About
We collaborate with affiliates to share the latest news and events in health literacy research and practices. Contact us to learn how to become an affiliate of the Tufts Medicine Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice.
Our faculty + staff
Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD, MPH
Vice Chair of Research, Professor of Medicine
Research focus: Health Literacy + Health Equity
Organization: Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
Email: Michael.Paasche-Orlow@tuftsmedicine.org
Nicole Hollan, DDS, MS
Assistant Professor of Health Communication, Education and Promotion
Research focus: Health Literacy + Language Access
Organization: Tufts School of Dental Medicine
Email: Nicole.Holand@tufts.edu
Andreas Klein, MD
Director of Cellular Therapies, Associate Professor
Research focus: Health Literacy, Plain Language + Informed Consent
Organization: Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
Email: A.Klein@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, MEd
Assistant Professor of Public Health
Research focus: Health Literacy, Plain Language + Informed Consent
Organization: Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
Email: Sabrina.Kurtz-Rossi@tuftsmedicine.org
Rebecca Perkins, MD, MSc
Professor of Obstetrics + Gynecology, Attending Physician
Research focus: Health literacy, HPV Vaccine, HPV screening, cervical cancer prevention
Organization: Tufts Medical Center | Tufts University School of Medicine
Email: Rebecca.Perkins1@tuftsmedicine.org
Lisa Quintiliani, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research focus: Behavioral science, qualitative methods, public health nutrition, community health
Organization: Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
Email: Lisa.Quintiliani@tuftsmedicine.org
Jasmine Malave, MPH
Clinical Research Coordinator
Associated projects: Medical Illustrator, ECA-HPV, ECA-PRO, ANCHOR, ACP-PEACE, VIDEO-KD, Health Literacy Tool Shed
Organization: Tufts Medical Center
Email: Jasmine.Malave@tuftsmedicine.org
Neha Patkar, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator
Associated projects:
Associated Projects: ECA-HPV, Medical Illustrator, ECA-PRO, Medical Device Safety
Organization: Tufts Medical Center
Email: Neha.Patkar@tuftsmedicine.org
Sarah Baumann, BA
Clinical Research Coordinator
Associated projects: ANCHOR
Organization: Tufts Medical Center
Email: Sarah.Baumann@tuftsmedicine.org
Odris Infante, MPH
Clinical Research Coordinator
Associated projects: ANCHOR
Organization: Tufts Medical Center
Affiliates
Individual or organizational affiliates develop, evaluate and disseminate new health literacy discoveries and innovations.
Lori Henault
Director of Research Operations
Research focus: Health Literacy, Embodied Conversational Agents, Advanced Care Planning + Patient Reported Outcomes
Organization: Dartmouth Health
Email: Lori.E.Henault@hitchcock.org
Timothy Bickmore, PhD
Professor of Computer Sciences
Research focus: human-computer interaction, dialogue systems, intelligent virtual agents, avatars, personal health informatics, human-robot interaction
Organization: Northeastern University
Email: t.bickmore@northeastern.edu
Aretha Delight Davis, JD, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Research focus: Health Literacy, advanced care planning, visual media
Organization: ACP Decisions
Email: aretha@acpdecisions.org
Angelo Volandes, MD, MPH
Vice Chair of Research, Professor of Medicine
Research focus: Health literacy, advance care planning, visual media
Organization: Dartmouth Health, Dartmouth College
Email: angelo.e.volandes@dartmouth.edu
Michael Wolf, MPH, PhD
Director of the Center for Applied Health Research on Aging, Professor of Medicine
Research focus: Health Literacy + Aging
Organization: Northwestern University
Email: wolf@northwestern.edu
Staff alumni
Cameron Neeson
Clinical Research Coordinator
Research focus: Embodied Conversational Agents + HPV Vaccine Acceptance HPV, Medical Illustration
Organization: Tufts Medical Center
Email: Cameron.Neeson@tuftsmedicine.org