Research Team (Current and Former Members)

Linda Pololi, MBBS, FRCP
Principal Investigator
Distinguished Research Scientist, Brandeis University
Robert T. Brennan, EdD
Senior Research Scientist, Brandeis University
Mark Brimhall-Vargas, PhD
Executive Vice President of Racial Equity and Social Justice, Fenway Health
Jan Civian, EdD
Senior Research Associate, Brandeis University
Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, FACP
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor; James F. Fries Professor of Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health
Arthur Evans, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Brian K. Gibbs, PhD, MPA
Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, UMass Memorial Health Care
Tay McNamara, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Brandeis University
Vasilia Vasiliou, PhD, MBA
Assistant Teaching Professor, School of Management, Clark University
Linda Gillum, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
David E. Kern, MD, MPH, FACP
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; President-Elect of the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare
Edward Krupat, PhD
Director, Center for Evaluation; Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Eugene R. "Geno" Schnell, PhD, MBA
Organizational Change Consultant
Arlene S. Ash, PhD
Professor and Division Chief, Biostatistics and Health Services Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Peter Conrad, PhD
Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences, Brandeis University
Phyllis Carr, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Sandy Shea, BA
Policy Director at Committee of Interns and Residents