART, PhD, CIH | Instructor in Industrial Hygiene

MICHAEL D. WALTERS, SD, PE, CIH | Instructor in Industrial Hygiene | Technical Manager, Corporate Health, Safety and Environmental Affairs, Polaroid Corporation

SUSAN R. WOSKIE, PhD, CIH | Instructor in Industrial Hygiene | Professor of Work Environment, Univ. Mass. Lowell

RICHARD A. YOUNGSTROM, MS | Instructor in Industrial Hygiene | Occupational Safety and Health Consultant, International Union of Electrical Workers

Research Scientists

ZHAOXI (MICHAEL) WANG, PhD | Research Scientist in Environmental Health

RIHONG ZHAI, MD, PhD | Research Scientist in Occupational and Environmental Health

Administrative Staff

ELIZABETH BAKER, BS | Staff Assistant

JEAN ECONOMOS, MPA | Associate Director of Administration and Finance

ANTHONIA GRANT | Junior Grants Manager

PATRICIA HALLET | Accounting Assistant

LYNN NEJAIME, MS | Administrative Coordinator/Webmaster

DARRA SWEETSER | Program Grant Accountant, Simmons College

JOHN YONG, BS | Assistant Director of Finance

Research Associates

JANE BURNS, ScD | Research Associate in Environmental and Occupational Health

ANNA CHOI, MS, SM, ScD | Research Associate in Environmental and Occupational Health

MARIANNE HOPKINS, MD, DDS | Research Associate in Environmental and Occupational Health

SHANNON MAGARI McLAIN, SD | Research Associate in Occupational Health

LINDA NIE, PhD | Research Associate in Environmental Healt

SHARON SAGIV, MPH, PhD | Research Associate in Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Staff

JEFFREY ADAMS, BS | Project Coordinator

RAJ BHANDARI, BS | Research Assistant

JULIE BRADLEY, AB | Project Manager

MARCIA J. CHERTOK | Research Specialist

BENJAMIN CHURCH, BS | Research Assistant

RAMACE DADD, BA | Research Assistant

KEZIA ELLISON, BA | Research Assistant

JENNIFER FORD, RN, BSN | Clinical Research Nurse Manager

KATHLEEN FEENEY | Research Assistant

JANNA M. FRELICH, MFA | Senior Programmer/Analyst

MELISSA HINES | Research Assistant

CRISTINA KEHOE | Research Specialist

MYRA KELLER, RN | Research Nurse

DIANA LEES, BS | Staff Assistant

HONGWU LI, BA | Staff Assistant/Specialist

PAMELA MEROSKI, RN | Research Nurse

PATRICIA MOREY, SM | Project Director

SALVATORE MUCCI, BA | Research Assistant

LUCYANN PRINCIPE | Research Assistant

SHAMET QEIVANI | Statistical Programmer

BRIANNA RUSSO | Research Assistant

ANDREA SHAFER, MA | Research Assistant

LI SU, RN, BS | Research Specialist/ Lab Director

STARR SUMPTER, BA | Staff Assistant

CHANIDA THAMMACHART, BA | Staff Assistant

ANA TRISINI, BS | Project Manager

ANTONIOS TSISMENAKIS, MA | Research Assistant

Research Fellows

KOFI ASOMANING, MD | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health

ROBERT CATENA, MS | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health

JENNIFER CAVALLARI, SM | Research Fellow in Epidemiology

CHE-HSU (JOE) CHANG DS, MS | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health

SHELLEY EHRLICH, MD | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Medicin

TORILL HELENE, PhD | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health

KAREN HUYCK, MD, PhD, MPH | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

SHONA FANG, ScD | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health

JORDI JULVEZ, PhD | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health

MOLLY KILE, SM, ScD | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health

CHEN-YU LIU, ScD | Research Fellow in Occupational Health

NATALIA MOROZOVA | Research Fellow in Occupational Health and Epidemiology

JUNENETTE PETERS, ScD | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health

EMA RODRIGUES, DSC, MPH | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health

CHAU-CHYUN SHEU, MD, DDS | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health

XU XU, PhD | Research Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health

Residents In Occupational And Environmental Medicine

EDWARD CHIN, MD, MPH
Advisor: Dr Christiani

GERARDO DURAND , MD
Advisor: Dr. Kales

PATRICK HENNESSEY, MD, PhD
Advisor: Dr Kales

PETER LEE, MD, MPH
Advisor: Dr Christiani

SAEHER MUZAFFAR, MD, MPH
MPH 07 | Advisor: Dr Christiani

CHUNBAI ZHANG, MD
Advisor: Dr Kales

Visiting Scientists, Scholars and Fellows

 VIKRAM AGARWAL, MPH | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

 MANISH ARORA, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health | Fellow, University of Sydney , Australia

 NICHOLAS A. ASHFORD, PhD, JD | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Health Policy | Professor of Technology and Policy, Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 FENG CHEN, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

METTE ERIKSON, BA | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

SAMUEL FORMAN, MD, MPH | Visiting Scientist

 THOMAS H. GASSERT, MS, MD, MPH | Visiting Scientist in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

MICHELLE GONG, MD, SM | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

MAURICIO HERNANDEZ-AVILA , MD , MS, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

INNOCENT JAYAWARDENE, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

JEE YOUNG KIM, SM, ScD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

JORUNN KIRKELEIT, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

KATARZYNA KORDAS, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental and Occupational Health

BARRY LEVY, MD, MPH | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Medicine

ROBERTO LUCCHINI, MD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

DAVID P. MILLER, SD | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Health

KATIE MILLER APPLEBAUM, SD | Visiting Scientist in Occupational and Environmental Health

ISMAIL NABEEL, MPH | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

IAN NOY, PhD | Vice President of Liberty Mutual Group and Director of the Research Institute for Safety | Visiting Scientist

GLENN PRANSKY, MD, MOH | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Health | Director, Center for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety

PRADEEP RAJAN, SD | Visiting Scientist in Occupational and Environmental Health

JING SHI, BS | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

STOVER SNOOK, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

ELPIDOFOROS SOTERIADES, ScD | Visiting Scientist in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

REBECCA SUK HEIST, MD, MPH | Visiting Scientist in Occupational and Environmental Health

PAULA TEJERA-ALVAREZ, BSc, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Health

RADEK WASIAK, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Health | Research Scientist, Center for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute

PAL WEIHE , MD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

ROBERTA F. WHITE, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health

THOMAS WINTERS, MD | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Medicine; Preceptor in Occupational Medicine

Visiting Scholars (Outreach Program)

JOSEPH CELONA, MD | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Medicine; Preceptor in Occupational Medicine

STEPHANIE M. CHALUPKA, MS | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Safety and Health | Director, Undergraduate Nursing Education, University of Massachusetts , Lowell , MA

JEFFREY CIAMPA, BS | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Safety and Health | Manager of Safety, Training, & Environmental Compliance, Aggregate Industries

STEVEN P. DICKENS, MA | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health | Health Assessment Project Director | River Network, Shelburne , VT

RICHARD J. DONAHUE, MD | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Safety and Health |

PETER C. DORAN, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Safety and Health

EARL DOTTER | Visiting Scientist in Occupational Safety and Health | Photojournalist

JALAL GHAEMGHAMI, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental and Occupational Health

ISMAEL NABEEL, MD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health | Greater New Bedford Community Health Center

LAWRENCE K. SILBART, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health | Center for Environmental Health, The University of Connecticut at Storrs

HERMAN T. TAVANI, PhD | Visiting Scientist in Environmental Health | Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair, Rivier College

VAUGHN WASCOVICH, MFA | Visiting Scientist in Environmental and Occupational Health

MPH/MOH and other MASTERS DEGREE STUDENTS

ADEDEJI ADELEKE
MPH Advisor: Dr Hauser

ERIC AMSTER
MPH Advisor: Dr Wright

BRET HEEREMA
MPH Advisor: Dr Hauser

TODD HUHN
MPH Advisor: Dr Christiani

TEJASWINI KULKARNI
MPH Advisor Dr Wright

RICHARD POKU
SM2 Advisor: Dr Perry

JANNAH TOWHEED
MPH Advisor: Dr Hauser

TAWAN UDTMADILOK
SM2 Advisor: Dr Dennerlein

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE DOCTORAL STUDENTS

PAUL BROCHU
Advisor: Dr Suh

JONATHAN BUONOCORE
Advisor: Dr Herrick

CHU-YUN HUANG
Advisor: Dr Smith

YING ZHU
Advisor: Dr Smith

LEONARD ZWACK
Advisor: Dr Levy

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES MASTER'S STUDENTS

KEVIN BANAHAN
SM2 Advisor: Dr Herrick

IAN CALLANDER
SM2 Advisor: Dr Herrick

HUA CHEN
SM2 Advisor: Dr Dennerlein

ARIEL PIEDMONT
SM2 Advisor: Dr Herrick

JULIA ROOS
SM2 Advisor: Dr Rudnick

DUSTIN WALKER
SM2 Advisor: Dr Smith

CHRISTOPHER ZUIDEMA
SM2 Advisor: Dr Herrick

Occupational Health Nursing Nurse Practitioner Track

ELIZABETH KEANE
MSN Advisor: Dr. Duty

KAITLIN MENDONCA
MSN Advisor: Dr. Duty

INJURY PREVENTION/ ERGONOMICS STUDENTS

JENNIFER BRUNO
SD Advisor: Dr Dennerlein

ELLEN CONNORTON
SD Advisor: Dr. Hemmenway (HPM), Dr. Perry

JIN QIN
SD Advisor: Dr. Dennerlein

CHRISTOPHER RONK
SD Advisor: Dr Perry

KERRY SOUZA
SD Advisor: Dr. Christiani, Dr. Perry

SANTOSH VERMA
SD Advisor Dr. Perry

Occupational Epidemiology Doctoral Students

KOFI ASOMANING
Advisor: Dr Christiani

CHIUNG-YU CHANG
Advisor: Dr Christiani

XING CHEN
Advisor: Dr Xu

BIRGIT CLAUS HENN
Advisor: Dr Wright

SHELLEY EHRLICH
Advisor: Russ Hauser

HANINE ESTEPHAN
Advisor Dr. Christiani

OLIVIER HUMBLET
Advisor: Dr Hauser

SEUNG SUP KIM
Advisor: Dr Christiani

WISANTI LAOHAUDOMCHOK
Advisor: Dr Weisskopf

REBECCA LINCOLN
Advisor: Dr Spengler

JAIME MADRIGANO (EPI)
Advisor: Dr Schwartz

MEGAN MCAULIFFE
Advisor: Dr Perry

AMAR MEHTA
Advisor: Dr Christiani

MARISA OGE
Advisor: Dr Korrick

WEN CHI PAN
Advisor: Dr Christiani

MELINDA POWER (EPI)
Advisor: Dr Weisskopf

LACEY PROUTY (EPI)
Advisor: Dr Christiani

WIE JIE SEOW
Advisor: Dr Christiani

MONICA TER-MINASSIAN
Advisor: Dr Christiani

ELISSA WILKER
Advisor: Dr Schwartz

HUI ZHANG
Advisor: Dr Christiani

Occupational Health Services Doctoral Students

KAREN HOPCIA, RNC, SM
Advisor: Dr McNeely

JAE YOUNG KIM, MD, MPH PhD
Advisor: Dr McNeely

FACULTY ADVISORS

Faculty advisors play a key role in planning curriculum, referring students to resources available within the School and

the University, and shaping career goals. Students should meet with their advisors to devise a suitable program prior to filling study forms and course cards with the Registrar. Deviations from the specified curricula must be approved as an exception by the ERC faculty. Advisors will present requests to the faculty for discussion and approval at regularly scheduled administrative meetings.

It is the responsibility of the student to maintain open lines of communication with this or her advisor. However, students are not restricted to their appointed advisor in seeking guidance in career, academic, or personal matters. Every member of the Center faculty is prepared to provide this kind of assistance.

A change in advisor assignment may be made at the request of the student. Requests of this nature should be brought to the director or administrator of the Center. When approved, the administrator will notify the Registrar of the change.

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