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
Bertha K Madras, PhD is a Professor of Psychobiology at Harvard Medical School (at Harvard 36 years). She is based at McLean Hospital and cross-appointed at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She directs the Laboratory of Addiction Neurobiology at McLean Hospital.Scientific Research. Her research has focused on neurobiology, pharmacology, brain imaging, drug discovery and medications development, neuropsychiatric disorders, and drug policy. Her lab discovered a class of compounds now in widespread use for detecting Parkinson’s disease in living brain, has clarified molecular targets in brain of specific psychoactive drugs, and discovered contrasting behavioral and molecular responses of adolescent and adult nonhuman…
Candy Magaña, MPA, is a nationally respected health equity leader, practice facilitator, master trainer and public health professional with expertise in capacity building and innovation adoption for healthcare systems and organizations domestically and internationally. Candy currently serves as the Director of Health Equity Innovation, Solutions and Transformation on the Health Equity and Social Impact team at Humana Inc. In this role she leads a workstream dedicated to enterprise health equity innovation, employee and clinician learning and capacity building, including establishing health literacy as a key pillar to improving the patient experience and quality of care. Prior to this, Candy served…
Laura Mantoura is a key member of the firm’s Board & CEO Advisory Partners. She works across industries advising a broad spectrum of companies on their CEO succession and board search needs. Laura has specific expertise in corporate governance, supporting companies with their board evaluation, board build-out and strategic board refreshment needs. Her work is global in nature, spanning the US and Europe, for both Fortune 250 and smaller or privately-run organizations. She is based in New York, with international experience in the UK, France, Spain and across the US, having lived and worked on several continents.Laura has more than…
Dr. Marcus’ 30-year career at Harvard University has followed two tracks.The first is leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution for health care and public health. He is founding Director of the Initiative for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Marcus is lead author of Renegotiating Health Care: Resolving Conflict to Build Collaboration (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1995 and in its Second Edition, 2011). The book was co-recipient of the Center for Public Resources Institute for Dispute Resolution “Book Prize Award for Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution.” It also won the Book…
Mr. Martel is a board certified health physicist, and has been working in the field of radiation protection for over 25 years. Mr. Martel has applied health physics and radiation safety management experience in medical, biotechnology, nuclear power, environmental, emergency response, and radioactive source manufacturing industries. Mr. Martel serves as a technical advisor to the Council for Radiation Control Program Directors, and is currently the President-elect of the Medical Health Physics section of the National Health Physics Society. Mr. Martel was the Director and Radiation Safety Officer for two major Academic Medical Institutions in the Boston area where his research…
Tom has nearly 30 years of experience as a safety and health professional. He previously served as a corporate safety, environmental, and workers’ compensation manager before transitioning to his current role as a risk control consultant for a commercial insurance brokerage. He works with industry-leading companies across manufacturing, hospitality, food service, healthcare, education, and construction.A Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Tom specializes in evaluating workplace exposures to noise, chemicals, ergonomic stressors, temperature extremes, and biological hazards. He actively assesses indoor air quality (IAQ) in accordance with ASHRAE standards and investigates mold growth to ensure healthy environments.Tom leads pre-loss accident prevention, risk…
Dr. Massoud is a globally recognized leader in improving healthcare and strengthening systems to deliver better outcomes, efficiency, and sustainability. He was an inaugural Member of the Quality & Safety Academy of the International Society for Quality (ISQua); Advisory Board Member, World Health Organization’s Global Report on Quality and Safety; Former President, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Alumni Association, and current Board Member, Harvard Alumni Association. Previous capacities include:· Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer at Americares overseeing the organization’s health programs worldwide for people affected by poverty or disaster, including its work with the uninsured in…
Dr. Heather Mattie is a Lecturer on Biostatistics, Co-Director of the Health Data Science Master’s program, and Director of EDIB Programs in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She teaches several Data Science and Biostatistics courses each year including Core Principles of Data Science, Collaborative Data Science in Healthcare, and Core Principles of Biostatistics and Epidemiology for Public Health Practice. Dr. Mattie’s research centers on network science and statistical machine learning approaches to improve human health and equitable healthcare, with a special focus on detecting, mitigating, and preventing algorithmic bias. Her work has found…
Gianluca Mauro is an AI entrepreneur and public speaker. He is the founder of two companies: AI Academy, specialized in helping people and organizations understand and use AI, and Epiphany, a startup that uses generative AI and learning science to change the way corporate learning and development designs and delivers education. Outside of his work in teaching, Gianluca has published a book called “Zero to AI – a non-technical, hype-free guide to prospering in the AI era”, and is active in the field of AI ethics. He has recently led an investigation for the Guardian and the Pulitzer Center called,…
Bill McCarthy is an Associate Director of Environment, Health and Safety at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His primary responsibility is oversight of the radiation protection program at the MIT research reactor. Bill has been at MIT since 1997, conducting radiation safety trainings and assisting lab personnel in the design of safe experiments using radiation sources, both ionizing and non-ionizing. Prior to 1997 Bill worked for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).Bill earned his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Physics and Master of Science (MS) in Radiological Sciences from the University of Massachusetts – Lowell and is certified by the American…