Faculty Directory

Michael P. Whalen Jr. has a BS and MS in Health Physics from the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, MA and is a Certified Health Physicist (CHP). His work experience includes 7 years in the Harvard University EH&S Department as an Associate Radiation Safety Officer. He currently works for the State of Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (RCP) as a Senior Health Physicist and currently focused on implementing the NRC-mandated Increased Control (IC) security requirements, decommissioning Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station, and writing/maintaining the RCP databases. Mr. Whalen is a CRCPD and OAS representative on the NRC's Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation…

Linda Whitlock, a seasoned leadership advisor, was appointed by President Biden to the President’s Commission on White House Fellows in 2021. The Principal of The Whitlock Group, providing strategy consulting to boards and CEOs, Linda is the former Nicholas President and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston and the former Vice President of Harvard Real Estate. Linda taught at MIT, Tufts, and the University of Michigan, and served in the administrations of MA Governors Dukakis and King. Linda has served on more than 20 boards, including the boards of Cambridge Trust Company, where she was the board’s first Lead Independent Director;…

Dale Whittington is a Professor in the Departments of Environmental Sciences & Engineering and City & Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA), and the Global Research Institute at the University of Manchester (UK). He is also a Visiting Professor at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Water Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of over 150 scholarly publications, including (with Professor Duncan MacRae) a…

Dr. Walter Willett is Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition and Chairman of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, studied food science at Michigan State University, and graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School before obtaining a Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Willett has focused much of his work over the last 25 years on the development of methods, using both questionnaire and biochemical approaches, to study the effects of diet on the occurrence…

Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and strategic physician leader focused on eliminating maternal health disparities and leveraging virtual care. She currently serves as Interim Chief Medical Officer at March of Dimes leading their mission team to advance efforts in research, advocacy, education, and community programs that will prioritize the well-being of all moms and babies. Additionally, she oversees clinical innovations for the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative at Stanford University where she is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Previously, she served as Medical Director of Mahmee, a tech-enabled maternal…

David R. Williams is the Florence and Laura Norman Professor of Public Health and Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also a Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. An internationally recognized social scientist, his research has enhanced our understanding of the ways in which socioeconomic status, race, stress, racism, health behavior and religious involvement can affect physical and mental health. He is the author of more than 500 scientific papers and the Everyday Discrimination Scale that he developed is the most widely used measure…

Dr. Pamela Williams, Principal and Owner of E Risk Sciences, LLP, has expertise in exposure science, industrial hygiene, risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication. She is also a Fellow with the non-profit organization Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA). Dr. Williams served as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Colorado for12 years. She routinely lectures on exposure and risk-related topics in undergraduate, graduate level, and professional development courses at the Harvard School of Public Health, Colorado School of Pharmacy, Clarkson University, and American Industrial Hygiene Association. Dr. Williams also served as…