Team

The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative brings together interdisciplinary faculty, dedicated staff, and engaged students to address complex urban health challenges.

Meet our co-directors, core leads, faculty, staff, and students.

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Faculty and Core Leads

Maryia Bakhtsiyarava, PhD
Assistant Research Professor

mb4544@drexel.edu

Usama Bilal, MD, PhD, MPH
Co-Director | Associate Professor

ubilal@drexel.edu

Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor

ac3343@drexel.edu

Autumn Ciarrocchi
Deputy Director, Administration

alc384@drexel.edu

Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH
Director | Dean Emerita

avd37@drexel.edu

Erikka Gilliam, MS, MPH
Senior Community Engagement Manager | Community Engagement Core Co-Lead

erikka.l.gilliam@drexel.edu

Derek Harris, MA
Executive Administrator

dh3247@drexel.edu

Jana Hirsch, PhD, MES
Associate Research Professor | Research & Data Core Co-Lead

jah474@drexel.edu

Josiah Kephart, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor

jlk465@drexel.edu

Jennifer Kolker, MPH
Policy Core Co-Lead | Clinical Professor

jak682@drexel.edu

Brent Langellier, PhD, MA
Associate Professor

bal95@drexel.edu

Mariana Lazo, MD, PhD, ScM
Research Professor | Community Engagement Core Co-Lead

ml3629@drexel.edu

Félice Lê-Scherban, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor | Training Core Co-Lead

f.lescherban@drexel.edu

Gina Lovasi, PhD, MPH
Dana and David Dornsife Dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health | Professor of Epidemiology

gsl45@drexel.edu

Yvonne Michael, ScD, SM
Professor of Epidemiology

ylm23@drexel.edu

Kari Moore, MS
Director, Data & Analysis

kam642@drexel.edu

Alex Quistberg, PhD, MPH
Associate Research Professor

daq26@drexel.edu

Leah Schinasi, PhD, MSPH
Assistant Professor

lhs36@drexel.edu

Alina Schnake-Mahl, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor

alinasmahl@drexel.edu

Gabriel L. Schwartz, PhD
Assistant Professor

gs839@drexel.edu

Loni Philip Tabb, PhD, MS, AM
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs | Associate Professor

lpp22@drexel.edu

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