CPH Staff

Center Directors

Sabrina Noel, Ph.D., RD

Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Population Health (CPH), Director of the Health Assessment Laboratory (HAL), Graduate Program Coordinator for the ScD in Public Health

Public Health, Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences, Center for Population Health, Health Assessment Laboratory

Nutritional Epidemiology, Community Assessments, Dietary Assessment, Musculoskeletal Aging, and Health Disparities
- Phone978-934-6459
- EmailSabrina_Noel@uml.edu
Kelsey Mangano, Ph.D., RDN

Associate Professor, Undergraduate Nutrition Program Director, Associate Director - Center for Population Health (CPH)

Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences, Climate Change Initiative, Health Assessment Laboratory (HAL), Center for Population Health (CPH)

Nutritional Epidemiology; Nutritional Sciences; Clinical Trials; Gut Microbiome; Musculoskeletal Aging
- Phone978-934-6367
- EmailKelsey_Mangano@uml.edu
Luis M. Falcón, Ph.D.

Professor, Associate Director for Social Sciences - Center for Population Health (CPH)

College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Center for Population Health
- Phone978-934-3843
- EmailLuis_Falcon@uml.edu
Katherine Tucker, Ph.D.

Emerita and Distinguished University Professor; Director Emeritus and Founder of the Center for Population Health (CPH)

Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences, Health Assessment Laboratory (HAL), Center for Population Health (CPH)

Nutritional Epidemiology, Dietary Assessment
- Phone978-934-4066
- Emailkatherine_tucker@uml.edu

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Center Members

Mahdi Garelnabi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Director, ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity & Resilience; Director, Core Lab, Center for Population Health

Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences

Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Toxicology, Biochemistry of Lipids
- Phone978-934-4528
- EmailMahdi_Garelnabi@uml.edu
Laurie Soroken, Ph.D., ANP-BC

Director of Baccalaureate Program, Clinical Professor

Susan and Alan Solomont School of Nursing

Adult Health, Medical Surgical Nursing
- Phone978-934-4270
- EmailLaurie_Soroken@uml.edu
Herpreet Thind, Ph.D., MPH, MBBS

Associate Professor

Public Health, Health Assessment Laboratory (HAL)

Physical Activity; Yoga; Obesity; Chronic Diseases
- Phone978-934-5317
- EmailHerpreet_Thind@uml.edu
Yuan Zhang, Ph.D., RN

Associate Professor

Susan and Alan Solomont School of Nursing

Occupational Health and Health Promotion, Shift Work and Sleep Health, Musculoskeletal and Mental Health Promotion, Health-care Workforce
- Phone978-430-9312
- Emailyuan_zhang@uml.edu
David Cornell, DPT, Ph.D.

Associate Professor with Tenure; Interim Director, DPT Program; Assistant Director, Health Assessment Laboratory (HAL)

Physical Therapy and Kinesiology

Sports Medicine; Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention; Health, Fitness, & Performance Enhancement
- Phone978-934-5458
- EmailDavid_Cornell@uml.edu
Karen Devereaux Melillo, Ph.D., A-GNP-C, FAANP, FGSA

Professor Emerita

Susan and Alan Solomont School of Nursing

Gerontological Nursing; Geropsychiatric and Mental Health Nursing; Health Promotion of Older Adults; Social Policy and Long-Term Care; Utilization of Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioners in Institutional Long-term Care Settings
- Phone978-934-4417
- EmailKaren_Melillo@uml.edu
Jong Soo Lee

Associate Professor

Mathematics & Statistics

Statistics, Applications of statistics
- EmailJongSoo_Lee@uml.edu
Wenjun Li

Chair, Professor, Director - Health Statistics and Geography Lab

Public Health, Center for Health Statistics and Biostatistics Core, Health Statistics and Geography Lab

Aging - Epidemiology and Prevention of Falls in Older Age, Patient Reported Outcomes, Neighborhood Environment, Observational Cohort Studies, Design and Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, Analysis of Hospital Discharge and ED Visit Databases, and Electronic Health Records
- Phone978-934-2919
- EmailWenjun_Li@uml.edu
Asil Oztekin, Ph.D.

Professor

Operations and Information Systems (OIS)

Medical informatics, healthcare engineering, business analytics, data mining, decision making, big data
- Phone(978) 934-2714
- EmailAsil_Oztekin@uml.edu
Natalia Palacios

Associate Professor

Public Health, Climate Change Initiative

Environmental Health and Neuro-Epidemiology
- Phone978-934-5373
- EmailNatalia_Palacios@uml.edu
Serena Rajabiun, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Public Health

Health Services Research; Social Determinants of Health; Community based participatory research
- Phone978-934-3289
- EmailSerena_Rajabiun@uml.edu
Yan Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Psychology
- Phone978-934-3912
- EmailYan_Wang1@uml.edu
Hong Yu, Ph.D

Professor, Director - CHORDS

Miner School of Computer & Information Sciences
- Phone978-934-3620
- EmailHong_Yu@uml.edu