Faculty Directory

Eric M. Winston is the Disparity Market Development Manager for Medtronic. In this role, he focuses on the elimination of disparities within health care settings, and leads Medtronic’s “Do it” or Disparity Outreach Impact Team. Previously at Medtronic, Winston has worked as the Director of Disparity Market Development, and District Service Manager Medtronic CRDM. He has held positions at Guidant, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Bayer Pharma. Winston is the national chairman of official Medtronic Internal support group for African American Sales force. His awards include the “Corporate Circle award” from the National Medical Association, the “CEO Inclusion award” from Medtronic, and…

Veronika J. Wirtz, MSc, PhD is a pharmacist, educator and researcher with over ten years of experience in international public health focusing on health system strengthening and program evaluations of medicines access and utilization. Currently, Dr. Wirtz is Associate Professor of Global Health at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) where she teaches courses in health systems, pharmaceuticals in public health, and non-communicable diseases. She is a Visiting Professor of the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) in Mexico and coordinator of a student exchange program between the institutions of her affiliation.Her interest and expertise include medicines price analysis,…

Dr. Brad Wong, along with his position at Mettalytics, is an affiliated researcher at the Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health, at the University of Bergen, Norway. Brad has overseen or contributed to hundreds of economic evaluations in low-and-middle-income countries, publishing peer-reviewed and technical reports across numerous sectors including agriculture, education, gender, nutrition, water and sanitation, poverty, trade, and global health. Brad’s cost-benefit research has been used to assist stakeholders to prioritize resources for greatest impact, to make investment cases for increased spending and to identify cost-effective approaches to solving development issues. Due to the breadth of…

Keith Woolard holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University.  He has worked in the filtration field for the past 15 years holding various positions in the areas of research and development and design engineering.  He currently holds the position of Regional Product Manager of Containment and Air Cleaner Products for Camfil USA and is responsible for the development, management, and market success of the air cleaner and containment products.

Dr. David Wypij is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Director of the Statistics and Data Coordinating Center, Department of Cardiology, at Boston Children’s Hospital. He focuses on active collaboration in pediatric clinical research studies and in biostatistical education and administration. He earned his PhD at Cornell University.In his work at Boston Children’s Hospital, Dr. Wypij collaborates on randomized clinical trials and follow-up studies that compare the incidence of brain injury after operative strategies in infant heart surgery. The focus has…

Phyllis Yale currently serves on the boards of Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, DaVita Healthcare (NYSE: DVA), and Aledade, Inc. Previously she chaired the boards of Kindred Healthcare, Inc (NYSE: KND) and Blue Cross, and served on the boards of privately-held National Surgical Hospitals and Value Options, Inc., as well as NeighborCare (NASDAQ), and Pediatric Services of America (NASDAQ). She is engaged with several healthcare start-ups through their advisory boards, and is currently on the board of The Trustees of Reservations, Massachusetts’ pre-eminent conservation and preservation organization.  Phyllis Yale is an Advisory Partner in Bain & Company’s Boston office. She joined…

A graduate of the University of Maryland, Uri is a registered Architect and LEED accredited professional with nearly 40 years of experience. His career has focused on the planning and design of research facilities for institutional, corporate, and university clients throughout the country and abroad. As a nationally recognized laboratory planner, he has lectured at forums sponsored by NIH, AAALAC, USUHS, CDC, and other leading research institutions.  He has a specific expertise in the design of biocontainment facilities, providing technical support and peer design review for major laboratories and vivaria constructed throughout the country. He served as a contributor to the NIH/CDC Biosafety in…

Dr. Yousafzai’s work focuses on:Developing new interventions and approaches to promote early child development with a particular interest in how to strengthen child and caregiving related outcomes through existing health, nutrition and education systems.Understanding the implementation structures and processes for early childhood interventions to achieve sustainable impact at-scale.Promoting capacity development in local communities, services and systems for the effective delivery of interventions to promote early child development.She has extensive experience in evaluating early childhood interventions in south Asia, east Africa, and in central and east Europe. One of Dr. Yousafzai’s most significant studies is the Pakistan Early Child Development Scale-Up…