Faculty Directory

Dr. Howard D. Sesso is an Associate Epidemiologist at the Divisions of Preventive Medicine and Aging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is an expert in the design, methodology, and conduct of randomized clinical trials and epidemiologic studies, focusing on vitamin and mineral supplements plus other lifestyle factors in the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), hypertension, obesity, cancer, and other aging-related outcomes. Dr. Sesso is Associate Director of the Division of Preventive Medicine at BWH…

Jo Shapiro, MD, FACS, is an associate professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School and a consultant for the Department of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.In 2008, she founded the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Professionalism and Peer Support where she served as the director for over 10 years. During that time the Center became a model for national and international institutions seeking methods to enhance a culture of trust and respect and improve clinician wellbeing. She continues to educate and assist organizations in developing specific programmatic and educational approaches such as peer support, wellbeing programs,…

Andy Shin, JD, MPH, MBA, is the Senior Vice President of Strategy at Mass General Brigham. In this role, he is responsible for shaping and advancing the strategy for one of the nation’s largest integrated academic health systems and leading biomedical research organizations in the world. Mass General Brigham also serves as a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.Andy has held leadership positions across the social, public, and private sectors in strategy, operations, business development, and policy roles. He formed and led the American Hospital Association (AHA) Center for Health Innovation- the combined health services research, performance improvement, data…

Dr. Sieber’s work focuses on human physiology and how human health is affected by the environment. She is currently working with the Air Pollution and Health GeoHealth project, based at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Public Health Foundation of India. This project examines the impact of air pollution in India, and trains Indian scientists so that they can assess and respond to environmental health concerns in their home country. Dr. Sieber also served as the executive director of the Metal Mining Environment and Health Alliance, and she organized a symposium entitled, “The Life Cycle of…

Richard Siegrist is senior lecturer on health care management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he teaches physician, graduate, and executive education courses on financial management, cost accounting, management control, innovation and entrepreneurship. He is also the faculty director of the DrPH program, director of the master in health care management program for physicians, and the director of innovation and entrepreneurship for Harvard Chan. He received the Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award for 2008. In addition, he teaches in the Chairs of Clinical Services and the Leadership Strategies for Evolving Healthcare Executives programs.Richard was previously CEO…

Dr. Kevin Simon, a practicing pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist, is Boston’s first Chief Behavioral Health Officer appointed by Mayor Michelle Wu. As Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Simon leads a Citywide behavioral health strategy and plan through the Boston Public Health Commission. Simon is the rare academic triple threat, a physician who conducts original research, inspires learners and provides exemplary clinical care. He is also a health policy expert and a noted writer. He is an attending physician in the Boston Children’s Hospital Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program (ASAP), an instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, a Commonwealth fund fellow…

Christopher Simon is President and President and Chief Executive Officer of Haemonetics, a provider of medical technology solutions designed to improve the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of care. Mr. Simon has more than 30 years of experience helping businesses transform and grow. He was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company and led its Global Medical Products Practice. He also held commercial and operating roles at Baxter Healthcare Corporation. He is a former U.S. Army Infantry Officer and earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr.…

Donald C. Simonson, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D. is a member of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a Lecturer on Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He received his BA and MD degrees from Yale University, and completed his postdoctoral fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Yale in 1983. After 4 years on the faculty at Yale, he became Head of the Section on Clinical Physiology at Joslin Diabetes Center in 1987, and Chief of Diabetes and Metabolism at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 1992, both in Boston. While on a mid-career sabbatical, he received…

Dr. Dilpreet Singh is a Senior Scientist in the Health Sciences practice at Exponent, where he provides consulting services in the area of quantitative exposure assessment and risk modeling of consumer products and occupational environments involving use of emerging chemicals and advanced materials including nanoparticles. Dr. Singh specializes in the design and development of lab-based platforms and approaches for assessing lifecycle-specific exposures to engineered nanomaterials and incidental nanoparticles in occupational, consumer product use and environmental settings. During his doctoral and postdoctoral research at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dr. Singh performed extensive physicochemical, morphological, and toxicological characterization of…