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Our Team

FIRST Center Staff

Jennifer Taylor

Jennifer Taylor, PhD, MPH, CPPS
Director & Principal Investigator, FIRST
jat65@drexel.edu

Dr. Taylor has been trained in the field of injury prevention and control, and uses its principles to address safety issues in healthcare and first responder industries.

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Andrea Davis

Andrea Davis, MPH, CPH
Associate Director, FIRST
aly25@drexel.edu

Ms. Andrea Davis is the Associate Director for the FIRST Center at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. She oversees the day-to-day operations of the FIRST Center, including all research grants and contracts, management of all staff and students, and serves as the qualitative expert on our team.

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Alexandra Fisher, MPH, CHES

Alexandra Fisher, MPH, CHES
Project Manager for Education & Training
abt57@drexel.edu

Ms. Alexandra Fisher is the Project Manager for Education and Training at the FIRST Center. She leads FOCUS survey administration, EMS Workplace Violence Prevention course development, and the summer FIRE Fellowship.

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Crystal Yates, MBA

Crystal Yates-Gale, MBA
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Project Manager
cay43@drexel.edu

Ms. Crystal Yates-Gale is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Project Manager at the FIRST Center. She oversees our DEI research portfolio, including the development of the DEI FIRE Toolkit.

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Victoria Gallogly, MPH

Victoria Gallogly, MPH
Outreach & Communications Coordinator
vhg25@drexel.edu

Ms. Victoria Gallogly is the Outreach and Communications Coordinator for the FIRST Center. She manages and updates the FIRST Center's website, social media, and press, and also assists with day-to-day research activities at the FIRST Center.

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Casper Voyles

Casper Voyles, PhD, MPH
GATHER Post-Doctoral Trainee
chv25@drexel.edu

Dr. Casper Voyles is a postdoctoral trainee in the GATHER Program. His work as a mentee at the FIRST Center will expand FIRST's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives through examining experiences of sexual and gender minority (SGM) members of the fire and rescue service and the populations they serve.

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Ashley Geczik, MPH, PhD(c)

Ashley Geczik, MPH
PhD Candidate
ag3895@drexel.edu

Ms. Ashley Geczik is a PhD candidate at the FIRST Center. She has contributed to qualitative research focusing on the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and a quantitative descriptive epidemiology project for the FOCUS survey.

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Madison Raposa, MS, PhD(c)

Madison Raposa, MS
PhD Student
mr3594@drexel.edu

Ms. Madison Raposa is a PhD student at the FIRST Center. She has contributed to the development of a violence prevention curriculum for fire-based EMS responders.

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Arianna Hall

Arianna Hall, MPH(c)
Research Assistant
ah3653@drexel.edu

Ms. Arianna Hall is working on her ILE with the FIRST Center to expand our fire service DEI initiatives.

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Affiliate Faculty

Joseph Allen, PhD
Professor of Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychology at the University of Utah
joseph.a.allen@utah.edu

Joseph A. Allen, Ph.D., is a Professor of Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychology at the University of Utah. His research focuses on three major areas of inquiry including the study of workplace meetings, organizational community engagement, and occupational safety and health.

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Sherry Brandt-Rauf, JD, MPhil


Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University
sib34@drexel.edu

Sherry Brandt-Rauf is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health of the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University. Her teaching and research focus on environmental and occupational health policy with a special interest in issues of efficacy and equity.

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Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD


Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University
alf26@drexel.edu

Arthur L. Frank received his M.D. degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and his Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from the City University of New York. He was trained in both internal medicine and occupational medicine and holds board certification in both fields.

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Jin Lee, PhD


Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychological Sciences at the Kansas State University

Dr. Jin Lee is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychological Sciences at the Kansas State University. Dr. Lee’s research focus is primarily on workplace safety, health, and well-being. 

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Christian Resick, PhD
Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior, LeBow College of Business at Drexel University

Dr. Christian Resick is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior with the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University in Philadelphia, USA. His research focuses on the social and cognitive psychological processes associated with leader influence, teamwork, and organizational culture and fit.

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