Our Team

Dr. Gershon is an interdisciplinary occupational and environmental health and safety researcher with extensive experience in the areas of disaster preparedness, healthcare safety, and risk assessment and management in high-risk work occupations.

Dr. Alexis Merdjanoff is a public health sociologist who explores how population health is affected by exposure to natural hazards, including hurricanes, floods, extreme heat and wildfires.

Michael has worked in a variety of public health settings focusing primarily on infectious diseases. His research interests include social and behavioral impacts on pandemics, emerging infectious diseases, and zoonoses.

Research Assistant

Miao is a graduate student pursuing a degree in Biostatistics.

Katie has a background in medical anthropology and utilizes qualitative and mixed method approaches. Her research focuses on toxic exposures and the public health impacts of complex disaster events, particularly on the cancer care continuum. Her work also explores the role of place attachment in disaster mitigation.

Selina is an undergraduate student majoring in Global Public Health and History.

Research Assistant

Christine is a MPH student pursuing a degree in Epidemiology.

Research interest: relationship between environmental exposures and chronic disease

Dingwen is a graduate student pursuing a degree in Biostatistics.

Research interest: microbiome and genetics data analysis