The PDA Council

Current Council

2022-2023

Council Position	Name	Email
President	Melike Hazal Can (Global Health and Population)	mhcan@hsph.harvard.edu
Chair of the Education Committee	Zhila Semnani-Azad (Nutrition)	zsemnaniazad@hsph.harvard.edu
Chair of the Social Committee	Maria Hershey (Environmental Health)	mhershey@hsph.harvard.edu
Chair of the Awards Committee	Hanmo Yang (Global Health and Population)	hyang@hsph.harvard.edu
Departmental Representative of Biostatistics	Viola Fanfani (Biostatistics)	vfanfani@hsph.harvard.edu
At-Large Representative	Catherine Nagawa (Social and Behavioral Sciences)	cnagawa@hsph.harvard.edu
At-Large Representative	Mahmoud Mikdar (Immunology and Infectious Diseases)	mmikdar@hsph.harvard.edu

We have many vacant positions on the PDA Council. If you are interested in joining, please contact us at PDA@hsph.harvard.edu.
**Council elections are held in the Fall semester. All postdoctoral fellows and research associates at Harvard Chan are eligible to run for a position on the Harvard Chan Postdoc Association Council. (Nominees for President need to have served at least one term on the Council. There are no other restrictions for other Council positions.)

Former Councils

2021-2022

Council Position	Name
President	T.K. Phung (Environmental Health)
Communications Manager	Sarah Oh (Social an Behavioral Sciences)
Chair of Professional Development Committee	Melike Hazal Can (Global Health and Population)
Chair of the Education Committee	Zhila Semnani-Azad (Nutrition)
Chair of the Awards Committee	Yan Yan (Immunology and Infectious Diseases)
Chair of the Social Committee	Shifan Wang (Immunology and Infectious Diseases)

2020-2021

Council Position	Name
President	Jenny Spencer
Vice President	Nikki DeVille
Communications Manager	vacant
Treasurer	vacant
Chair of the Awards Committee	Georgios Polychronidis
Chair of the Communications Committee	T.K. Phung
Chair of the Educational Initiatives Committee	vacant
Chair of the Poster Day Committee	Nikki DeVille
Chair of the Professional Development Committee	Bénédicte Gnangnon
Chair of the Social Committee	vacant
DACDI Representative	Farah Qureshi
Representative (At-Large)	Rebecca Lee
Representative (At-Large)	vacant
Representative (Department of Biostatistics)	vacant
Representative (Department of Environmental Health)	Cody Rasmussen-Ivey
Representative (Department of Epidemiology)	vacant
Representative (Department of Molecular Metabolism)	Hatoon Baazim
Representative (Department of Global Health & Population)	Nandita Perumal
Representative (Department of Health Policy & Management)	vacant
Representative (Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases)	Stephen Kissler
Representative (Department of Nutrition)	vacant
Representative (Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences)	Adina Coroiu

Awards Committee:
Chair: Georgios Polychronidis
Members:

Communications Committee:
Chair: T.K. Phung
Members:

Poster Day Committee:
Chair: Nikki Deville
Members:

Professional Development Committee:
Chair: Bénédicte Gnangnon
Members:

Social Committee:
Chair: vacant
Members:

**Council elections are held in the fall. Any HSPH postdoctoral fellow or research associate can run for any position in the council.

2019-2020

Council Position	Name
President	Aabha Sharma
Vice President	Alexa Solazzo
Treasurer	Lucas Henneman
Communications Manager	Arpit Sharma
Chair of the Awards Committee	vacant
Chair of the Communications Committee	Jenny Spencer
Chair of the Educational Initiatives Committee	Patrick Kimes
Chair of the Poster Day Committee	vacant
Chair of the Professional Development Committee	Avik Basu
Chair of the Social Committee	Fatima Zahra
Representative (At-Large)	Nikki DeVille
Representative (At-Large)	Nachiket Vaze
Representative (Department of Biostatistics)	Aya Mitani
Representative (Department of Environmental Health)	Cody Rasmussen-Ivey
Representative (Department of Epidemiology)	Mollie Wood
Representative (Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases)	Arpit Sharma
Representative (Department of Global Health and Population)	Nandita Perumal
Representative (Department of Health Policy and Management)	Caroline Dunn
Representative (Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases)	Stephen Kissler
Representative (Department of Nutrition)	Stacy Blondin
Representative (Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences)	Adina Coroiu
Special Advisor to the Council	Christian Suharlim

MID-TERM ELECTIONS

Council Position	Name
President	Jenny Spencer
Vice President	Nikki Deville
Co-Chair of the Professional Development Committee	Bénédicte Gnangnon
Co-Chair of the Professional Development Committee	Katie Siewert
Chair of the Awards Committee	vacant
Chair of the Communications Committee	Jenny Spencer
Chair of the Poster Day Committee	vacant
Chair of the Professional Development Committee	Avik Basu
Chair of the Social Committee	Fatima Zahra

2018-2019

Council Position	Name
President	Lucia Petito
Vice President	vacant
Secretary	vacant
Treasurer	Lucas Henneman
Chair of the Communications Committee	Derrick Johnston Alperet
Chair of the Educational Initiatives Committee	vacant
Chair of the Poster Day Committee	Nachiket Vaze
Chair of the Professional Development and Social Committee	Aabha Sharma
Chair of the Awards Committee	Sarah Huber-Krum
Representative (At-Large)	Abdulrahman Jbaily
Representative (At-Large)	Benjamin Fu
Representative (At-Large)	Nachiket Vaze
Representative (Department of Biostatistics)	Daniel Temko
Representative (Department of Environmental Health)	vacant
Representative (Department of Epidemiology)	Mollie Wood
Representative (Department of Genetics & Complex Diseases)	vacant
Representative (Department of Global Health & Population)	Sarah Huber-Krum
Representative (Department of Health Policy & Management)	vacant
Representative (Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases)	vacant
Representative (Department of Nutrition)	Roger Figueroa
Representative (Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences)	vacant
Special Advisor to the Council	Christian Suharlim

Midterm: Scott Olesen, President (olesen@hsph.harvard.edu)

Communications Committee:
Chair: Derrick Johnston Alperet
Members: Nachiket Vaze, Lucas Henneman, Abdulrahman Jbaily, Mollie Wood

Professional Development & Social Committee:
Chair: Aabha Sharma
Members: Lucia Petito, Roger Figueroa, Nachiket Vaze, Abdulrahman Jbaily, Benjamin Fu

Poster Day Committee:
Chair: Nachiket Vaze
Members: Benjamin Fu, Lucas Henneman, Sarah Huber-Krum, Roger Figueroa

Awards Committee:
Chair: Sarah Huber-Krum
Members: Derrick Johnston Alperet, Lucas Henneman, Daniel Temko

2017-2018

Council Position	Name
President	Scott Olesen
Vice President of External Affairs	Lucas Henneman
Vice President of Internal Affairs	Feiby Nassan
Vice President of Advocacy	vacant
Vice President of Communications	Derrick Johnston Alperet
Treasurer	Lucy Li
Social Co-chair	Aabha Sharma
Social Co-chair	Lucia Petito
Career Advancement Chair	Catherine Arsenault
Recruiting Chair	Susan Peters
International Chair	Robyn Lee
Educational Initiatives Chair	Tia McGill Rogers
Grants and Research Strategy Chair	Maria Andree Lopez Gomez
Editor-in-Chief	Reem Waziry
Research Associate Chair	Sarah Mitchell
Special Advisor to the Council	Christian Suharlim
General Council	Lauren Cowley
General Council	Nachiket Vaze
Special Advisor to the Council	Chris Suharlim

Midterm: Jackie Cohen, President; Aisha Dickerson, Vice President of Advocacy

2016-2017

Council Position	Name
President	Christian Suharlim
Vice President of External Affairs	Dania Valvi
Vice President of Internal Affairs	Jacqueline Cohen
Vice President of Advocacy	Aisha Dickerson
Vice President of Communications	Mohamad Abdul Sater
Social Co-chair	Mudit Chaand
Social Co-chair	Sandra Pirela
Recruiting Chair	Susan Peters
International Chair	Youssef Oulhote
Educational Initiatives Chair	Tia McGill Rogers
Grants and Research Strategy Chair	Marguerite Nyhan
Research Associate Chair	Marco Martins
General Council	Fred Tabung
General Council	Freeman Suber
Treasurer	Manja Koch
Career Advancement Chair

2015-2016

Council Position	Name
President	Christian Suharlim
Vice-President	Fred Tabung
Secretary	Jacqueline Cohen
Treasurer	Gillian Franklin
Recruiting Chair	Felicity Brown
International Chair	Dania Valvi
Webmaster	Mohamad Sater
Educational Initiatives Chair
Social Co-Chairs	Konstantina Sampani
	Mudit Chaand
Workshops Chair	Manja Koch
Grant and Research Strategy Chair	Sandra Pirela
Editor-in-Chief
Special Advisor to the Council	Usheer Kanjee
General Council	Sylvia Ley
	Clara Burbano-Herrera
	Morteza Asgarzadeh
	Traci Brown
Representative of Research Associates	Elisa Ghelfi

2014-2015

Council Position	Name
President	Christian Suharlim
Vice-President	Morteza Asgarzadeh
Secretary	Fred Tabung
Treasurer	Sylvia Ley
Webmaster	Gholamali Rahnavard
Educational Initiatives Chair	Shoukai Yu
Social Co-Chairs	Guy Harling
	Mudit Chaand
Workshops Chair	Martha A. Clark
Grant and Research Strategy Chair	Alex Carll
Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-Chief	Gillian Franklin
General Council	Usheer Kanjee
	Mark McGovern
	Clara Burbano-Herrera
	Shinich Tomioka
	Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala
	A. Benedicte Mengel
	David Gregory

2013-2014

Council Position	Name
President	Usheer Kanjee
Vice-President	Benedicte Mengel
Secretary	Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala
Treasurer	Morteza Asgarzadeh
Webmaster	Amit Joshi
Educational Initiatives Chair	Cherie Ramirez
Social Co-Chairs	Casimiro Gerarduzzi
	Ahmed Alkhateeb
Workshops Chair	Guy Harling
Grant and Research Strategy Chair	Alex Carll
Co-Editors	Lauren Murphy
	Adela Hruby
General Council	Mehmet Furkan Burak
	Marcia Otto
	Roman Pabayo
	Amy Lampard

2012-2013

Council Position	Name
President	Alberto Caban-Martinez
Vice-President	Mehmet Furkan Burak
Secretary	Usheer Kanjee
Treasurer	Benedicte Mengel
Webmaster	Joel Mathews
Educational Initiatives Chair	Cherie Ramirez
Social Co-Chairs	Roman Pabayo
	Amy Lampard
Workshops Chair	Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala
Pulicity Chair	Morteza Asgarzadeh
Postdoc Post Editor-in-chief	Lauren Murphy
	Marcia Otto
General Council	Leah Cahill
	Myriam Afeiche

2011-2012

Silje Reme, Leah Cahill, Furkan Burak, Lawrence De Koning, Feyza Engin, Marie Zbinden, Myriam Afeiche, Alberto Caban-Martinez, Joel Mathews

2010-2011

Johan Öckinger, Feyza Engin, Leah Cahill, Djøra Soeteman, Feyza Engin, Lawrence de Koning, Marie Zbinden, Silje Reme, Elizabeth Newnham, David Kasahara, Anne Lusk

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