Faculty Directory

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.…

Neal Fann is a senior policy analyst at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He has over 15 years of experience in conducting benefit-cost analyses of policies designed to improve air quality and mitigate climate change. These analyses combine evidence from the environmental epidemiology and economics literature to estimate the number, and monetary value, of reducing air pollution and slowing climate change. Examples of his work include the EPA’s mercury and air toxics regulations as well as a rule limiting the transport of air pollution across state boundaries. Fann has also quantified the number of premature deaths and illnesses from:…

Dara Feddersen graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a B.Sc. in Chemistry in May 2007. Shortly after, she joined Hollingsworth & Vose as a technician in the R&D department. After 1 year, she went back to school completing a Ph.D. program in Chemistry with a focus on atmospheric aerosols at the University of New Hampshire in December 2013. During her time at UNH, she published papers and presented her research on particulate and gas phase mercury at various conferences. Upon completion of the program, she returned to Hollingsworth & Vose as a Scientist. Dara is active in the following…

Dr. Ferguson has worked in 100+ nations as a technical advisor, consultant, and facilitator for preeminent global health entities including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Council of Nurses (ICN). Based in Geneva Switzerland for 10+ years, she directed the ICN Leadership for Change Program, the ICN-Burdett Global Nursing Leadership Institute and served as an ICN Consultant for Nursing and Health Policy. Dr. Ferguson worked for more than 20 years at WHO headquarters and regional offices where she developed strategic plans and initiatives to strengthen nursing and midwifery services and evaluate global health care delivery systems, population health outcomes,…

Jose F. Figueroa, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He is also a practicing Internist and Associate Physician at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he serves as the Faculty Director of the BWH Medicine Residency Management & Leadership Pathway.Dr. Figueroa received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his M.P.H. from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.His main…

Mary Finlay is a former faculty member at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where she directed multiple executive education programs, including Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers, and the Program for Chairs of Clinical Services. She also taught strategy and IT management classes. She currently provides executive coaching as well as consulting services in the areas of IT organization, project management, strategy and staff development. Her consulting, teaching, and coaching experience spans a range of industries including healthcare, technology, higher education, manufacturing, consulting, and banking.Previous positions include Professor of Practice at the Simmons School of…