
Population Health Faculty & Staff Leadership
At NYU Langone’s Department of Population Health, our faculty and staff leadership team directs and supports research and educational programs, department strategy, and community engagement, collaborating across NYU Langone and with outside organizations.
Our Senior Leadership
Marc N. Gourevitch, MD, MPH
Department Chair
Mark D. Schwartz, MD
Vice Chair, Education and Faculty Affairs
Lorna E. Thorpe, PhD, MPH
Vice Chair, Strategy and Planning
Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH
Vice Chair, Research
Simona C. Kwon, DrPH, MPH
Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Our Division, Section, and Center Directors
Scott Braithwaite, MD, MSc
Director, Division of Comparative Effectiveness and Decision Science
Laurie M. Brotman, PhD
Director, Center for Early Childhood Health and Development
Arthur L. Caplan, PhD
Director, Division of Medical Ethics
Magdalena Cerdá, DrPH, MPH
Director, Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy
Brian D. Elbel, PhD, MPH
Director, Section on Health Choice, Policy, and Evaluation
Leora Horwitz, MD, MHS
Director, Division of Healthcare Delivery Science and Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science
Sue A. Kaplan, JD
Director, Community Service Plan
Simona C. Kwon, DrPH, MPH
Director, Section for Health Equity
Joshua D. Lee, MD
Co-Director, Section on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use
Jennifer McNeely, MD
Co-Director, Section on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use
Lorna E. Thorpe, PhD, MPH
Director, Division of Epidemiology
Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH
Director, Division of Health and Behavior
Andrea B. Troxel, ScD
Director, Division of Biostatistics
Rajesh Vedanthan, MD, MPH
Director, Section for Global Health
General Administration
Leanne Luerassi, MPH
Department Administrator
leanne.luerassi@nyulangone.org
Kerri Zezulinski, MS
Director of Research Administration
kerri.zezulinski@nyulangone.org
Judy Yoon
Director of Finance
judy.yoon@nyulangone.org
Beverly Borg, MFA
Executive Assistant to the Chair
beverly.borg@nyulangone.org
Kathryn Nyland
Coordinator, Faculty Affairs and Education
kathryn.nyland@nyulangone.org
Division Administration
Elizabeth Clancy, MS
Division Administrator, Division of Epidemiology
elizabeth.clancy@nyulangone.org
Meghan Gerard, MPA
Division Administrator, Division of Comparative Effectiveness and Decision Science
meghan.gerard@nyulangone.org
Jamie Hager, MPA
Division Administrator, Division of Health and Behavior
jamie.hager@nyulangone.org
Shawn Hoke
Division Administrator, Division of Healthcare Delivery Science
shawn.hoke@nyulangone.org
Jessica Wico
Program Manager, Division of Medical Ethics
jessica.wico@nyulangone.org
Communications and Marketing
Sasha Walek, MPA
Communications Director, Department of Population Health
sasha.walek@nyulangone.org
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