Team

Our Team

Our team of researchers, faculty, and students has diverse skills, expertise, and experience. We are connected by a passion for our work, and a commitment to integrity, collaboration, high-quality products, cultural sensitivity, and accessibility in all we do. For general inquires, please email [email protected]. 

• Jorge Delva, Ph.D., M.S.W. Director and Paul Farmer Professor
• Madi Wachman, M.S.W., M.P.H. Assistant Director, CISWH Programs and Projects
• Juanita Rivera Assistant Director, Finance & Administration
• Nilagia McCoy Communications Manager
• Astraea Augsberger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
• Ada Avila, MSW Graduate Research Fellow
• Allyson Baughman, M.P.H., Ph.D Project Director
• Rebecca Bilodeau, MSW Research Assistant
• Thomas Byrne, Ph.D., M.S.W. Assistant Professor
• Howard J. Cabral, Ph.D. Professor, Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health
• Margaret (Meg) Comeau, M.H.A. Senior Project Director
• Yvette C. Cozier, DSc Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health
• Julia Kantner Doherty, MSW, MPH Program Manager
• Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Ph.D. Research Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health
• Libbi Ethier Program Manager
• Jessica Flaherty Project Director
• Jennifer Greif Green, Ph.D. Associate Professor in Special Education, Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
• Hyeouk Chris Hahm, M.S.S.W., Ph.D. Chair of Social Research and Associate Professor
• Bethlyn Vergo Houlihan, M.S.W., M.P.H. Project Director
• Julia Jashinski Graduate Research Fellow
• Bronwyn Keefe, Ph.D, M.S.W., M.P.H. Research Assistant Professor, Boston University’s School of Social Work
• Alena Lauritsen Graduate Research Fellow
• Christina Lee, Ph.D. Associate Professor and CISWH Research Core Director
• Mariah LeStage Graduate Communications Fellow
• Abeba Leveille Administrative Coordinator
• Luz Marilis López, M.S.W., M.P.H., Ph.D. Clinical Professor, Boston University School of Social Work, and CISWH Global Health Core Director
• Linda Susan Sprague Martinez, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
• Daniel P. Miller, Ph.D. Chair of Human Behavior and Associate Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
• Ben Plant Research Assistant
• Serena Rajabiun, Ph.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health at University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Affiliated Faculty and Principal Investigator
• Maria Campos Rojo, M.S.W. Research Assistant
• Betty J. Ruth, M.S.W., M.P.H. Clinical Professor, Boston University School of Social Work, and CISWH Leadership Core Co-Director
• Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Ph.D., M.S.W. Associate Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
• Megan Smith, M.S.W., Doctoral Student Graduate Research Fellow
• Marena Sullivan, B.A. Program Manager
• Noor Toraif, MA Graduate Research Fellow
• Geoffrey W. Wilkinson, M.S.W. Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University School of Social Work, and CISWH Leadership Core Co-Director