Faculty Directory

Mr. Roskelley has a Masters degree in Public Health with an emphasis in Industrial Hygiene from the University of Utah/Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH) and currently teaches as an adjunct faculty member. Mr. Roskelley is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) as well as a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH). He served on the Board and as Chair of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) and has previously served on the AIHA Board as a Director. Mr. Roskelley is also the founding partner of R&R Environmental, Inc. a comprehensive safety, health, and environmental consulting firm based in Sandy,…

Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH is a physician, researcher, and public health advocate. She is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and is descended from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy at the Colorado School of Public Health. She previously served as the Director of the Policy Research Center at the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) where she conducted and translated policy research and data to improve outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribal Nations. Her work at NCAI included the quality of…

Alexander Ryu is Vice Chair of AI Innovation for Mayo Clinic's Department of Medicine in Rochester, MN. He practices as a physician and data scientist in the division of hospital internal medicine. In these roles, he has overseen the development, implementation and evaluation of multiple AI tools in practice.

Dr. Soroush Saghafian, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He also serves as a faculty affiliate for the Harvard Ph.D. Program in Health Policy, the Harvard Center for Health Decision Science, the Harvard Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG), the Harvard Data Science Initiative, and is an associate faculty member at the Harvard Ariadne Labs (Health Systems Innovation). He is an expert in healthcare operations management and has been collaborating with a variety of hospitals including the Mayo Clinic and Mass General Hospital (MGH) to improve their operational efficiency, patient flow, medical decision-making,…

Assaad Sayah, MD, has served as SVP & Chief Medical Officer at CHA and President of CHA Physicians Organization since 2015. He first joined CHA in 2006, as Chief of Emergency Medicine before being  promoted to Senior Vice President of Primary and Emergency Care in 2013. In the emergency department, he led tremendous advancements at all three CHA hospitals, resulting in enhanced efficiency, quality, volume, and patient satisfaction. The implementation of Rapid Assessment, an electronic patient tracking system, and the addition of patient partners are among the many initiatives that have contributed to improved patient flow.In 2009 when the National…

Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD, ScD, is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His research focuses on the comparative effectiveness and safety of biopharmaceuticals. He has developed analytic methods to improve the scientific validity of epidemiologic analyses using complex longitudinal healthcare databases for newly marketed medical products. The overarching theme of his research is applying advanced real-world data analytics for regulatory decision making transparently and in rapid cycles. His work is published in >400 articles. His work is funded by NIH, PCORI, Arnold Foundation,…

Joe Sciacca is currently the Enterprise Editor at Channel 7 News. Formerly, Joe was the  Editor in Chief of the Boston Herald, and he has nearly four decades of daily newspaper experience as a reporter, political columnist, and editor. He was the 2016 recipient of the Fitzwater Medallion for Leadership in Public Communication awarded by Franklin Pierce University, which honored him as a “disruptor” in the media industry. Under his leadership, the Herald has been named one of “10 Newspapers That Do It Right” by Editor and Publisher, and Innovator of the Year by the Associated Press Media Editors for…

Dr. Britney Scott, an expert at the intersection of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and process improvement, has devoted her life to advancing healthcare equity and inclusivity. She aligns these humanitarian goals with overarching business objectives to foster meaningful change within the industry. One of very few in this niche space, Dr. Scott holds a BS in Biology from Oakwood University, an MD from Howard University College of Medicine, a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma from IASSC, a certificate in Diversity and Inclusion through the HRCI, and a certificate in Women’s Entrepreneurship from Cornell. As CEO of The Clinic Doctor,…

Brooks E. Scott is an Executive Coach, Interpersonal Communications Expert, and DEI Strategic Advisor who specializes in leadership development and management training.Before becoming an executive coach, Brooks was the VP of Safety Operations for a $9 billion dollar cybersecurity company, was the Manager of Operations for the bodyguard team for the CEO and COO of Facebook, a New Jersey State Trooper, a 5th-Grade Elementary School teacher, and is also trained as a volunteer suicide crisis hotline volunteer.He has facilitated over 180 courses on Managing Unconscious Bias, and over 200 courses on Conversations of Race and Allyship in the Workplace at…