CME - Key Persons


Aja Diggs

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Alan Friedman

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Pediatrics ( Cardiology ) Chief Medical Officer, Yale New Haven Hospital, Pediatrics

Albert E. Kent

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Alexandra Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Alexandra Nichols Shaheen

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, YSM Diversity Office

Alexis Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Allison Rentfro

Job Titles:
  • Director

Alondra Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant, YSM Diversity

Andrea Basile Terrillion

Job Titles:
  • Director of Professionalism and Leadership

Andrew Baik

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Communications Officer

Andrew Dhanasopon

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery ( Thoracic ) Site Director, Thoracic Surgery at VA Hospital West Haven Associate Program Director, Yale Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency & Fellowship

Andrew Osborne

Job Titles:
  • Director, Multimedia Services Senior Video Producer

Andrew Ulrich

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of Operations / Professor of Emergency Medicine Vice Chair of Operations

Ann Criscuolo

Job Titles:
  • Financial Assistant

Anna Reisman

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Annabelle Blevins Pifer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant Program Assistant, Master of Health Science - Clinical Investigation Track ( MHS - CI )

Anne Nicotra

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Financial Analyst Accountant

Anne Stark

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Annie Carusone

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Senior Manager

Anthony N. Brady

Job Titles:
  • Member of the YSM Biobank Committee
  • Professor of Pathology Chair, Pathology Chief, YNHH Pathology

Antonietta Hallet

Antonietta Hallet is the Simulation Development & Strategy Administrator. She has extensive experience in corporate and regulatory compliance, employee relations, leadership development, strategy, change management, public relations, event management, communications and marketing. She has been employed in both the corporate and the non-profit sectors and, with a diverse background, brings a great deal of innovative experience to the team. Antonietta holds a Master of Communications degree and an HR Management Certificate, both from Fairfield University. She also holds an Executive Healthcare Leadership Certificate from Cornell University and an Executive Transformational Coaching certificate.

Arjun Venkatesh

Job Titles:
  • Chairman / Professor of Emergency Medicine Chair, Emergency Medicine Scientist, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Internal Medicine
  • Professor of Emergency Medicine Chair, Emergency Medicine Scientist, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Internal Medicine

Azmi Ahmad

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair

Barbara Hildebrand

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Simulated Participant Program Assistant Director, Simulated Participant Program, Teaching and Learning Center / Education
Barbara joined Yale University and the Office of Education in 2008. From 2009-15 she managed the Preclinical Clerkship, Clinical Skills and Standardized Patient programs. Since 2016 Barbara has moved to the Teaching & Learning Center and oversees the day-to-day management of the Standardized Patient (SP) Program and coordinates the teaching summary letters for Sr. A&P Faculty appointments. Prior to coming to Yale, Barbara worked as a Print Production manager at BPA Worldwide in Shelton, CT.Barbara has a BFA degree in graphic design from Paier College of Art.A Pinterest newbie Barbara enjoys following others on Pinterest, cooking, gardening and yoga/Pilates. She lives by the water in Milford and enjoys being outdoors in the warm summer months most of all.

Basmah Safdar

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development / Professor of Emergency Medicine Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development, Emergency Medicine Co - Chair, Chest Pain Center

Bettina Evans

Job Titles:
  • Financial Assistant

Bonnie Lemelin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Emergency Medicine

Brian Woods

Job Titles:
  • Account Assistant

Caitlin Malicki

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Manager

Caleb Jean

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Carine Sakr

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor Adjunct

Carrie A Redlich

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Medicine ( Occupational Medicine ) and of Environmental Health Sciences Director, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program
Areas of expertise: Asthma; Environmental Health; Occupational Medicine; Pneumoconiosis; Occupational Exposure; Isocyanates

Chelsea Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Research Support Coordinator

Chelsea Gomez

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Chen Liu

Job Titles:
  • Member of the YSM Biobank Committee

Cheryl Mayeran

Job Titles:
  • Senior Simulation Learning Consultant
Cheryl Mayeran is a Senior Simulation Learning Consultant who develops curriculum and designs and implements healthcare simulations. She conducts faculty development courses in basic and advanced debriefing and serves as a preceptor for new simulation faculty. Cheryl has extensive experience in program development, project management, emergency medical services education, emergency management operations and planning, and public health administration. She holds a BS in biology from Fairfield University, and a MS in public health administration from Boston University School of Medicine.

Chris Banziruk

Job Titles:
  • Simulation Operations Specialist
Chris Banziruk is a Simulation Operations Specialist. He designs and coordinates the implementation of simulation technology to meet education needs throughout the health system. Prior to joining the team, he spent over 6 years working as a Collections Technician II in the Biomedical Division of the American Red Cross where he took on additional roles specializing in team management, project tracking, process implementation and employee safety development. He completed his bachelor's degree at Western Connecticut State University and his experience brings a blend of clinical proficiency and technical insight to the team.

Christian Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Simulation Operations Specialist
Christian Gonzalez is a Simulation Operations Specialist. His educational background in biomedical science was integral for the quality and clinical engineering positions he practiced for four years. He gained experience in medical device testing, product validation, and tissue handling in both settings. With this experience, he provides in-situ simulation support across YNHHS hospitals with the goal of strengthening learner outcomes through behavioral and simulation assessments. When he is not in simulation, he is pursuing a master's degree in neuroscience and he is a member of the Medical Reserves Corps of Fairfield County.

Christina Valko

Job Titles:
  • Women 's Health Nursing Professional Development Specialist

Christopher L Moore

Job Titles:
  • Section Chief, Ultrasound / Professor of Emergency Medicine Chief, Section of Emergency Ultrasound Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship

Colleen Moriarty

Job Titles:
  • All Media Inquiries / Director of Media Relations and Audience Development
  • Copy Link

Colleen Pongetti

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant

Copy Link

Job Titles:
  • Member of the YSM Biobank Committee

Cynthia Brandt

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science Vice Chair for Education, Biomedical Informatics & Data Science Professor, Biostatistics

Danielle Paquette

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager Clinical Research Assistant II

Danielle Perricone

Job Titles:
  • Media Contact for Clinical Topics / Yale Medicine / Communications Officer, YM Audience Development and Social Media

Darin Latimore

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Daryn David

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Dava Flowers-Poole

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant

David Della-Giustina

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair for Education

David Ferguson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Biorepository

Debra Sabo

Job Titles:
  • Manager of YSM Treasury Operations

Dennis Shung

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine ( Digestive Diseases ) Director of Digital Health, Digestive Diseases / Education

Dorothy DeBernardo

Job Titles:
  • Center for Medical Education, Director of Programs

Dr. Daniel F. Sarpong

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistician
Dr. Daniel F. Sarpong, trained biostatistician, is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of General Internal Medicine and Executive Director of the Office of Health Equity Research (OHER). Dr. Sarpong's research focuses on translational research exploring innovative approaches to mitigating biological and social determinants of health disparities in primarily chronic diseases. Before joining Yale University in the School of Medicine, He was a Tenured Professor of Biostatistics, Endowed Chair of Health Disparities, and Director of the Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (CMHDRE) at the Xavier University of Louisiana. Additionally, he served as the Director of the Community Engagement Cores of Xavier RCMI Cancer Center and the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center. During 2000 and 2010, he was Director and Co-Principal Investigator of the Jackson Heart Study Coordinating Center (JHSCC), Director of Data Management, Quality Assurance, and Information Technology, and Senior Biostatistician of the JHSCC at Jackson State University.

Dr. Kathlene Tracy

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Director of Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Mental Health and Counseling
Dr. Kathlene Tracy is a Clinical Psychologist within the Mental Health and Wellness Program and leads Psychotherapy Development at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and Mental Health and Counseling (MHC)-Yale Health. Dr. Tracy has over three decades of experience developing and delivering addiction and psychiatric treatments while in joint clinical and research positions at academic institutions and affiliated treatment settings leading services within inpatient, outpatient, and community settings within the mental health field. Because of her expertise in measurement, design, training, and behavioral treatments, Dr. Tracy has been an active national committee member of the NIDA MDRU's Clinical Methods Committee and Psychosocial Treatments Committee and the NIDA CTN Assessment and Measures Committee and Training Subcommittee as well as a valued merit grant reviewer for several PCORI and NIH/NIDA initiatives. Dr. Tracy has additional proficiency in mental health evidenced based treatment development and translation into practice and has been an invited reviewer of the SAMHSA grant delivery structure, in addition to, Treatment Improvement Projects (TIP) for developing national guidelines. Within institutions, she has been active on local committees to safeguard the protection of subjects in research trials, ensure quality research methodology, and promote psychosocial rehabilitation clinical services. Dr. Tracy has a longstanding interest in providing state of the art quality care and has received Stage I and Stage II behavioral therapies development funding from multiple sources including NIDA and NIAAA as well as funding from federal/state agencies. Dr. Tracy looks forward to applying these skills in continued efforts to improve the wellness and wellbeing of others. Dr. Tracy offers both in-person appointments and virtual appointments using Zoom. You can schedule appointments using her confidential Bookings program. You can also reach Dr. Tracy at Kathlene.Tracy@yale.edu.

Eduardo Reyes

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant, YSM Diversity

Edward Schaeffer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant - Center for Medical Education

Eliza Agustin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant

Elvira Barbiero

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Finance Manager

Erin Brannan

Job Titles:
  • Assessment Program Manager

Erin McGuire

Job Titles:
  • Revenue Analytics Manager Account Assistant

Farrah Nettleton

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant Yale School of Medicine Continuing Medicine Education Program Administrator

Fatimah Bhatti

Job Titles:
  • Portfolio Associate

Gaafar Abdel Rasoul

Job Titles:
  • Egypt / Professor at the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Menoufia University

Gary Leydon

Job Titles:
  • Director of Educational Technology

Gina Stover

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Programmer Analyst

Giovanna Guerrero-Medina

Job Titles:
  • Director of Yale Ciencia Program Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute Executive Director, Ciencia Puerto Rico

Hani Mowafi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Chief of the Section of Global Health
  • Co - Director, GEOHealth - MENA
  • Section Chief, Global Health
Hani Mowafi, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor, Chief of the Section of Global Health in the Department of Emergency Medicine and he serves as the Director of the Yale-London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Fellowship in Global Health and International Emergency Medicine. Dr. Mowafi's work focuses on developing the science and practice of emergency care with emphasis on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where the burden of emergency conditions is highest and where there is a large unmet need for emergency care. Internationally known for his work on emergency and trauma care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), Dr. Mowafi has extensive experience conducting training, research, and program development in the Middle East and Africa. He has served as an expert consultant for the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees, the World Bank and the World Health Organization where he is currently an Emergency Care Consultant for the WHO's Global Emergency and Trauma Care Initiative. He is the Co-Director of the NIH-funded Middle East and North Africa Program for Advanced Injury Research (MENA PAIR) - a partnership between Yale University and the American University of Beirut. Dr. Mowafi has served on scientific review panels for both global injury and humanitarian research including the National Institutes of Health Research (UK), and Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (UK). He serves as the Associate Editor for Trauma for BMC Emergency Medicine.Dr. Mowafi's research interests are assessing the health burden and impacts of trauma and injury in LMICs; health and human security in humanitarian emergencies; and developing metrics for global emergency care. Dr. Mowafi has a long track record mentoring junior investigators and practitioners in global health careers including trainees in the United States, East Africa and the Middle East.Dr. Mowafi has been recognized for his leadership and serves on the International Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), previously as the Chair of the ACEP International Section, and Chair of the of the Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship Consortium. In 2017 he was awarded the Humanitarian Service Award from the Global Emergency Medicine Academy of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine in recognition of his work studying and mitigating the impacts of humanitarian crises around the world.

Heather Collette

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor Pediatric Sub - Internship Director, Pediatrics Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Hospitalist

Hilmer Ayuso

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant

Iman Nuwayhid

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director, GEOHealth - MENA
  • Professor of the Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor of Public Health and Occupational and Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut; Co-editor of the landmark book on "Public Health in the Arab World" (Cambridge University Press, 2012) ; Co-chair of the Lancet-AUB Commission on Syria Nuwayhid is a Professor of the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. He received his MD from AUB and his MPH and DrPH in Occupational Health from The Johns Hopkins University. He is American Board Certified in Occupational Medicine. He is a member of the editorial board of "International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health" and an elected fellow to the Collegium Ramazzini (since 2004). He was inducted into the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars in 2012. He is a co-editor of the landmark book on "Public Health in the Arab World" published by Cambridge University Press in March 2012. He is the Co-Director of the NIH-funded Global Environmental and Occupational Health Research and Training Hub for the Middle East and North Africa (GEOHealth-MENA program), a collaboration between the American University of Beirut, Yale University, and the University of Iowa. Nuwayhid is a strong believer in interdisciplinary and community-based research and has successfully bridged his three areas of specialization in medicine, general public health, and environmental and occupational health. His research interests include ecosystem approach to human health (Ecohealth), environmental determinants of health, and occupational health with a focus on working children.

Inaya Ezzeddine

Job Titles:
  • Lebanon / Former Minister and a Current Member of the Lebanese Parliament Founder and Director, Medical Analysis and Pathology ( M.a.P. ) Laboratory

Inessa Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Ishita S. Arora

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Associate

Jackeline Santana

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant

Jacqueline Sandoval

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

James Bonz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine / Education / MD, University of New Mexico, 2005

Janet Hafler

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Pediatrics ( General Pediatrics ) Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning, General Pediatrics Director of the Center for Medical Education, Pediatrics

Janine Doucette

Job Titles:
  • Data Coordinator
Janine Doucette is the Simulation Data Coordinator and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and Healthcare Management. She has 20 years of experience in project coordination, executive support and data analytics within healthcare. Janine joined Yale New Haven Health in 2013 and transferred to the simulation center in 2018. She specializes in collecting and managing data to produce reports that are accurate, meaningful and timely for stakeholders.

Jasmine Gomez

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant

Jeanie Haggan

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Patient Safety Quality Adult Emergency Department, YNHH

Jeffrey Bowen

Job Titles:
  • Accountant Assistant Emergency Medicine

Jeffrey Gerwin

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Jeffrey Hoffman

Job Titles:
  • Media Technician 3
  • Simulation Operations Specialist
Jeff Hoffman is a Simulation Operations Specialist with eight years of experience. He majored in Digital Media and Television Production at Daytona State college. His experience, working at ESPN for almost seven years, allows him to bring extensive A/V knowledge to the team.

Jennifer Caprio

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant

Jessica Illuzzi

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair / Deputy Dean for Education and Harold W. Jockers Professor of Medical Education and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Jim Chernesky

Job Titles:
  • Senior Simulation Learning Consultant
Jim Chernesky is a Senior Simulation Learning Consultant who has over 35 years of experience in corporate training, performance management, organizational development and consulting. He has been a member of the YNHHS Simulation team for six years responsible for developing and implementing medical simulations throughout the YNHH system. He has served on a variety of special projects, committees and outreach programs including Hospital at Home and Telehealth. Jim has written and delivered Faculty Development training programs and tracks and consults on new simulation programs submitted to the Simulation Center. Jim holds a MS degree in Instructional Technology and a BS degree in Education from Southern Connecticut University. He has also obtained process master and facilitation certifications a certificate for Strategic Health Care Leadership through Cornell University.

John Albis

Job Titles:
  • Director, Financial Management

John Encandela

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychiatry Executive Director of Evaluation & Assessment at the Center for Medical Education, School of Medicine

John Kunstman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery ( Oncology )

John Slade Ely

Job Titles:
  • Professor

John Solomon Francis

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Jonathan Chevrier

Job Titles:
  • Canada / Associate Professor at McGill University

Jonathan N Grauer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Joy Grabow

Job Titles:
  • Manager
  • Simulation Manager
Joy Grabow is the Simulation Manager, and she has worked in simulation for over seven years, coordinating and supervising the general activities that occur within the center and acting as the liaison between the various departments and the sim center faculty. She has professional experience as an Educational Trainer, Regional Sales Trainer, Office Manager and Program Director. Joy was a professional actress for 25 years and is currently a Theatrical Director/Acting Coach. Joy's background in theater has prepared her well for the "medical theater" involved in healthcare simulation. Joy studied Theatre Arts at the University of Wisconsin.

Judith Hahn

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Nursing Professional Practice and Education, YNHHS

Julia Buchanan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director Yale School of Medicine Faculty Affairs

Karen Broderick

Job Titles:
  • Fellowship Coordinator

Karen Lombardi

Job Titles:
  • Simulation Learning Consultant
Karen Lombardi is a Simulation Learning Consultant who identifies opportunities for improvement, innovation and development of initiatives for the integration of simulation in clinical education and curriculum. Karen's experience as one of the co-leaders of the Regional Neonatology Bootcamp at Yale provides her the scope to network with other simulation programs at local, state, regional and national levels to develop and utilize best practices for program development. Her clinical background and simulation experience provide developmental and operational guidance through all stages of program design and implementation. Prior to joining the team, she worked as a respiratory therapist for Yale New Haven Hospital. Karen is currently pursuing her master's degree.

Karina Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Kathryn McCall

Job Titles:
  • Research Support Coordinator

Kaveh Khoshnood

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Epidemiology ( Microbial Diseases ) Track Director, Critical Topics, Executive MPH Program Co - Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health

Kavitha Gopalratnam

Job Titles:
  • Associate Program Director - Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services

Kelly Merritt

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Manager

Kien Pham

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist in Pathology Operations Manager, YSM Biobank

Kimberly Guidone

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant, Faculty Affairs

Kristine Tyc

Job Titles:
  • Account Assistant

Krystal Pollitt

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Epidemiology ( Environmental Health ) Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Areas of expertise: Air Pollution; Environmental Exposure; Mass Spectrometry; Exposome

Lawrence Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus of Medicine ( Cardiovascular Medicine )

Leigh Evans

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Section Chief, Simulation

Lena Smith Parker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Lina Fakih

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator, GEOHealth - MENA Program

Linda Bockenstedt

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs

Linda Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, YSM Diversity Office Director of Educational Outreach Programs

Linda Sarro

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager for Educator Development, Center for Medical Education, Yale School of Medicine Program Manager for Educator Development, Center for Medical Education

Lisa Filarsky

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Administrator

Lisa Ho

Job Titles:
  • Copy Link
  • Mental Health & Wellness Program Manager
Lisa's experience and interests will make her a valuable resource for students. She received her masters in social work, with a focus in clinical work with children and families, from CUNY Hunter. She has many years of experience working with primarily families and individuals of color, and specializes in treating anxiety, depression, and OCD. She has worked in many different settings, including large non-profits, hospitals, and universities, and enjoys working with youth and young adults and helping them learn skills to better manage their lives both individually and in groups. Lisa loves working with first-generation students and immigrants, as well as queer and gender diverse people Lisa offers both in-person appointments (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) and virtual appointments using Zoom. You can schedule appointments using her confidential Bookings program.

Lisa Leffert

Job Titles:
  • Nicholas Greene Professor of Anesthesiology Chair, Anesthesiology Physician - in - Chief of Anesthesiology, Yale New Haven Hospital and Bridgeport Hospital

Louise Pfeiffer

Job Titles:
  • Research
Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation M.D.-Ph.D. Program Director and Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis; Professor, Microbial Pathogenesis; Director, MD-PhD Program, Yale University

Luis Cruz

Job Titles:
  • Senior Simulation Specialist
  • Technology and Media Coordinator
Luis Cruz is a Senior Simulation Specialist with over a decade of experience in simulation operations. He has participated in workshops at the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare and has obtained his Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist certification (CHSOS) from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Prior to coming to Yale, he spent over 20 years in a business/corporate setting working in IT as a Unix Systems Engineer.

Marcella Nunez-Smith

Job Titles:
  • Inaugural Associate
Dr. Nunez-Smith is Inaugural Associate Dean for Health Equity Research; C.N.H Long Professor of Internal Medicine, Public Health, and Management; Founding Director of the Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC); Director of the Center for Research Engagement (CRE); Associate Cancer Center Director for Community Outreach and Engagement at Yale Cancer Center; Chief Health Equity Officer at Smilow Cancer Hospital; Deputy Director for Health Equity Research and Workforce Development at the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation; Core Faculty in the National Clinician Scholars Program; Research Faculty in the Global Health Leadership Initiative; Director of the Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership; and Co-Director of the Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship. Dr. Nunez-Smith's research focuses on promoting health and healthcare equity for structurally marginalized populations with an emphasis on centering community engagement, supporting healthcare workforce diversity and development, developing patient reported measurements of healthcare quality, and identifying regional strategies to reduce the global burden of non-communicable diseases. Dr. Nunez-Smith has extensive expertise in examining the effects of social and structural determinants of health, systemic influences contributing to health disparities, health equity improvement, and community-academic partnered scholarship. In addition to primary data collection, management, and analysis, ERIC has institutional expertise in qualitative and mixed methods, population health, and medical informatics. Dr. Nunez-Smith is the principal investigator on many NIH and foundation-funded research projects, including an NIH-funded project to develop a tool to assess patient reported experiences of discrimination in healthcare. She has conducted an investigation of the promotion and retention of diversity in academic medical school faculty and has published numerous articles on the experiences of minority students and faculty. Funded by NIH/NIMHD, she established the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN), a research collaborative across four Eastern Caribbean islands, supporting several chronic disease research projects and enhancing health outcomes research and leadership capacity in the region; the flagship ECHORN Cohort Study recruited and is following a community-dwelling adult cohort (n=3000) to examine novel chronic disease risk and protective factors. She received NIH/NHLBI funding to build upon this work by recruiting children into an expanded intergenerational ECHORN cohort, inclusive of a biorepository. She is also PI on one of five NIH/NIMHD-funded Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers on Health Disparities focused on Precision Medicine which leverages the ECHORN infrastructure to conduct collaborative research on hypertension and diabetes. Most recently, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shed national attention on the health and healthcare disparities of marginalized populations, she received NIH funding to leverage ECHORN to improve the COVID-19 testing cascade in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Further, she was called upon to chair the Governor's ReOpen CT Advisory Group Community Committee and was subsequently named co-chair of the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. She served as Senior Advisor to the White House COVID-19 Response and Chair of the Presidential COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force at the Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Nunez-Smith has mentored dozens of trainees since completing fellowship and has received numerous awards for teaching and mentoring. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Nunez-Smith is board certified in internal medicine, having completed residency training at Harvard University's Brigham and Women's Hospital and fellowship at the Yale Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, where she also received a Masters in Health Sciences. Originally from the US Virgin Islands, she attended Jefferson Medical College, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, and she earned a BA in Biological Anthropology and Psychology at Swarthmore College.

Maria Parente

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Public School Partnerships

Mario Strazzabosco

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Medicine Clinical Program Leader, Liver Cancer Program Co - Director, Yale Liver Center, Internal Medicine

Mark David Siegel

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Medicine ( Pulmonary ) Program Director, Internal Medicine Traditional Residency Program

Martin Slade

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer in Occupational Medicine

Maureen Kane

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst 2, Post Award

Maurice Williams

Maurice Williams is the Community Engagement /Dissemination Coordinator for ERIC, where he uses his numerous personal contacts to connect and empathize with the New Haven community. Maurice has a background in civic work and has been involved in community outreach programs, including several years spent as the "Stop the Violence" Coordinator for the NAACP, followed by work in health promotion for the Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center, and YCCI. Now, Williams handles the community engagement and dissemination for ERIC at the School of Medicine through community events, forums, focus groups, street encounters and interviews.

Melissa Grafe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Michael Green

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Medicine ( General Medicine ) Director of Student Assessment, Teaching and Learning Center Director of Clinical Skills Assessment, Office of Education

Michael Masciadrelli

Job Titles:
  • Media Contact for Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital / Communications Officer, YCC Media Relations & Audience Development

Michele Carpenter

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program Manager

Mikas Grewal

Job Titles:
  • Research Support Coordinator

Miranda Graves

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Mirna Karouni

Job Titles:
  • Program Assistant, GEOHealth - MENA Program

Nancy J. Brown

Nancy J. Brown, MD, joined Yale School of Medicine as Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of Medicine and C.N.H Long Professor of Internal Medicine in February 2020. As dean, she oversees one of the world's leading institutions for biomedical research, education, and advanced clinical care.

Navieta Ramasami

Job Titles:
  • Pre Award Administrator

Nicholas Greene

Job Titles:
  • Nicholas Greene Professor of Anesthesiology Chair, Anesthesiology Physician - in - Chief of Anesthesiology, Yale New Haven Hospital and Bridgeport Hospital

Nicole Deziel

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Epidemiology ( Environmental Health Sciences ) Co - Director, Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology ( CPPEE )
Areas of expertise: Air Pollution; Environmental Exposure; Mass Spectrometry; Exposome

Paris Butler

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Surgery ( Plastic ) Vice Chair Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Surgery

Pascale Salameh - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Founder
  • Professor

Patricia Owens

Job Titles:
  • Manager 4, Research Res Support

Rachel Liu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Director of Point - of - Care Ultrasound Education for YSM

Reagin Carney

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator, Center for Medical Education

Rebecca Rowley

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Research Administration

Reena Kapoor

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry Program Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Forensic Psychiatry Fellows

Riva Ariella Ritvo

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Robert Rohrbaugh

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Dean for Professionalism and Leadership

Robin Einbinder

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Ryan Denkewicz

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Samreen Vora

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine / Education / MD, Rosalind Franklin University - Chicago Medical School, 2010

Samuel Ball

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Samuel Buck

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine / Education / MD, Baylor College of Medicine, 2017 BA, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2012

Sara Guastello

Job Titles:
  • Center for Medical Education, Director of Programs

Sarwat Chaudhry

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Medicine ( General Medicine ) Associate Dean for Student Research, Office of Education Co - Director, National Clinician Scholars Program

Sean McCabe

Job Titles:
  • Media Contact for Research, Education, and General Topics / Communications Officer, YSM Social Media and Audience Development

Shara Martel

Job Titles:
  • Manager 4, Research Res Support

Stephen Huot

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Medicine ( Nephrology ) Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education ( YSM )

Steven Paniagua

Job Titles:
  • STEM Diversity Programs Research Associate

Sundari Birdsall

Job Titles:
  • Student Wellness Counselor
Sundari brings compassion, curiosity, and a wealth of knowledge from professional and personal experience to the student wellness counselor role. She holds dual master's degrees in social work and public health from the University of Connecticut, where she specialized in behavioral health integrated care. Sundari has worked in diverse clinical settings (outpatient substance use treatment, primary care, women's health care, higher education) and has developed strong interprofessional communication skills through her work with first- and second-year medical students at UConn Health/Connecticut Area Health Education Center. A registered yoga teacher and mindfulness facilitator, Sundari specializes in mindfulness-based interventions for stress and anxiety. She has a particular interest in the equitable delivery of wellness services to all and is passionate about working with individuals with disabilities. Sundari offers both in-person appointments and virtual appointments using Zoom. You can schedule appointments using her confidential Bookings program.

Tatiana Moylan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor Director of DEI and Outreach, Yale Center for Healthcare Simulation / Education

Ted Melnick

Job Titles:
  • Interim Chief of Research

Thomas Balcezak

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair / Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Yale New Haven Health System Associate Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine

Tiffany Kriz

Job Titles:
  • Nursing Professional Development Specialist, L & M Hospital

Tony Polcaro

Job Titles:
  • Senior Simulation Technical Specialist
Tony Polcaro is a Senior Simulation Technical Specialist and brings almost 20 years of experience to the role. He demonstrates a balance of technical engineering and business management expertise from previous positions with ION Media Networks as regional operations manager, as well as CBS and World Wrestling Entertainment. Tony attended Thames Valley State Technical College for electrical engineering and received his technical services certification from Laerdal Medical Corporation.

Valencia Culbreath

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Vanessa Zuniga

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Victoria Manders

Job Titles:
  • Administrator
  • Associate

Viji Kurup

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Anesthesiology Vice Chair for Medical Education, Anesthesiology

Vivek Parwani

Job Titles:
  • Section Chief, Administration / Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Medical Director, Yale - New Haven Adult Emergency Department, Emergency Medicine

Wade Schulz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor Director of Informatics, Laboratory Medicine Director, CORE Center for Computational Health, Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation ( CORE )

Weed Science

Job Titles:
  • Science Professor and Director of the Advanced Research Enabling Communities
Weed Science Professor and Director of the Advanced Research Enabling Communities (AREC), at the Faculty of Agriculture & Food Sciences FAFS, American University of Beirut (AUB). Areas of expertise: Weed Ecology and Physiology, Sustainable Weed Management, Herbicide Physiology and Chemistry, 40 years of experience in Agriculture and Rural Development, Management of working teams, Integrated Weed Management, Sustainable Management of Parasitic Weeds, Light-Signal Transduction in Parasitic Weeds, Organic Weed Management, cover crops, Soil Solarization and Bio-fumigation. Solid work experience and management of educational and research institutions.

Whitney Garibaldi

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant Faculty Affairs

Yan Lee

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery ( Otolaryngology )

Youssef Abou Jawdeh

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Plant Pathology, American University of Beirut
Areas of expertise: Integrated Pest Management, Integrated Crop Management, Sustainable Agricultural Development, Plant Pathology, Transgenic Plants and Gene Silencing, Host-Pathogen Interaction, Induced Resistance, and Virology

Yvonne Byrd-Griffin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant Emergency Medicine Sr. Administrative Assistant, Division of Administration