Faculty Directory
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Executive and Continuing Education programs are taught by esteemed Harvard faculty and industry experts in health care and related fields.
Harvard Chan Executive and Continuing Education Faculty
Nicolas serves as Senior Director of the Environmental Health and Safety Department at Boston Children’s Hospital. He oversees an array of corporate health and safety programs, including but not limited to; environment of care management, construction safety, industrial hygiene, employee injury reduction, fire management, environmental compliance, chemical materials, risk assessments and analysis, laser and x-ray radiation. Before joining Boston Children’s, Nick held the role of Environmental Field Representative at Charter Environmental Incorporated, supporting soil excavation and dewatering systems efforts on contaminated land parcels. He then moved to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and took the role Environmental Health and Safety Officer…
Christina Pamela Kreutzmann currently serves as the Global AI Deployment Lead at Roche, focusing on pioneering the implementation of Imaging Segmentation Algorithms specifically targeting retinal diseases such as Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Macular Edema. Her role involves strategic assessments of AI deployment partnerships, market viability, and customer-centric solutions that align with healthcare workflows to ensure broad adoption and optimize patient outcomes. Her career is centered around innovation with AI, having led business programs in several life sciences incubators, including spearheading one of the first digital health accelerators in China. Christina is passionate about making AI innovation accessible in healthcare. She…
Michael is Director of Safety and Environmental Programs in the MIT EHS Office where he currently manages various projects including laboratory hazard assessment. He was previously the Principal at CIH Consulting, LLC where he provided consulting services to academic and research institutions. From 2000-2011 he was an Associate Director in the Harvard University EH&S Department where he managed the laboratory safety, fire safety and industrial hygiene programs on the Cambridge Campus and affiliates.Michael was the Senior Industrial Hygienist at the University of Rochester where he managed industrial hygiene, laboratory safety and occupational safety programs. He also worked for two years…
Dr. Carolyn Langer has an extensive career as a physician executive, currently serving as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Elevance Health (formerly Anthem) National Accounts. In this role, she oversees clinical operations, leads clinical strategy, and provides overall direction for clinical product and service evolution for Elevance Health’s national employer groups. She also previously served as CMO of MassHealth (the Massachusetts Medicaid program) where she was among the lead contributors to MassHealth’s payment and care delivery reform efforts. Other physician executive roles include CMO of ManagedComp (a national managed care workers’ compensation company), as well as physician leadership roles at…
Lynn LaPierre is a New York-based consultant and leader of Spencer Stuart’s Global Biopharma Practice. Lynn has more than 20 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical services industries as a researcher, attorney, and commercial leader. Lynn works on searches for boards, and commercial, corporate development, and medical affairs leadership for clients ranging from global corporations to fast-growing companies. Extensive experience in pharma and pharma services settings.Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Lynn served as executive director for another global executive search firm.Lynn also led the global life sciences practice at Axiom, a technology-enabled professional services company serving Fortune…
Donald J. Largent is Director, High Purity Product Management for AAF Flanders and has been intimately involved in the global containment and high purity filtration industry since 2006. Don holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and M.B.A. from Loyola University, Maryland. Prior to his tenure at AAF Flanders, Don was responsible for Sales, Marketing, and Technical Services for Air Techniques International (ATI), providing HEPA/ULPA Filter testing instrumentation to the market. He has also worked in Technical Sales, Technical Marketing, Application Engineering, and Warranty Management roles for top tier, international HVAC and Elevator manufacturing companies.Don actively participates in…
Carlos A. Larrauri, JD, MPA, APRN, is co-chair of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ) and has previously served on the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and NAMI Miami-Dade County Board of Directors. Diagnosed with schizophrenia at 23 years of age, access to quality mental health care, community-based treatment, and early intervention afforded him the best opportunity for recovery.Mr. Larrauri earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, where he served as an Editor of the Michigan Law Review, and a concurrent master in public administration at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a…
Allison R. Larson, MD, MS is Professor and Chair of the Department of Dermatology at Georgetown University Medical Center and MedStar Health since 2021. Prior to this time she was the Vice Chair for Education for the Boston University Department of Dermatology and Program Director for the Boston University Dermatology residency program. She previously served as an Assistant Dean for Medical Education at Boston University School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, completed her residency in dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and her dermatopathology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Kimberlyn Leary, executive vice president at the Urban Institute, works with Urban’s president, Sarah Rosen Wartell, to enhance Urban's impact and forge new partnerships. Previously, Leary was Urban’s senior vice president for research management and program development.Before joining Urban, Leary held full-time academic roles at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she directed the Enabling Change program. She led the Center of Excellence in Women's Mental Health at McLean Hospital as its first executive director and was chief psychologist at Cambridge Health Alliance. Her career began at the University of Michigan.Leary has advised…