Center for Surgery and Public Health

Our Team

Administration

Melissa Poleo, MS  •  CSPH Administrative Director

Emily Stephens  •  Administrative Coordinator, Fellowship Coordinator

Alison Kou, MPH  •  Communications Specialist

Biostatistics and Data Management

Tanujit Dey • Director of Biostatistics

Stuart Lipsitz • Director Emeritus, Biostatistics

Lingwei Xiang, MPH • Senior Biostatistician

Jianyi Zhang, PhD, MS • Senior Biostatistician

Mengyuan Ruan, MS • Senior Biostatistician

Annie Chen, MPH • Biostatistician

Alyssa Jones, MPH • Biostatistician

Samantha MacDonald • Data Manager 

Research and Project Management

Rachel Adler, ScD, RD • Research Scientist, DeCades, EONS

Juan Hererra-Escobar, MD, MPH • Investigator, FORTE

Rachel Murphy, MPH  •  Project Manager, FORTE

Alysa Pomer, PhD • Research Scientist, Military Health System Response to COVID-19 

Tatiana Ramos, MSc • Senior Project Manager, TIDES, RISE

Amanda Reich, PhD, MPH • Investigator, Qualitative Lead

Christina Sheu • Lead Research Assistant, Geriatrics and Serious Illness in Surgery, Center for Geriatric Surgery

Wendy Williams, JD • Senior Project Manager, Global Surgery

John Gardiner • Research Assistant

Sai Ramrajesh • Research Assistant, FORTE

Joshua Park • Research Assistant