Faculty Directory

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…

Dr. Al Rielly completed his undergraduate education at Dartmouth College and received his MD degree from the University of Massachusetts. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Vermont. He then completed a residency in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health at Stony Brook University and received his MPH degree at Columbia University. Dr. Rielly worked as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University and finished his postgraduate training with a residency in Occupational Medicine at the Harvard T.H. Chan of Public…

Dr. Albert Rielly is an internist in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is affiliated with Cambridge Health Alliance and Massachusetts General Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is currently an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and a Visiting Scientist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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…

Maggie Robbins, MPH is the National Director, Occupational Safety and Health of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions since 2011. She leads and co-ordinates the work of national and regional union leaders within Kaiser Permanente on workplace safety issues. She also assures union members’ voice is present in shaping and assessing national programs and committees related to workplace safety and health. She has 25 years of experience in occupational safety and health, primarily for or with unions, including the Service Employees International Union, and the California Labor Federation. She has worked as a writer, educator and curriculum developer with unions…

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…