Steering Committee

The Initiative on Health and Homelessness includes a steering committee of experts that helps guide its planned activities and future directions.

Karen Emmons, PhD

Karen Emmons, PhD

Steering Committee Member

Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health & Faculty Director of the Community Engagement Program at Harvard Catalyst

Robert Heckart, JD

Robert Heckart, JD

Steering Committee Member & Senior Advisor

Board Member at Care for the Homeless New York, 2015 Fellow & 2016 Senior Fellow of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, and Retired Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP  

Jennifer Molinsky, PhD

Jennifer Molinsky, PhD

Steering Committee Member

Project Director of the Housing an Aging Society Program at the Harvard Joint Center on Housing Studies, and Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design

Rajarshi Mukherjee, PhD

Rajarshi Mukherjee, PhD

Steering Committee Member

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Jim O'Connell, MD

Jim O’Connell, MD

Steering Committee Member

President of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Natalie Slopen, ScD

Natalie Slopen, ScD

Steering Committee Member

Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Nancy Turnbull, MBA

Nancy Turnbull, MBA

Steering Committee Member

Senior Associate Dean for Professional Education and Senior Lecturer on Health Policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health