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
Dr. Jennifer Lerner is the Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy, Management and Decision Science at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is the first psychologist in the history of the Harvard Kennedy School to receive tenure. Professor Lerner also holds appointments in Harvard’s Department of Psychology and Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences. Drawing on experience teaching decision science to senior executives in the public and private sector, Professor Lerner took a one-year leave from Harvard to serve as the U.S. Navy’s first Chief Decision Scientist, reporting to the Chief of Naval Operations (2018-2019). Research: Drawing insights from psychology, economics, and neuroscience, Lerner’s research aims…
Jeff Levin-Scherz is a managing director and the Population Health Leader of the North American Health and Benefits Travel of WTW, formerly Willis Towers Watson, where he helps large employers develop, implement and evaluate their health management strategy, including care management programs, incentive programs, and technology programs. Jeff leads intellectual capital development for Willis Towers Watson in the Health Management space. Jeff has written and spoken widely on health care policy, especially around employers and the pandemic, the adoption of disruptive innovation, and the use of behavioral economics to drive performance in the health care delivery system and behavior among employees…
Dr. Leesa Lin is an internationally recognized expert in global health, specializing in risk communication, behavioral science, artificial intelligence (AI), and implementation science. She serves as an Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and as Co-Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project™, leading interdisciplinary teams that apply AI, machine learning, and advanced modeling techniques to enhance behavioral and social analytics, preparedness, and responses to global health threats.With over a decade of experience, Dr. Lin has developed and implemented innovative research strategies and digital interventions addressing pressing public health challenges, including infectious disease outbreaks, vaccine hesitancy, misinformation,…
Emily completed her PhD in the Harvard-MIT joint division of Health Sciences and Technology. Her career has centered around building data science and analytics teams and infrastructure within the health tech industry at companies such as IBM Watson Health, Wellframe, and Cityblock. She currently serves as the Executive Director of Data & Healthcare Innovation at Morgan Health, where her role involves developing a robust data strategy for the organization from analytics, infrastructure, and investment perspectives, as well as deriving meaningful insights from the rich data sources at Morgan Health. She also leads all maternal health innovation work for Morgan Health.Emily…
Eugene Litvak, Ph.D. is President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Optimization. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Operations Management in the Department of Health Policy & Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he teaches the course “Operations Management in Service Delivery Organizations”. Since 1995 he is leading the development and practical application of the innovative Variability Methodology for cost reduction and quality improvement in health care delivery systems. Application of this methodology has resulted in significant quality improvement and multimillion dollar margin improvements for every hospital that has applied it. Professor Litvak…
Jessica Liu is a 2nd year Population Health Sciences doctoral student in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Prior to her studies at Harvard School of Public Health, Jessica completed her Master’s in Public Health at Yale School of Public Health, where she focused her research interests on substance use in adolescents and prevention education. Through her doctoral studies, Jessica hopes to continue her focus on tobacco research and expand more on marijuana products and social media messaging.
Tom Loughman is the Vice President of Enterprise Program Management for EHS, Quality, and ESG at Amentum.Amentum is a $14B industry leader in advanced engineering and technology solutions serving the Environment, Space, Intelligence, Defense, and Civilian sectors. Tom provides environmental, health, and safety leadership to their 53,000+ employees in over 80 countries worldwide. Amentum is a very dynamic company that is in the midst of its fourth multi-billion dollar integrations in four years, including a private spin-off, two major acquisitions, a merger, and going public this September.Tom is a thought leader in strategic planning and performance measurement. He has delivered…
Gene Lupton is a graduate of UNC-Charlotte with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering. Gene started his career as a junior engineer with a consulting firm performing machine design on packaging and material handling equipment for clients such as Proctor and Gamble and Ford Motor Company. He then moved into the filtration industry in 1996 at the Flanders Filters Washington NC facility as a product engineer for HEPA filters and commercial metal products. Not limited to those product lines, Gene was the lead engineer for large scale projects for pharmaceutical isolators/gloveboxes and laminar flow hoods. Gene also participated in the AG1 Section…
Ryan has over 25 years of experience serving as a strategic advisor to executive-level leaders in a wide variety of public, private, and military organizations. He has led the design and delivery of solutions in the areas of strategy consulting, change leadership, organizational analysis, and strategic human capital management. He served on active duty in the U.S. Navy, where he earned multiple commendations for sustained superior performance in overseas combat zones. He worked for 20 years as a management consultant, and he is currently the Chief of Staff to the Chief People Officer at Sentara Health, one of the largest…
Jennifer J. Lynn, CHMM has worked in the environmental health and safety field for the past 18 years with a focus in academic and private laboratory settings. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Environment, Technology and Society from Clark University in 1993 and her Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM) certification in 1997 and 2008. Ms. Lynn has been affiliated with MIT since 2004 as an Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Coordinator, first with the Broad Institute and then currently at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. In this role, she has been involved with the building design,…