Michelle A. Williams, SM ’88, ScD ’91, is Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Angelopoulos Professor in Public Health and International Development, a joint faculty appointment at the Harvard Chan School and Harvard Kennedy School. She is an internationally renowned epidemiologist and public health scientist, an award-winning educator, and a widely recognized academic leader. Prior to becoming Dean, she was Professor and Chair of…
Shruthi Mahalingaiah is an assistant professor of environmental, reproductive, and women’s health in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She serves clinically as a physician specializing in ovulation disorders, reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She has BA from Middlebury College (majors: chemistry/Spanish, minors: physics/dance). Supported by a Thomas J. Watson III…
Russ Hauser MD, MPH, ScD, is the Frederick Lee Hisaw Professor of Reproductive Physiology, and professor of environmental and occupational epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He also holds an appointment at Harvard Medical School, where he is professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology. Dr. Hauser’s research focuses on the effects of environmental chemicals on reproductive health, perinatal outcomes, and children’s health. He has served on several…
Brent Coull, PhD, is professor of Biostatistics in the Departments of Biostatistics and Environmental Health and associate chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He received his PhD in statistics from the University of Florida and has over 25 years of experience in a wide range of biostatistical applications to environmental health and health disparities research. His primary research interests focus on the development and…
Jukka-Pekka “JP” Onnela is Associate professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also Director of the Master in Health Data Science program, one of three data science programs at Harvard University. He obtained his doctorate in network science in physics in Finland, and his doctoral dissertation received the Dissertation of the Year Award. Prior to starting his faculty…
Ariel Scalise has an MPH with a concentration in epidemiology and behavioral health from Saint Louis University. She completed her BA in psychology from Quinnipiac University. She is passionate about social justice and using public health research to improve health outcomes.
Huichu is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she received her PhD in population health sciences. Her research work in AWHS focuses on elucidating menstrual cycle characteristics and possible related factors, as well as their implications on women’s health in this cohort.
Zifan received her PhD and MS degree in Epidemiology from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her background is in identifying the impact of environmental exposures on disparities in reproductive and perinatal health. Zifan is excited to join AWHS as a postdoctoral research fellow where she will be studying factors related to menstrual cycles and gynecologic conditions.
Alexis de Figueiredo Veiga received a master’s degree in medical sciences from Boston University School of Medicine. She completed her BA in biochemistry and molecular biology from Boston University in 2018.
Malaika graduated from Tufts University with a BA in Public Health and Sociology in 2021. Her background is in community health consulting and organizing. Malaika is passionate about health equity and is excited about the implications of studying this critical and understudied subject.
