Laura Marciano is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard Chan T.H. School of Public Health Department of Social and Behavioral Science, the Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness, and Director Viswanath’s lab. She is responsible for the HappyB project (funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation), aiming to study the longitudinal link between smartphone use, social media, and positive well-being in young people. She obtained her PhD at…
Rachel McCloud’s research focuses on the impact of smartphones and other devices in data gathering and disease prevention. She is studying how connectivity and technology issues impact the ability of individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to use their smartphones for internet access and public health research. Dr. McCloud received her ScD in social and behavioral sciences from the Harvard Chan School, where she focused on health communication in community-based settings.…
Zichao Li is a PhD student at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Her research focuses on health communication, mixed-methods, and racial/ethnic and gender health inequalities.
After earning my MD degree in Community Medicine from India, I have been working as a physician for the last six years. Thanks to this experience, I developed my skills of responsibility and leadership which further helped me to explore my passion for public health. During the pandemic I spearheaded the Covid-19 vaccination drive at district level in 2021, which resulted in hundreds of people getting vaccinated. My research has…
Elaine Jeon finished her MPH training at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2023, studying social and behavioral sciences and health communication. Prior to Harvard, she received her MMSc in global affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University and BA in economics from Amherst College. Elaine worked as a management consultant for four years, collaborating with health organizations across Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Her research…
