Health: Science, Society, and Policy Program

Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Darren Zinner
Darren Zinner, PhD, MS
Program Chair, HSSP Faculty Executive Committee member and HSSP Internship Instructor
Associate Professor, Heller School
781-736-3971 Heller-Brown Building, 208

Expertise: Health care management, health care reform, science policy, clinical trials, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical technology

Sarah Curi
Sarah Curi, JD, MPH
HSSP Undergraduate Advising Head and HSSP Study Abroad Liaison
Associate Professor of the Practice in Legal Studies and Health: Science, Society, & Policy
781-736-3654 Brown 319
Office Hours: by appt

Expertise: Health care law, health care reform, public health, biomedical ethics

Cindy Thomas
Cindy Thomas, PhD, MS
Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the Heller School
HSSP Honors Coordinator and HSSP Faculty Executive Committee member
781-736-3921 Heller-Brown Building, 215

Expertise: Health policy, state health reform, prescription drug benefits, addiction treatment, Medicare and Medicaid coverage

Deborah Garnick
Deborah Garnick, ScD, MHS
Professor, Heller School
HSSP Faculty Executive Committee member
781-736-3840 Heller-Brown Building, 256

Expertise: Managed care, health care quality, substance abuse treatment services, insurance reform, performance measurement, health care datasets, survey data

Thuy Lam
Thuy Lam, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor in Health: Science, Society & Policy
HSSP Faculty Executive Committee member

Expertise: Epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational epidemiology, pediatric epidemiology, biostatistics, data analysis

Maria de Boef Miara
Maria de Boef Miara, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology
HSSP Faculty Executive Committee Member
781-736-3106 Volen National Center for Complex Systems, 317

Expertise: Comparative anatomy, evolution, physiology, biomechanics

James Morris
James Morris, MD, PhD
Professor of Biology
HSSP Faculty Executive Committee member
781-736-3119 Bassine Science Building, 214

Expertise: Evolution, genetics, biology education

Wangui Muigai
Wangui Muigai, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor in African & African American Studies
HSSP Faculty Executive Committee member
781-736-2083 Mandel Center for the Humanities 218

Expertise: Race and health, history of medicine and science, African American cultural and intellectual history, history of childhood

Sara Shostak
Sara Shostak, PhD, MPH
Professor of Sociology and Health: Science, Society & Policy
HSSP Faculty Executive Committee member
781-736-2213 Pearlman 207

Expertise: Sociology of health and illness, science and technology studies, environmental sociology, research methods

Siri Suh
Siri Suh, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology
HSSP Faculty Executive Committee member
781-736-2635 102 Pearlman Hall

Expertise: Sociology of health and illness; sociology of reproduction; global population and development; global health; science and technology studies (STS); global ethnography; research methods; Sub-Saharan Africa

Staff

Kathryn Howell
Kathryn Howell
HSSP Program Administrator
781-736-3498 Rabb 259

Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Faculty are faculty members who teach HSSP electives or courses that are cross-listed to HSSP.