Our Team

• Amina Sheik Mohamed, MPH Director
• Asmaa Deiranieh, BSPH Program Coordinator
• Blanca Meléndrez, MA Executive Director
• D. Eastern Kang Sim, MPH, PhD Staff Research Assistant
• Elizabeth Cooper, MPH Program Manager
• Elle Mari, ​MSc Director
• Estela Blanco​, MPH, MA ​​Research Associate
• Farida Erikat Community Health Specialist
• Howard Taras, MD Professor of Pediatrics
• Jennifer Taylor, PhD Director
• Joe Prickitt, MS, RD Senior Director
• Kate Edra, MPH, CHES Program Manager
• Kyung (Kay) Rhee, MD, MSc, MA Pediatric Hospitalist
• Lakisha McZeal Community Food Project Specialist
• Micaela Smith, PhD Program Manager
• ​Michelle Zive, MS, RD, PhD Principal Investigator
• Nghi Dang, BSPH Community Food Specialist
• Patricia L. East, PhD Research Scientist
• Phil Nader, MD Founder
• Ramón Hernandez, DrPH, MPH Associate Director
• Reem Zubaidi, MPP Health Policy and Communications Coordinator
• Rodrigo Alvarez Project Specialist
• Ruth Tadesse Community Health Project Specialist
• Sarah Vicente, MPH, MA Project Specialist
• Shana Wright Bruno, MPH, CHES​ Director
• Sheila Gahagan, MD, MPH Division Chief
• Suzanna Martinez, PhD, MS Researcher