Kathe P. Fox, PhD has more than 30 years’ experience in healthcare Informatics with a particular emphasis on chronic disease epidemiology, research methods and evaluation, and big data and data integration. Recently retired from Aetna, Kathe is currently devoting her energies to service in support of public health and emerging technology companies that are grounded in healthcare data and insights....
Dashni Sathasivam, '19 M.P.H., Health Equity Solutions, Program Manager. Dashni Sathasivam is compelled by the intersection of health policy and advocacy and believes engaging communities and amplifying the voices of those directly impacted by policies as central to achieving structural changes that advance health equity. Originally from Wisconsin, her role as the Latino Outreach Coordinator with...
Linda Bergonzi-King holds a master of public health degree from the Yale School of Public Health. In 1990, Ms. Bergonzi-King founded TriBella Productions, a health communication company which provides consultation in health communication, project management, epidemiological research and study coordination. She has 25 years of experience in the field of health communication, including producing,...
Tassos Kyriakides, '96 M.Phil., '99 Ph.D., Yale School of Public Health, Associate Research Scientist. Dr. Kyriakides collaborates with clinical researchers on numerous research projects and he provides statistical consulting on numerous research protocols. He has been an abstract mentor for young researchers at the International AIDS Conferences since 2012, leads the VACSPCC internship...
Elaine Anderson was Director of Community, Alumni and Special Studies at the Yale School of Public Health until her retirement in 2007. Her office had responsibility for a number of functions including institutional research; the school’s reaccreditation; strategic planning; public health practice; alumni relations; continuing education and workforce development; and special projects. Her...
Joanna is a current AYAPH Board member.
Currently, Susan Choy leads product strategy for Dropbox's business development team. Susan has had a variety of experiences in product, partnerships, and consulting across industries at Meta, Amazon, Deloitte, and UBS. She is interested in using tech to scale impact and unlock access to opportunities within communities. Susan is a graduate of the Healthcare Management Program and...
Cheryl Fattibene, '90 M.S.N., '90 M.P.H., National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, Family Nurse Practitioner. Experienced Nurse Practitioner with a demonstrated history of working in both the for-profit and non-profit health care sectors as a provider and a clinical leader. Skilled in Disease Management, Primary Care, Operations Management, Team Based Care Models, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS),...
Elyse Galloway is the current Vice President - Health; Lead - Multicultural Health Speciality at Edelman. Galloway is chiefly passionate about transforming public health & scientific insights into engaging programming that systemically and sustainably improves population health. Beginning her tenure at Edelman specializing in health crisis and issues, Elyse has transitioned to support a...
Jackson Higginbottom, MPH, is a public health practitioner working at the intersection of data science, health communications, and community engagement. He's the Program Manager for the Public Health Data Science and Data Equity initiative at the Yale School of Public Health.
Cory is from San Diego, California and received his undergraduate degree at the University of Oregon, studying Physiology & Chemistry. His time in Oregon gave him a life-long love of craft beer, black coffee, and long-distance running (mostly to work off the calories from the beer). He received his Master's of Public Health in Health Policy & Management from the Yale School of Public Health. He moved to Washington, D.C. in...
Minjae is a current AYAPH Board member.
Rebecca Lakew is a project manager with the Office of Population Health at NYC Health + Hospitals
Christina Mainero is Principal, Pharmacy Services Strategy & Innovation for Blue Shield of California's Pharmacy Care Reimagined program. Previously, she worked with the Illumination Foundation, a non-profit working to break the cycle of homelessness; Deloitte Consulting; the Yale Emerging Infections Program; CAMA, a boutique health design firm; and Kaiser Permanente. Prior to joining Blue Shield,...
Jennifer Mandelbaum, PhD, MPH ‘16 is a social and behavioral scientist whose work highlights the use of data to tell stories that can improve public health and patient care. She began her career as a program evaluator at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, where she worked on two CDC-funded grants addressing the state’s persistent racial and socioeconomic disparities in diabetes and heart disease. Jennifer currently works at Optum, where she serves as a bridge between the clinical outcomes and financial teams, using data to determine how Optum can provide value-based care that will improve the health of its members. Cultivating the next generation of public health professionals is important to Jennifer, and she is a part-time faculty member in Tufts University’s Department of Community Health. Jennifer is actively involved in both the American Public Health Association and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.
Tim Mercer is the the inaugural holder of the JP’s Peace, Love & Happiness Family Foundation Endowed Chair in the Department of Population Health. He is also a primary care physician for the Health Care for the Homeless program with CommUnityCare, Austin’s largest federally qualified health center.Fundamentally, he is interested in solving health system challenges and promoting health through...
Jenny is a current AYAPH Board member.
Shawn is a current AYAPH Board member.
Lynne Rosenwald-Bannister, '77 M.P.H., Supportive Housing Works, System Coordinator. Lynne E. Bannister joined Supportive Housing WORKS after a long career in public health and social services in both the Connecticut and Boston, Massachusetts area. She is currently the system coordinator for the Social Innovation Fund grant which pairs supportive housing with improved health...
Dillon was born, raised, and currently resides in California's East Bay. His work with University of California’s Nutrition Policy Institute galvanized him to pursue YSPH’s MPH with a focus on Health Policy. During his first year at Yale, Dillon served as YSPH's Graduate & Professional Student Senate (GPSS) representative and founded the Asian Graduate Network, an affiliate organization of the Asian American...
Robert Steele, '71 M.P.H., '74 M.S., '75 Ph.D., recently retired Director of the Office for Diversity Initiatives at the Graduate School of the University of Maryland. From 2004 until June 2012 Steele served as the Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park. Under Dr. Steele’s...
Alicia J. Whittington, PhD, MPH, is a research scientist and assistant director of engagement and health equity research for the Football Players Health Study at Harvard Medical School. She is also the co-lead of a new research initiative, Family Experiences Managing Football Lives, also known as FEM-FL. Alicia is an experienced healthcare consultant and has several years of research experience, including...
Setareh A. Williams, PhD, CMPP is the Managing Partner, Head of Real-World Evidence (RWE) and Scientific Communications at Cobbs Creek Healthcare, LLC (CCHC). She has over 20 years of US and global experience in strategic planning, product launch, medical affairs, research and analytics, and scientific communication. She has a proven track record of achievement and delivery of evidence to support multiple product launches and in-line brands at large companies and start-ups across joint-venture and alliance collaborations. Setareh earned her PhD in Chronic Disease Epidemiology from Yale University and her BS in Biological Sciences and French Literature from University of California at Los Angeles. Prior to joining CCHC, Setareh worked at Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Novartis and Radius Health, Inc. She has published extensively in epidemiology, outcomes research, patient experience, adherence, and comparative effectiveness. In her free time Setareh enjoys spending time with her four children hiking, biking and skiing and fosters rescued dogs.
Christina is an MPH student in the Social and Behavioral Sciences department at Yale School of Public Health. Her work focuses on the intersection of program development, communications, and outreach, aiming to connect communities with essential healthcare resources. Driven by a passion for advancing health equity, Christina is committed to developing sustainable solutions that address disparities in healthcare access,...
Rebecca is an impact-driven public health professional working at the nexus of artificial intelligence, digital technology, and global health. She has spent the last decade building strategic partnerships and programs with non-profits, governments, companies, and foundations to advance healthcare across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Rebecca currently serves as Strategist for AI, Data, and Digital Health at the Patrick J. McGovern...
Avery received her B.S. from Christopher Newport University in 2021, where she studied Environmental Biology, Business Administration, and Leadership Studies. She then joined the YSPH Environmental Health Sciences department and earned her M.P.H. in 2023. Following graduation, she began her career with Roux, an environmental consulting firm, working as a health scientist on their human health risk assessment team. Outside...
David D’Atri, PhD ’74, MPH ’73 is a previous past-president of AYAPH and currently resides in Guilford, Connecticut.
Dr. Degutis, a native of Chicago, received her Bachelor of Science degree from DePaul University, and her MSN and DrPH from Yale University. She is a consultant in injury and violence prevention and policy, public health preparedness, and public health policy. Some of her current work focuses on suicide prevention in veterans, and firearm violence prevention, as well as public health practice. She is former...