PPCR Faculty Members
Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (PPCR) is taught by esteemed faculty members at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and other renowned institutions.

PPCR Faculty
Main Course Faculty
Felipe Fregni, MD, PhD, MMsc, MPH, MEd
Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Director, Clinical Trials Network, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Albert Hofman, MD, PhD
Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology
Chair of the Department of Epidemiology
Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Anna Merport Modest, PhD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Arjun Kumar Manrai
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Brian Curran Healy
Associate Professor, Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Constantine Gatsonis
Professor, Biostatistics, Brown University
David Wypij, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Statistics and Data Coordinating Center, Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Donald Halstead
Lecturer on Epidemiology and Director of Writing Programs, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Heather Baer, ScD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Howard Sesso, PhD
Associate Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jessica Paulus, ScD, BA
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Ontada, McKesson
Lidia Moura, MD, PhD, MPH
Co-Director, Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Chief Informatics Officer, Neurology, Epilepsy Foundation of America
Mark Barnes, JD, LLM
Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
Former Senior Associate Provost for Research and Chief University Research Compliance Officer at Harvard University
Michael A. Soto, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Roger Davis, ScD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Stefania Papatheodorou, MD, PhD, MSc
Associate Professor, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers University
Steven Freedman, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
5-Day Immersion Course Faculty
Felipe Fregni, MD, PhD, MMsc, MPH, MEd
Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Director, Clinical Trials Network, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Donald Halstead
Lecturer on Epidemiology and Director of Writing Programs Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Ingeborg Friehs, MD
Instructor in Surgery Cardiac Surgery Adebona Account Boston Children’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School.
David Wypij, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School
Senior Lecturer on Biostatistics Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Director of the Statistics and Data Coordinating Center Department of Cardiology Boston Children’s Hospital
Armando Teixeira-Pinto, PhD
Senior Lecturer & Senior Research Fellow Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
Manuel Alejandro Castillo Angeles, MD, MPH
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Surgery Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Sandra Ribeiro de Carvalho, PhD
University of Minho Braga
António Jorge da Costa Leite
Director of the Portucalense Institute for Human Development Universidade Portucalense
3-Day Advanced Statistical Workshop Faculty
Felipe Fregni, MD, PhD, MMsc, MPH, MEd
Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Director, Clinical Trials Network, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
David Wypij, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School
Senior Lecturer on Biostatistics Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Director of the Statistics and Data Coordinating Center Department of Cardiology Boston Children’s Hospital
Research Manuscript Writing Workshop
Felipe Fregni, MD, PhD, MMsc, MPH, MEd
Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Director, Clinical Trials Network, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Kathy Brenner
English Tutor, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health