Faculty

Fellows

Staff

Research Assistants

Kenneth Freedberg, MD, MSc is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is Director of the Program in Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research at the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and Director of the Program in HIV Research in the Division of General Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.  His research interests focus on HIV, TB, as well as other chronic disease clinical outcomes and health policy, utilizing the methods of comparative effectiveness, cost-effectiveness analysis, clinical epidemiology, and implementation science. Dr. Freedberg earned an MD from Harvard Medical School and also holds a Master’s in Health Services Administration from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an infectious disease physician at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospitals.  She is Associate Director of the Program in Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research at the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research.  Her research interests include the promotion of routine HIV counseling, testing and referral and the economic evaluation of alternative HIV testing and treatment policies. Dr. Walensky earned an MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Elena Losina, PhD is an Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health. Her research interests include study design and biostatistical analysis in HIV operational research. Dr. Losina earned a PhD in Biostatistics from Boston University School of Public Health.

Ingrid Bassett, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an infectious disease physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research interests include HIV testing, linkage to HIV care, and TB screening in South Africa. Dr. Bassett earned an MD from Harvard Medical School and an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Andrea Ciaranello, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an infectious disease physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research interests involve the use of simulation models to examine the long-term clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of strategies to prevent, diagnose, and manage perinatal HIV infection. Dr. Ciaranello earned an MD from the Yale School of Medicine and an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Virginia Triant, MD, MPH is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Assistant Physician in Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Triant joined the MPEC in 2012. Her research focuses on the intersection of HIV and chronic disease complications, with a focus on cardiovascular disease. She has developed a Partners HealthCare System-based HIV longitudinal clinical care cohort to investigate cardiovascular and metabolic outcomes, risk factors, prevention, risk prediction, and management, as well as other HIV epidemiology questions. Dr. Triant earned her MD from Yale School of Medicine.

Aima Ahonkhai, MD, MPH is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an infectious disease physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ahonkhai joined the MPEC in 2009 as a research fellow. Her primary research interests lie in improving the quality of HIV care in resource limited settings. Dr. Ahonkhai earned her MD and MPH from the John Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Nadia Abuelezam, is a doctoral candidate in infectious disease epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her work focuses on agent-based mathematical models for HIV disease prediction and prevention. She is currently working with the CEPAC Dynamic Model in a South African setting and is interested in simulating the results of the large community randomized HIV prevention trials in sub-Saharan Africa. She graduated from Harvey Mudd College in 2009 with a BS in mathematical biology.

Jason Andrews, MD is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an infectious disease physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Andrews joined the MPEC in 2010 as a research fellow. His research interests include mathematical modeling of infectious diseases and health care delivery strategies for resource limited settings. Dr. Andrews also works in rural Nepal with Nyaya Health, a non-profit organization that he co-founded. Dr. Andrews earned an MD from Yale School of Medicine.

Rodrigo Cerda, MD, MPH is a senior internal medicine resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellow at Harvard Medical School. He joined the MPEC in 2010. His current research focuses on using mathematical models to optimize the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in resource-limited settings. Dr. Cerda has clinical and health policy experience in the US, Switzerland, Peru, Brazil, and Botswana. He earned his MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and completed a MPH degree in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Paul Drain, MD, MPH is a Clinical and Research Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital and joined the MPEC in 2012. His research interests include diagnostic point-of-care testing for HIV and HIV-related opportunistic infections in resource-limited settings. Dr. Drain is a former public health Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco, and has also worked in Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, and South Africa. Dr. Drain earned his MD and MPH from the University of Washington.

Emily Hyle, MD is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an infectious disease physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Hyle joined the MPEC in 2011 as a research fellow. Her research interests include non-communicable diseases in HIV-infected patients in resource-limited settings. Dr. Hyle earned an MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Heather Hsu, MPH is a student at Harvard Medical School. She first joined MPEC in 2002 as a research assistant, and has participated in a wide range of research projects, from examining the risks and benefits of antiretroviral therapy in women of childbearing age to determining the cost-effectiveness of expanded HIV screening.  After leaving Boston briefly to earn an MPH from the University of Pittsburgh - Graduate School of Public Health, she returned to attend Harvard Medical School. Her current research is based in the MGH Infection Control Unit developing methods of electronic medical records surveillance for hospital-acquired infections.

Julie Levison, MD, MPhil, MPH is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an infectious disease physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Levison joined the MPEC in 2008. Her research interests include the management of antiretroviral treatment failure and access to equitable clinical care in resource-limited settings. Dr. Levison earned an MPhil  from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Alethea McCormick, ScD

Kelli O’Laughlin, MD, MPH is an attending emergency medicine physician at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and is faculty at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. She joined MPEC in 2012 as a research fellow.  She conducts operational research in low-resource settings to expand access to HIV testing and related care for refugees in living in Uganda. Dr. O’Laughlin earned her MD from Oregon Health & Science University and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD is an Instructor in Medicine and an infectious disease physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Shenoy's research interests lie in optimization of infection control strategies and surveillance, which she investigates through clinical research studies in inpatient and ambulatory patient populations and through modeling techniques. She earned an MD from Harvard Medical School and a PhD in Health Policy/Economics from Harvard University.

Sujit Suchindran, MD MPH is an infectious disease fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. He joined the MPEC in 2012 and is working with Dr. Triant on chronic disease complications of HIV, focusing on cardiovascular disease. He earned his MD and MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Elizabeth Barks, MBA joined the MPEC in 2011 following a successful tenure in management consulting and private industry.  She holds a Bachelor’s in Economics from The University of Notre Dame, and earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, with focused studies in Marketing and Nonprofit Management.

Jodi Kurtz MA, joined the MPEC in 2012, and has a wide array of experience with both pre and post award management of sponsored research programs, as well as clinical trial management and regulatory compliance.  She has a BS from Carnegie Mellon University, an MA from the University of Washington, and is currently pursuing a Master’s of Science in Management with a specialization in Research Administration from Emmanuel College.

Anna Suojanen, MPH came to the MPEC in 2013 from Partners In Health, where she worked as a Research Assistant on a project to strengthen community-based, integrated primary healthcare systems in rural Rwanda. She also works on a contract basis as a writing consultant for researchers at Boston University’s Center for Global Health & Development. Anna holds a BA in Spanish Language and Literature from College of the Holy Cross and an MPH in International Health from Boston University School of Public Health.

Karen Silva has been working at the Massachusetts General Hospital in various capacities since 1987, and joined the MPEC in 2009. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Salem State University.

Pamela Pei, PhD joined the MPEC in 2011. Prior to joining the MPEC, she worked as a health economist at the United BioSource Corporation. Her research interests include the use of simulation models to examine HIV transmission, the cost-effectiveness, and budget impact of interventions to treat and prevent HIV infections. Dr. Pei earned a PhD in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Taige Hou joined the MPEC in 2011. He is the programmer and server administrator for the group and works on software development for MPEC. He has BS in Physics and Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Julia Maxwell, MSc joined the MPEC in 2011. Before coming to the MPEC, she worked in Haiti on malaria and dengue fever prevention in earthquake affected areas. She is also a former public health Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea. Julia earned a Master’s in Public Health in Developing Countries from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Bethany Berkowitz joined the MPEC in July 2011. She graduated from Wesleyan University in 2011 with a BA in Mathematics.  Bethany works primarily with Dr. Schackman on projects based in the US.

Madeline Dilorenzo  joined the MPEC in March 2011. She graduated from Brown University in 2008 with a BA in International Relations.  Madeline works with the CEPAC Dynamic Model and is also working on a project with collaborators in Portugal.

Katie Doherty joined the MPEC in July 2011. She graduated from Wellesley College in 2011 with a BA in Chemistry and Political Science.  Katie works closely with Dr. Ciaranello on projects using the CEPAC Pediatric Model.

Alison Erlwanger joined the MPEC in July 2011. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 2011 with a BA in Chemistry and Anthropology.  Alison works closely with Dr. Bassett on projects related to retention and linkage to care in South Africa.

Erina Keefe joined the MPEC in July 2012. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2012 with a BS in Environmental Science and Public Health.  Erina work s with the CEPAC Dynamic Model.

Katie Kelly joined the MPEC in June 2012. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2011 with a BA in Psychology.  Katie works closely with Dr. Ciaranello on projects using the CEPAC Pediatric Model.

Cynthia Lijoined the MPEC in October 2012. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012 with a BS in Biological Engineering. Cynthia works with the CEPAC Dynamic Model.

Yoriko Nakamura joined the MPEC in July 2011. She graduated from Cornell University in 2011 with a BA in Biology and Society. Yoriko works closely with Dr. Walensky, and is also working on projects with collaborators in Brazil and India.

Marion Robine joined the MPEC in June 2012. She graduated from Cornell University in 2012 with a BS in Biology and Society.  Marion works closely with Dr. Bassett on projects related to retention and linkage to care in South Africa. She is also working on a project with collaborators in Côte d’Ivoire.

Eric Ross joined the MPEC in September 2012. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Chemistry and Neuroscience.  Eric is working on designing new structures for the CEPAC model and is also working on projects with collaborators in Côte d’Ivoire and India.

Corina Rusu joined the MPEC in August 2010. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 2009 with a BA in Mathematics and the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2009 with a BS in Industrial Engineering. Corina is working on projects that focus on TB and HIV related chronic medical conditions.

Amanda Su joined the MPEC in August 2012. She graduated from Cornell University in 2012 with a BA in Economics.  Amanda works closely with Dr. Hyle on a project related to point of care CD4 tests.