The diverse faculty and staff of the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science (CHIDS) have backgrounds in medicine, informatics, computer science, economics, social science, and engineering. In addition, we have numerous collaborators across NYU Langone. Our internal advisory board, comprising members of the NYU Langone executive team, provides oversight and support.

Our Faculty

Leora Horwitz, MD, MHS
Director, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine

Yindalon Aphinyanaphongs, MD, PhD
Director, Predictive Analytics Unit
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine

Saul B. Blecker, MD, MHS
Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine

Valy Fontil, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine

Stephen B. Johnson, PhD
Director, Clinical Research Informatics, Medical Center Information Technology
Professor, Department of Population Health

Simon A. Jones, PhD
Director, Data Analysis Group
Professor, Department of Population Health

Kelly A. Kyanko, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine

Katharine Lawrence, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine

Vincent J. Major, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Population Health

Devin Mann, MD, MS
Senior Director, Informatics Innovation, Medical Center Information Technology
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine

Narges Razavian, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Radiology

Safiya Richardson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine

Lauren Taylor, PhD, MHS, MDiv
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Cassandra Thiel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Ophthalmology

Sunita M. Desai, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Po Lai Yau, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Our Staff

Our staff support research and administration for CHIDS and help to run the center’s research initiatives.

Administration

Shawn Hoke
Division Administrator

Robin Ndiaye-Reeder
Administrative Coordinator

Research Staff

Aamina Ahmed
Research Data Associate

Veronica Alfaro Arias
Senior Analyst, Solutions Developer

Beatrix Brandfield-Harvey
Research Data Associate

Ji Chen
Data Science Analyst

Andrew Fair
Associate Director, Development

Cassidy Fitchett
Research Data Associate

Javier Gonzalez
Senior Engineer/Technology Engineer

Himanshu Grover
Senior Data Science Analyst

Benedict Guzman
Associate Data Science Analyst

Jager Hartman, MS
Data Science Analyst/Engineer

Natalie Henning
Research Associate

Sumaiya Islam
Student Intern

William King
Data Analyst

Vidya Koesmahargyo
Associate Data Science Analyst

Holly Krelle
Project Manager

Jenny Kwon
Associate Research Scientist

Nathalia Ludino
Data Analyst

Son Luu
Analyst II Solutions Developer

Gabrielle Maranga
Senior Research Project Manager

Tiffany Martinez
Project Associate

Talia Nadel
Research Coordinator

Vuthy Nguy
Data Analyst

Prianca Padmanabhan
Data Analyst

Hamzad Persaud
Project Manager

Claudia Pulgarin, MS
Senior Data Analyst

Michael Quinn
Project Manager

Steven Robinson
Lead Analyst/Solutions Developer

Danissa Rodriguez, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Kyra Rosen
Project Associate

Christina Saint Jean
Research Project Manager

Brooke Sherry
Research Data Associate

Kerilyn Tacconi
Senior Product Manager Digital

Sumaiya Tasneem
Research Coordinator

Crystal Vidal
Research Project Manager

Walter Wang
Developer Solutions Analysis

Lynn Xu
Project Coordinator

Jie Yang
Data Science Analyst

Hao Zang
Associate Data Science Analyst

Hunan Zhao
Data Analyst

Our Internal Advisory Board

Our internal advisory board comprises members of NYU Langone’s executive leadership.

Debra Albert, DNP
Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services

Brian P. Bosworth, MD
Chief Medical Officer, NYU Langone's Manhattan Campus

Andrew W. Brotman, MD
Executive Vice President and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Strategy, Chief Clinical Officer

Ilseung Cho, MD
Chief Quality Officer, NYU Langone
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Fritz Francois, MD
Executive Vice President and Vice Dean, Chief of Hospital Operations
Professor, Department of Medicine

Marc N. Gourevitch, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Population Health
The Muriel G. and George W. Singer Professor of Population Health
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry

Joseph J. Greco, MD
Senior Vice President and Chief of Hospital Operations, NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island

Gary E. Kalkut, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Network Integration
Associate Chief Clinical Officer
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine

Larry K. McReynolds
Executive Director, Family Health Centers at NYU Langone
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Population Health

Bret J. Rudy, MD
Senior Vice President and Chief of Hospital Operations, NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn