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 Holland, DDS, MS
Assistant Professor of Health Communication, Education and Promotion

Research focus: Health Literacy + Language Access

Organization: Tufts School of Dental Medicine

Email: Nicole.Holland@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

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

Yanik Bababekov, MD, MPH
Transplant Surgeon, Director of Quality, Department of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Surgery

Research focus: Transplant Surgery, General Surgery

Organization: Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine

Email: yanik.bababekov@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

Sarah Baumann, BA
Clinical Research Coordinator

Associated projects: ANCHOR, ECA-PRO, PROSSECO

Organization: Tufts Medical Center

Email: Sarah.Baumann@tuftsmedicine.org
 

Odris Infante, MPH
Clinical Research Coordinator

Associated projects: ANCHOR, PROSSECO

Organization: Tufts Medical Center

Email: Odris.Infante@tuftsmedicine.org
 

Nazaneen Shokri, MSc
Clinical Research Coordinator

Associated Projects: ECA-CCSA, Medical Illustrator

Organization: Tufts Medical Center

Email: Nazaneen.Shokri@tuftsmedicine.org

Diya Patel, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator

Associated projects: AEGIS, ECA-Pro

Organization: Tufts Medical Center

Email: Diya.Patel1@tuftsmedicine.org

Carly Bridden, MA, MPH
Project Director

Associated projects: AEGIS

Organization: Tufts Medical Center

Email: Carly.Bridden@tuftsmedicine.org

Haimanot Assefa, BA
Clinical Research Coordinator

Associated projects: AEGIS

Organization: Tufts Medical Center

Email: Haimanot.Assefa@tuftsmedicine.org

Abby Gracy, BHS
Clinical Research Coordinator

Associated projects: ECA-Pro

Organization: Tufts Medical Center

Email: Abigail.Gracy@tuftsmedicine.org

Individual or organizational affiliates develop, evaluate and disseminate new health literacy discoveries and innovations.

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

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 

James Griffith, PhD 
Clinical Psychologist, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Research focus: Patient-Reported Outcomes, Psychometrics & Health Measurement, Integrated Mental & Physical Health + Behavioral Interventions

Organization: The University of Chicago
 

Christine M Gunn, MA, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Research focus: Risk communication, decision-making, and the utilization of evidence-based care

Organization: Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

Email: Christine.M.Gunn@Dartmouth.edu

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

Gabi Bailey, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator

Associated projects: ECA-CCSA. ACP-PEACE and Medical Illustrator

Organization: Tufts Medical Center

Email: Gabrielle.Bailey@tuftsmedicine.org

Andrew Correia
Undergraduate Summer Scholar Research Student

Associated Projects: Long COVID, Medical Device Safety, Health Literacy Tool Shed
 

Dunal Delankage
Undergraduate Summer Scholar Research Student

Associated Projects: ECA-PRO, Medical Device Safety, Airpods

Maddie Fabry
Undergraduate Summer Scholar Research Student

Associated Projects: Organizational Health Literacy Delphi Panel, Health Literacy Tool Shed

Organization: Tufts University

Email: madeline.fabry@tufts.edu

Cameron Neeson
Clinical Research Coordinator

Associated projects: ECA-HPV, Medical Illustrator, ECA-PRO

Neha Patkar, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator

Associated projects: ECA-HPV, Medical Illustrator, ECA-PRO, Medical Device Safety

Organization: Tufts Medical Center

Email: Neha.Patkar@tuftsmedicine.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

Zoe Zilinski
Undergraduate Summer Scholar Research Student

Associated Projects: ECA-CCSA, Medical Device Safety, Health Literacy Tool Shed