Advisory Board
The UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center is guided by the Advisory Board, comprised of the Community Advisory Board with leaders from partnering community organizations, the Worcester Division of Public Health and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health; and UMass Medical School Faculty and staff.
Community Advisory Board
Eric Batista, MBA
Director, Office of Urban Innovation
City of Worcester
Louis Brady, MBA
President/CEO
Family Healthy Center of Worcester
Casey Burns, MA
Director, Coaltion for a Heathy Greater Worcester
Joanne Calista, MSW
Director, Center for Health Impact
Suzanne Cashman, ScD
Professor
Family Medicine and Community Health
UMMS Worcester
Stephen J. Kerrigan
President & CEO
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
Judi Kirk, MSPE
Director of Community Impact
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester
Mónica Escobar Lowell
Vice President Community Relations
UMass Memorial Health Care
Paul Matthews
Executive Director
The Worcester Regional Research Bureau
Jean G. McMurray
Executive Director
Worcester County Food Bank
Nikki Nixon, MS
Chief of Epidemiology, Worcester Division of Public Health
UMass Worcester PRC Faculty and Staff
Directors
Stephenie C. Lemon, PhD, Co-Director, UMass Worcester PRC
Professor and Chief, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, UMMS Worcester
Milagros C. Rosal, MS, PhD, Co-Director, UMass Worcester PRC
Principal Investigator, UMass Worcester PRC Core Research Project BP Control
Professor, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, UMMS Worcester
Faculty
Karen Clements, MPH, ScD, Faculty, UMass Worcester PRC Core Research Project BP Control
Assistant Professor, Center for Health Policy and Research
Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMMS Worcester
Judy Ockene, PhD, MEd, MA, Faculty, UMass Worcester PRC
Professor, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, UMMS Worcester
Lori Pbert, PhD, Faculty, UMass Worcester PRC
Professor and Associate Chief, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, UMMS Worcester
Sharina Person, PhD, Faculty, UMass Worcester PRC Core Research Project BP Control
Professor and Vice-Chair, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMMS Worcester
Rajani Sadasivam, PhD, Affiliated Faculty, UMass Worcester PRC
Associate Professor, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMMS Worcester
Michelle Trivedi, MD, Affiliated Faculty, UMass Worcester PRC
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UMMS Worcester
Staff
Amy Borg, MPH, MEd, Deputy Director, UMass Worcester PRC
Project Director, UMass Worcester PRC Core Research Project BP Control
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, UMMS Worcester
Christine Frisard, MS, Statistician, UMass Worcester PRC
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, UMMS Worcester
Karin Valentine Goins, MPH, Physical Activity Lead, UMass Worcester PRC
Research Project Director, PAPREN (Physical Activity Policy Research and Evaluation Network)
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, UMMS Worcester
Princilla Minkah, Research Coordinator, UMass Worcester PRC
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, UMMS Worcester
Karen Ronayne
Research Coordinator, UMass Worcester PRC
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, UMMS Worcester