Dr. Vaughan Rees
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health · Director, Center for Global Tobacco Control
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Dr. Azizur Molla, PhD, MPH
Grand Valley State University · Professor, Master of Public Health
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Dr. Hannah Nazri
Secretary, BCPH Board of Directors · Harvard University (MPH, Health Policy)
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Dr. Alvin Tran
University of New Haven · Chair, Department of Population Health & Leadership; Associate Professor
Read Full BioHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health · Director, Center for Global Tobacco Control
Dr. Vaughan Rees is Director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States, where he leads the Tobacco Research Laboratory. His research evaluates the design and dependence potential of conventional and novel tobacco products—including e-cigarettes, hookah, and smokeless tobacco—to inform tobacco control policy and interventions.
He also leads NIH-funded work using community-based participatory research to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among children from low-income and racially and ethnically diverse communities. Trained in health psychology at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre in Sydney and through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, he studies substance use and dependence and the role of product design in shaping consumer behavior.
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Dr. Azizur Molla, PhD, MPH, is a Professor in the Master of Public Health program within the School of Interdisciplinary Health at Grand Valley State University, United States. He holds dual PhDs in medical anthropology and demography from the Pennsylvania State University and an MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
His research spans climate change and water security, environmental and community health, program evaluation, and health disparities, with ethnographic fieldwork in Bangladesh, the United States, and Haiti, and prior work with USAID on reproductive and public health programs in South Asia. He is currently authoring the Springer Nature textbook Climate Change, Drinking Water Security, and Public Health.
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Dr. Paul D'Avanzo, PhD, MS, is a behavioral scientist at Rutgers University, United States. His research addresses implementation challenges in screening and treatment for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, applying social and behavioral theory to strengthen healthcare providers' adherence to clinical guidelines.
He develops provider-targeted behavioral interventions to help clinicians better meet the needs of their sexual and gender minority patients and patients living with HIV. He earned his PhD in Social and Behavioral Health Sciences from Temple University and a master's in mental health counseling from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Hannah Nazri is a clinician scientist, entrepreneur, and women's health advocate, and Secretary of the BCPH Board of Directors. Trained in medicine at the University of Bristol with an MSc in Clinical Embryology and a DPhil from the University of Oxford, she is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Monash University Malaysia and will begin a Master of Public Health in Health Policy at Harvard University in 2026.
Her work focuses on neglected conditions such as endometriosis and on ending harmful practices including FGM/C, integrating clinical care, research, advocacy, and global health policy. She holds leadership roles with Malaysian Doctors for Women & Children, UNFPA Malaysia, the Asia Network to End FGM/C, and the World Endometriosis Society.
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Dr. Alvin Tran is Chair of the Department of Population Health and Leadership and an Associate Professor at the University of New Haven, United States, where he directs the WeEmbody (WE) Lab. His research explores body image, disordered eating, food insecurity, health policy, and the health disparities affecting racial and sexual minority populations through community-engaged and participatory methods such as photovoice.
A former health care reporter for Kaiser Health News and a Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he supported the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), he has been recognized as one of Connecticut Magazine's 40 Under 40 and has received the Society for Public Health Education's Karen Denard Goldman Health Education Mentor Award.
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Dr. Caitlin Laughney, PhD, MSW, is a researcher at Columbia University, United States. Her work examines the long-term health implications of consensual and non-consensual sexual experiences during childhood and adolescence among global populations of men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender individuals at elevated risk of HIV infection.
She is particularly interested in developing trauma-informed interventions within the HIV care continuum to better support individuals who experience complex and intersecting forms of marginalization, stigma, and violence across the life course.
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Jennifer Hanlon-Wilde
FNP, Writer, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Washington State University
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Danielle C. Robinson
Epidemiology Supervisor, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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Alexandra Farris
Public Health Project Coordinator, University of North Texas Health Science Center
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Dr. Marcos Briano (“DrB”)
Associate Professor, USC Physical Education & Mind Body Health
Read Full BioFNP, Writer, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Washington State University
Jennifer Hanlon-Wilde is a family nurse practitioner, writer, and clinical assistant professor at Washington State University, United States. She holds a master's and a doctorate of nursing as well as a master's in English. Her scholarly interests include narrative, anti-racism in nursing education, and simulation in education.
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Nicolle Ma is a biomedical instructor and nonprofit leader whose work spans climate change, COVID-19, HIV, and noncommunicable diseases. She is founder and CEO of Supply and Protect Healthcare Workers and of Compassionlit, and co-creator of the climate organization Reeforesting 4 Peace, and she teaches at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Hong Kong.
A Youth4Climate delegate, she has served as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Youth in Egypt and Azerbaijan.
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Dr. Danielle C. Robinson, MPH, PhD, is an epidemiology supervisor at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and a professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, United States. An alumna of North Carolina Central University, she earned her MPH from Purdue University and her PhD from Walden University.
Her research and community work specialize in infectious diseases and health disparities, and she is a member of several public health associations and boards.
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Joseph Aaron Joe is a graduate student in the History of Medicine Department at Johns Hopkins University, United States, pursuing an MA in Critical Approaches in Science, Technology, and Medicine. He earned his BS in Psychology from the Ateneo de Manila University and has undertaken graduate coursework in anthropology at the University of the Philippines.
Since 2018 he has served as a research assistant and associate at academic and health research institutions in the Philippines, bringing an interdisciplinary, reflexive lens to public and global health research and the social studies of medicine and technoscience.
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Alexandra (Allie) Farris, MPH, CPH, is a public health project coordinator at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, United States. Since earning her MPH in 2022, she has coordinated public health initiatives across the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, collaborating with community partners and developing written materials for diverse audiences.
An author of three peer-reviewed publications, she has also drafted and edited two public health chapters for an upcoming dental hygiene textbook. Editing and proofreading are the elements of her work from which she derives the most joy.
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Dr. Mariah Seater is a public health leader and researcher dedicated to advancing equity, advocacy, and resilience in Arctic and Indigenous communities. With over a decade of experience across government, academia, and the non-profit sector, she brings expertise in maternal and child health, legal epidemiology, and health systems research.
A Doctor of Public Health and a Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar, her work bridges research and policy to address disparities and promote thriving, sustainable communities.
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Marisha Kashyap, MPH, MA, is a nationally and internationally published equity-driven researcher and advocate for disadvantaged children, youth, and families in the context of trauma and adversity. Her work centers on cultural responsiveness, meaningful community engagement, and trauma-informed approaches.
She holds a master's in Population and Family Health from Columbia University and a master's in Child and Adolescent Development from California State University, Sacramento.
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Dr. Jamie Means is a business and public health consultant with more than a decade of experience in professional development, workforce development, and curriculum design, as well as research, program implementation, and rebuilding health-based workforces.
She earned a Doctorate in Business Administration with a concentration in Higher Education from Trevecca Nazarene University and a Master of Science in Public Health, with a certificate in Health Policy, from Meharry Medical College.
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Dr. Samia Hussein is a public health leader, equity strategist, and CEO of Heyya Consulting. She serves as Director of the Office of Multicultural Health Equity at the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, driving systems-level change to eliminate disparities.
Rooted in her lived immigrant experience, she champions culturally responsive programs and inclusive policy solutions.
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Dr. Marcos Briano “DrB” (he/him/el) is an Associate Professor in USC's Physical Education & Mind Body Health program, where he supports students' wellbeing through physical fitness, mental wellness, and the connection of mind and body, and teaches on systems of inequality and multicultural counseling in the Rossier School of Education.
His clinical experience spans K–12 schools, universities, community centers, and an acute psychiatric hospital. His interests include LGBTQ+ advocacy, suicide intervention, intersectionality, social justice, and professional ethics, with an emphasis on Spanish-speaking and BIPOC communities.
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Manasvini Moni is an early-career public health researcher applying interdisciplinary approaches to advance health equity. She holds a Master's in Public Health Sciences from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, with a specialization in health promotion and prevention.
She has worked across the non-profit and public sectors, addressing topics ranging from gender-based violence to infectious disease prevention.
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Dr. Jessica Alden is an Associate Professor and Doctoral Capstone Coordinator in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Howard University, United States. Her research applies knowledge-translation principles to participant-led studies that address health and education inequities.
As capstone coordinator, she empowers graduate students to conduct rigorous, community-centered projects and manages their digital capstone repository to disseminate student and faculty research.
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Jessica “Jex” Huang is a public health researcher and consultant at the World Bank, focusing on policy recommendations to protect at-risk communities from climate change and natural disasters. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they supported response and recovery policy with a Mayor's Office through a Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government fellowship and worked with the Meedan Digital Health Lab to expand equitable access to health information and address misinformation.
Previously a designer and instructor with D-Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, they facilitated projects on youth development, environmental health, and humanitarian innovation with organizations including UNICEF and Oxfam. They hold a master's in Learning, Design, and Technology from the Stanford Graduate School of Education and a Doctor of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Jessica Honig is a Pennsylvania-based psychotherapist and artist specializing in treating anxiety disorders and creative blocks using a blend of psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral techniques. She developed the CLOVERING method and has a background in education from Smith College and Harvard.
Learn more about her clinical practice at The Anxiety Therapist.
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