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
Neal Fann is a senior policy analyst at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He has over 15 years of experience in conducting benefit-cost analyses of policies designed to improve air quality and mitigate climate change. These analyses combine evidence from the environmental epidemiology and economics literature to estimate the number, and monetary value, of reducing air pollution and slowing climate change. Examples of his work include the EPA’s mercury and air toxics regulations as well as a rule limiting the transport of air pollution across state boundaries. Fann has also quantified the number of premature deaths and illnesses from:…
Babak (Bob) Farahpour is a registered Mechanical Engineering serving as a program Officer at National Institutes of Allergy and Infection Disease (NIAID) at the Office of Biodefense Research Affairs. He has more than 15 years of experience in design and construction of Mechanical systems for Biomedical facilities. Bob was the prime mechanical reviewer for the latest and highly complex High containment facilities (BSL-3/BSL-4) built by NIH/NIAID. As the Chairperson of High Containment Committee he was responsible for finishing the new Biocontainment (High Containment) volume of the new guidelines for NIH Design Requirement Manual, which has been published on January of…
Dara Feddersen graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a B.Sc. in Chemistry in May 2007. Shortly after, she joined Hollingsworth & Vose as a technician in the R&D department. After 1 year, she went back to school completing a Ph.D. program in Chemistry with a focus on atmospheric aerosols at the University of New Hampshire in December 2013. During her time at UNH, she published papers and presented her research on particulate and gas phase mercury at various conferences. Upon completion of the program, she returned to Hollingsworth & Vose as a Scientist. Dara is active in the following…
Dr. Ferguson has worked in 100+ nations as a technical advisor, consultant, and facilitator for preeminent global health entities including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Council of Nurses (ICN). Based in Geneva Switzerland for 10+ years, she directed the ICN Leadership for Change Program, the ICN-Burdett Global Nursing Leadership Institute and served as an ICN Consultant for Nursing and Health Policy. Dr. Ferguson worked for more than 20 years at WHO headquarters and regional offices where she developed strategic plans and initiatives to strengthen nursing and midwifery services and evaluate global health care delivery systems, population health outcomes,…
Jose F. Figueroa, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He is also a practicing Internist and Associate Physician at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he serves as the Faculty Director of the BWH Medicine Residency Management & Leadership Pathway.Dr. Figueroa received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his M.P.H. from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.His main…
Mary Finlay is a former faculty member at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where she directed multiple executive education programs, including Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers, and the Program for Chairs of Clinical Services. She also taught strategy and IT management classes. She currently provides executive coaching as well as consulting services in the areas of IT organization, project management, strategy and staff development. Her consulting, teaching, and coaching experience spans a range of industries including healthcare, technology, higher education, manufacturing, consulting, and banking.Previous positions include Professor of Practice at the Simmons School of…
Dr. Fitzmaurice has research interests in a number of areas, including the development of statistical methodology for analyzing discrete multivariate data, the design and analysis of longitudinal and repeated measures studies, methods for handling missing data, and methods for detecting and adjusting for overdispersion. With colleagues Nan Laird and Jim Ware, he recently published a book on “Applied Longitudinal Analysis”. Dr. Fitzmaurice has also developed a strong interest in collaborative research in mental health, working with investigators at McLean Hospital. Finally, Dr. Fitzmaurice teaches in the Program in Clinical Effectiveness, a program designed for young physicians seeking the quantitative and…
Ted is a business consultant who is passionate about helping people and organizations reach their potential. He is a respected human resources and strategy executive with over 30 years' experience with Fortune 50 companies. Ted is an industry thought leader, and award-winning author of Develop: 7 Practical Tools to Take Charge of Your Career.Ted is the former Head of Talent Development for CVS Health, Inc. a Fortune 4 company with more than 300,000 employees. He also served as Vice President of Talent Management for Aetna, Inc., a Fortune 50 company with more than 50,000 employees, where he created their corporate university. Ted earned an…
A Louisville, KY native, Dr. Mary E. Fleming, completed her undergraduate degree at Xavier University of Louisiana, medical degree at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Meharry Medical College. Due to her interests in eradicating health inequities and improving healthcare for the underserved, she matriculated to Harvard Medical School as a Commonwealth Fellow in Minority Health Policy where she obtained a MPH. She practiced as a generalist in a Norristown, PA for four years before deciding to transition to be a full-time locum tenens physician. In this capacity, she has worked in several states across…