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Harvard Chan Executive and Continuing Education Faculty
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…
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.…
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.
Erika Sabbath is an associate professor at Boston College School of Social Work. Trained as a social and occupational epidemiologist, her research examines the contribution of the work environment, specifically psychosocial exposures and organizational policies and practices, to population health and disparities, both during working life and after retirement. She also adapts and uses emerging exposure assessment methods to quantify occupational exposures across the lifecourse and their association with later-life morbidity, mortality, and disparities. She is the PI of the NIOSH-funded Boston Hospital Workers Health Study (BHWHS), which integrates administrative and survey data from 22,000 patient care workers at two…