Dr. Paul Biddinger holds the MGH Endowed Chair in Emergency Preparedness and is the Director of the Center for Disaster Medicine, and Vice Chairman for Emergency Preparedness in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. He is also the Director for Emergency Preparedness at Partners Healthcare. Dr. Biddinger additionally serves as the Director of the Emergency Preparedness Research, Evaluation and Practice (EPREP) Program at the…
Marcia A. Testa, MPH, PhD
Dr. Testa is a Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics. As an experienced public health practitioner, health outcomes researcher, evaluator, biostatistician, and the current Co-Director of the Harvard T.H. Chan EPREP program, for the past 30 years Dr. Testa has worked closely with federal, state, county, regional and local public health, community and government authorities. She previously served as the Head of the Evaluation Core for the CDC-sponsored, Harvard Academic Center for…
Elena Savoia, MD, MPH
Dr. Savoia is a Principal Scientist in Biostatistics and a medical doctor by training. During the past fifteen years, Dr. Savoia has been leading research and training activities at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health focused on public health emergency preparedness. She is the co-director of the Emergency Preparedness Research, Evaluation & Practice (EPREP) Program for which she has been P.I. of over twenty research and training projects.…
Maxwell Su, ScD
Dr. Su is a Research Associate with backgrounds in mathematics, biostatistics, patient-centered outcomes research, and information technology. He received his ScB in mathematics from Brown University and his ScD in Biostatistics from Harvard University. Dr. Su is serving as the senior statistician and information technologist for the EPREP program. He has over 20 years of experience as a biostatistician specialized in outcome research and clinical trials. For the EPREP program,…
Alberto Montrond, MA
Mr. Montrond is a Senior Preparedness Fellow in the DPTLD. He acquired his professional and knowledge in the field of public service and politics at College of the Holy Cross, MA. He obtained a master’s degree in international relations (GMAP) from the Fletcher School at TUFTS University, in Boston. During the past seven years, Mr. Montrond has committed to serving the immigrant community protecting the needs of the Cape Verdean…
Rachael Piltch-Loeb, PhD
Dr. Piltch-Loeb is a Research Scientist in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard Chan School. She received her master’s degree from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University. She also holds a doctorate degree in Public Health, and she is also a junior research scientist at NYU’s College of Global Public Health’s Program on Population Impact, Recovery, and Resilience.…
Evelyn Masterson
Evelyn Masterson has worked as a Research Assistant with the EPREP Program since June 2021, focusing on vaccine hesitancy, human trafficking, occupational safety, communication, and training. She joined EPREP in May 2021 as a Harvard Chan School Master of Public Health practicum student, with a Health Management field of study and an Interdisciplinary Concentration in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. She has long been interested in emergency preparedness, volunteering with the American…