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Administration

Admissions

MPH Programs

Contact: ysph.admissions@yale.edu

Mary Keefe, Director of Admissions, MPH Programs
Phone: (203) 785-2844

Troy Lazaro, Assistant Director of Admissions, MPH Programs
Phone: (203) 737-4285

MS/PhD Programs

Contact: phdms.publichealth@yale.edu

Melanie Elliot, Administrative Director
Phone: (203) 785-6383

Academic Affairs

Linda Niccolai, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Phone: (203) 785-7834

Alumni Affairs
Benjamin Zoll, Chief Development Officer
Phone: (857) 222-2453
Career Management Center

Felicia Spencer, Executive Director
Phone: 203-785-2827

  • Kelly Shay, Senior Associate Director
    Phone: 203-737-4285
  • Dina Wulinsky, Associate Director|Employer Partnerships
Dean's Office

Megan L. Ranney, Dean
Phone: (203) 785-2867

  • Mahrokh Irani, Chief of Staff & Director of Strategic Initiatives
    Phone: (203) 785-3349
  • Abi Heuer - Manager of Strategic Data Analytics and Projects
  • Holly Zoeller, Programs and Events Manager
  • Shannon McMahon, Senior Executive Assistant
  • Wanda Fuentes, Senior Administrative Assistant
Development

Benjamin Zoll, Chief Development Officer
Phone: (857) 222-2453

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Mayur Desai, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Phone: (203) 785-7298

Randi McCray, Associate Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Facilities Operations
Allie Squeglia, Manager of Operations
Phone: (203) 785-2832

Faculty and Staff Affairs
Kristi Gibson, Human Resources Business Partner
Phone: (203) 436-8340

Alyson Zeitlin, Director of Faculty and Staff Affairs
Phone: (203) 785-7373

Finance and Administration

Teresa Hartnett, Director of Financial Strategy & Administration
Phone: (203) 785-6904

Financial Aid

Contact: ysph.financialaid@yale.edu

Jennifer Farkas, Director
Phone: (203) 785-5417

Nila Lenna, Assistant Director

ITS

Daniel Holland, IT Support Specialist
ITS Helpdesk: (203) 785-9000
Direct: (203) 785-3726

Medical Research

Elizabeth Claus, Director

Office of Communications

Kira Howell, Assistant Dean of Communications
Phone: (475) 267-9344

Office of Public Health Practice

Rafael Perez-Escamilla, PhD, Director
Phone: (203) 737-5882

Research Administration

Melinda Irwin, Associate Dean of Research

Sexual Harassment/Title IX Coordinator

Kelly Shay, Deputy Title IX Coordinator

Student Affairs

MPH Program

Frank Grosso, Associate Dean for Student and External Affairs
Phone: (203) 785-6260

MS and PhD Programs

Andrew DeWan, Director of Graduate Studies Affairs

Academics

Advanced Professional MPH Program

Mayur Desai, Director
Phone: (203) 785-7298

BA-BS/MPH Program

Kaveh Khoshnood, Director

Mary Keefe, Director of Admissions
Phone: (203) 785-2844

Biostatistics Department

Shuangge Steven Ma, Interim Chair

Chronic Disease Epidemiology Department

Xiaomei Ma, Chair

Yale Center on Climate Change and Health

Robert Dubrow, Co-Faculty Director
Phone: (203) 785-2853

Kai Chen, Co-Faculty Director
Phone: (203) 737-7004

Executive Master of Public Health (EMPH)

Abigail S. Friedman, Program Director

Environmental Health Sciences

Vasilis Vasiliou, Chair

  • Lorena Bedoya, Senior Administrative Assistant
    Phone: (203) 735-2166
Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases Department

Michael Cappello, Department Chair

Global Health Concentration

Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Director
Phone: 203.737.5882

Health Care Management Program

Howard Forman, Director
Phone: (203) 785-6269

Health Policy & Management Department

Jason Hockenberry, Chair
Phone: (203) 737-4313

  • Sarah Auddino, Senior Administrative Assistant
    Phone: (203) 785-2854
Implementation Science Track

Luke Davis, Director

Donna Spiegelman, Associate Director

Public Health Modeling Concentration

Daniel Weinberger, Co-Director

Virginia Pitzer, Co-Director

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Trace Kershaw, Chair

US Health and Justice Concentration

Danya Keene, Chair

Research Centers and Initiatives

Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly

Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Director
Phone: (203) 737-5882

Collaborative Center for Statistics in Science (C2S2)

Heping Zhang, Director
Phone: (203) 785-5185

Donna DelBasso, Senior Administrative Assistant
Phone: (203) 785-5185

CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement

Kathleen Duffany, Director of Research and Evaluation

Alycia Santilli, Director (SCSU)

Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science (CMIPS)

Donna Spiegelman, ScD, Director

Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis

Alison Galvani, Director
Phone: 203.785.2642

Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology (CPPEE)

Andrew DeWan, Co-Director
Nicole Deziel, Co-Director

cppee@yale.edu
Phone: 1.203.764.9375 (local), 1.800.414.6326 (toll free)
Empower Neighborhoods and Relationships to Improve Community Health (ENRICH)

Trace Kershaw, Director
Phone: 203.785.3441

Family Accommodation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Lisa Calvocoressi, Director
Phone: 203.737.6983

Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI)

Erika Linnander, Director

Leslie Curry, Affiliated Faculty
Humanities, Arts and Public Health Practice at Yale (HAPPY Initiative)

Judith Lichtman, Director
Phone: 203.785.3025

The Inclusion Body Myositis Disease Registry at Yale

Kurt Petschke – Program Manager
Phone: 203.785.6453

InnovateHealth Yale

Kaakpema Yelpaala, Faculty Director

Fatema Basrai, Managing Director

Obesity, Lifestyle, And Genetic Adaptations Study Group (OLAGA)

Nicola Hawley, Director
Phone: (203) 737-7176

Public Health Modeling Unit

Daniel Weinberger, Co-Director

Virginia Pitzer, Co-Director

Lourdes Haynes, Senior Administrative Assistant

SalivaDirect™

Anne Wyllie, Principal Investigator

info@salivadirect.org

Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) Training Workshop

Diana Lowry, Program Director
Phone: 206-667-7960

Yale Center for Analytical Sciences (YCAS)

James Dziura, Co-Director
Phone: (203) 737-4468

Denise Esserman, Co-Director
Phone: 203.785.4297
Yale Center on Climate Change and Health

Robert Dubrow, Co-Faculty Director
Phone: (203) 785-2853

Kai Chen, Co-Faculty Director

Jennifer Wang, Executive Director
Phone: (203) 737-7990

Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Principal Investigator
Phone: 203.737.5882

Kathleen Duffany, Co-Director

Beth Comerford, Co-Director
Phone: 203.732.1265

Yale LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative

John Pachankis, Director
Phone: 203.785.3710

Yale Superfund Research Center

Vasilis Vasiliou, Director
Phone: (203) 737-8094

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