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Initiative on Health and Homelessness

The Initiative on Health and Homelessness (IHH) fosters a network of researchers and practitioners dedicated to inspiring and supporting emerging public health professionals in addressing health and homelessness, providing resources to drive real-world change to improve the health and lives of unhoused individuals.

Phone 617-432-4501
Location

677 Huntington Avenue
Kresge 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02115

Steering Committee

The Initiative on Health and Homelessness includes a steering committee of experts that helps guide its planned activities and future directions.

Thomas Byrne, PhD, MSW

Associate Professor, Boston University School of Social Work

Denise De Las Nueces, MD, MPH

Interim CEO and Chief Medical Officer, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Karen Emmons, PhD

Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health &

Faculty Director of the Community Engagement Program at Harvard Catalyst

Robert Heckart, JD

Steering Committee Member & Senior Advisor, IHH

Board Member at Care for the Homeless New York, 2015 Fellow & 2016 Senior Fellow of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, and Retired Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP  

Jennifer Molinsky, PhD

Project Director of the Housing an Aging Society Program at the Harvard Joint Center on Housing Studies, and Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design

Rajarshi Mukherjee, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Jim O’Connell, MD

President of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Natalie Slopen

Natalie Slopen, ScD

Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Nancy Turnbull, MBA

Senior Associate Dean for Professional Education and Senior Lecturer on Health Policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health