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. Davis is Associate Professor of Medicine (Biostatistics) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. He is Director of Biostatistics in the Division of General Medicne and is the BIDMC Director of the Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Consulting Program. He holds a BA in Statistics and Mathematics and an MA in Statistics from the University of Rochester, and an ScD in Biostatistics from Harvard. He has been a biostatistician collaborating on clinical trials and other biomedical and health services research for nearly 40 years. At the Harvard T. H Chan School of Public Health, he developed a course…
Matt Fishman is Vice President for Community Health at Partners. Since 1994, he has led Partners’ efforts to collaborate with community health centers, consumer advocates, and other community leaders to make measurable progress on public health problems. These include racial disparities, substance abuse, violence, low birth weight, and chronic illnesses in the communities Partners and its hospitals serve. In addition, Matt focuses on improving systems of care for low income patients, on providing affordable insurance through implementation of the landmark Massachusetts and Federal health reform laws, and on economic opportunity and workforce development, especially for low income young people. Matt…
Jack Dennerlein, PhD is Dean of Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Ergonomics and Safety in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Dennerlein has spent nearly three decades as an internationally respected scholar, researcher, and innovator in the field of occupational safety and health – primarily in ergonomics, where his federally-funded research investigates interventions to improve worker safety, health, and well-being. Dr. Dennerlein has been an active leader and contributor in the development of NIOSH’s Total Worker Health® Program, which NIOSH defines…
Mr. DiBerardinis received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University and a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Hygiene from Harvard University. He received his Certification in Industrial Hygiene and Certification as a Safety Professional.Mr. DiBerardinis has been affiliated with M.I.T. since 1989. He was the Director, Environment, Health and Safety from 2001 to 2023. Mr. DiBerardinis was an Industrial Hygiene Engineer for Polaroid Corporation from 1986-1989. He joined Harvard University in 1970 as part of a research group at the School of Public Health and from 1976 to 1986, he established and directed the Industrial…
Dr. Dickson is President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in central Massachusetts with $3.3 billion in annual revenue, 1,700 physicians and more than 16,500 employees. The system includes four owned hospitals on ten campuses with more than 1,000 licensed beds; four affiliated hospitals; 70 office-based community practices; a behavioral health services agency and hospital; six urgent care centers; and an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). UMass Memorial trains 550 residents and fellows annually and performs world-class research in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Dickson also serves as a Professor of…
David Dumais is the Administration & Operations Manager in the Department of Laboratory at Boston Children's Hospital. His career includes 10 years of Healthcare Administrative experience in addition to his 10 years as a Customer Service trainer with Verizon. He currently blends his experience together to create an operational and service culture for the department. David graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from Thomas College in central Maine.
Damien Dussaux is an economist in the Environment and Economy Integration Division of the Environment Directorate of the OECD. He is one of the coordinators of the OECD Environmental Outlook, a forward-looking project on the environmental impacts of economic systems worldwide and the public policies implemented to prevent or reduce these impacts. At the OECD, he is also leading work on the valuation of health and the environment, as well as environmental innovation and evidence-based assessment of environmental policies. Previously, he was a researcher at the Centre for Industrial Economics at MINES ParisTech and at the Grantham Research Institute on…
Bart Ellingsen has served in the occupational safety profession for over 30 years. He is certified in the practice of industrial hygiene by the Board for Global EHS Credentialing and is certified as a Safety Professional by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. He completed is undergraduate study in engineering at Northeastern University and obtained the degree of Master of Science in Work Environments from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.Mr. Ellingsen began his career as an environmental, health and safety consultant, providing these professional services to a variety of clients in both the public sector and the private sector.…