Directors
Steven Gortmaker, PhD
Principal Investigator
Director, Harvard Prevention Research Center (HPRC)
Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health (SHDH)
(617) 432-1029
sgortmak@hsph.harvard.edu
Charles Deutsch, ScD
Deputy Director, HPRC
Lead Investigator, Maine-HPRC
Deputy Director, Community Health Innovations and Research Program, Harvard Catalyst
Senior Research Scientist, SHDH
(617) 432-3936
cdeutsch@hsph.harvard.edu
Angie Cradock, ScD
Deputy Director, HPRC
Research Scientist, SHDH
(617) 384-8933
acradock@hsph.harvard.edu
Faculty, Investigators, and Research Collaborators
Michele Polacsek, PhD
Associate Professor, University of New England
(207) 221-4466
mpolacsek@une.edu
Elsie Taveras, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
(617) 355-2192
Elsie_Taveras@harvardpilgrim.org
Jennifer D. Allen, RN, MPH, ScD
Principal Investigator, Massachusetts Cancer Prevention Community Research Network
(617) 632-2269
jennifer_allen@dfci.harvard.edu
Lilian Cheung, ScD
Lecturer
Director, Health Promotion & Communication
Department of Nutrition
(617) 432-1086
lcheung@hsph.harvard.edu
Bruce Smith, MS
Project Associate, HPRC
Director, Community and Government Relations for the Harvard School of Public Health
(617) 496-0863
besmith@hsph.harvard.edu
Staff
Jessica Barrett, MPH
Research Assistant
(617) 998-1070
jbarrett@hsph.harvard.edu
Catherine Giles, MPH
Project Manager
(617) 384-8545
cgiles@hsph.harvard.edu
Rebekka Lee, ScM
Research Coordinator
(617) 384-5457
rlee@hsph.harvard.edu
Rebecca Mozaffarian, MS, MPH
Project Manager
(617) 384-8940
rmozaffa@hsph.harvard.edu
Sarah Olliges, MS
Research Assistant
(617) 384-8722
solliges@hsph.harvard.edu
Arthur Sobol, MS
Programmer & Data Analyst
(617) 432-3756
sobol@hsph.harvard.edu
