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
Giuseppe (Bepi) Raviola, M.D., M.P.H., is Director of Mental Health for Partners In Health, Associate Director of the Chester M. Pierce M.D. Division of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Director of the Program in Global Mental Health and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. His work sits at the intersection of Psychiatry, Global Health, and Social Medicine, to promote the development of innovative models of delivery of mental healthcare to people living in the economically poorest communities in the world, and to show evidence for these advances. Over two decades of working in global health delivery Dr. Raviola…
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH)Dr. Reede has a passion for mentoring diverse individuals in the biosciences. Her duties include development and management of a comprehensive program that provides leadership, guidance, and support to promote the increased recruitment, retention, and advancement of diverse students, trainees and faculty. Dr. Reede graduated from Brown University, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, HSPH and Boston University. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a fellow of the American Association for…
Karen Rennell is the Director of Renovations at MIT. She leads the Renovations Team in project planning, design, and construction for the Committee for Renovation and Space Planning (CRSP). The CRSP team is responsible for campus space assignments and renovations required to meet the current and future needs of the institute including: Faculty Laboratories, Registrar Classrooms, and Department Offices. Karen and her team of 22 project managers and staff execute an annual $60 Million Construction Program, completing over 100 projects per year. Starting as an intern in 2000, Karen stayed on at MIT after graduation to dedicate her career to the CRSP Renovations…
Early on in my education, I designed my training to pursue a career as a clinician-scientist. I graduated in Psychology in 2005 from University of Minho. In 2007, I completed a specialization in clinical psychology, and in 2011 I finished my Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology at the same university. After my Ph.D., I was invited to an Assistant Professor position at the University of Minho. After being awarded a post-doctoral fellowship by FCT, I undertook additional Post-Doctoral training in the US, at Northeastern University(September 2013 to July 2014) and at Harvard Medical School from August 2014 to December 2016.In…
Steve P. Rizzo, President and Co-Founder of Synergy Consultants, Inc. has had a diverse career in facility engineering. He attended Northeastern University College of Engineering where he received his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering and is now a registered professional engineer as well as an ASHRAE Certified Commissioning Process Management Professional.Steve has over thirty years of experience with firms including R.G. Vanderweil, J.C. Higgins Company, and Bard, Rao, and Athanas Consulting Engineers, where he was the department head of the building commissioning group for four years. Other positions that deepened his expertise were Chief Facilities Engineer for the Faneuil…
Lisa A. Robinson is the Deputy Director of the Center for Health Decision Science and a Senior Research Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she is also affiliated with the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. Her research focuses on the conduct of benefit‐cost analysis, particularly for policies with outcomes that cannot be fully valued using market measures. She has contributed to numerous guidance documents, most recently leading the teams that developed guidelines now used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Her work also involves developing…
Santiago Romero-Brufau MD, PhD is the Director of AI and Healthcare Systems Engineering for the Department of Otorynolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at Mayo Clinic, where he is Assistant Professor. He is also Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, where he serves in the executive committee and teaches two of the core courses in the Master’s in Health Data Science. Dr. Romero-Brufau’s work is centered on developing and implementing machine-learning models and other data science solutions into Mayo’s clinical practice. His focus is on real-world applications as well as how…
Matthias S. F. Rose, MD, PhD, is Chair of the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Germany. Dr. Rose has Board Certifications for Internal Medicine, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy. His career started at the Medical School of the Charité in Berlin, which is one of largest University Clinics in Europe serving more than 700,000 patients/year. As a clinician and psychotherapist, his studies naturally focused on the clinical relevance of psychological assessments for health and subjective well-being. During his career he received a number of awards, including the Lilly Quality of Life Award, the Heinrich Bauer…
Dr. Rosenthal received her B.A. in International Relations (Commerce) from Brown University in 1990 and her Ph.D. in Health Policy (Economics track) from Harvard University in 1998.Her research focuses primarily on policies that are designed to improve the affordability and value of health care in the United States. These efforts include changes in payment incentives, benefit design, and the provision of information and behavioral "nudges" to both patients and providers. Her research has influenced the design of provider payment systems in both the public and private sectors. She has advised federal and state policymakers in healthcare payment policy and implementation.…