Section for Health Equity Faculty Leadership & Staff

Faculty leaders and administrative, community health, and research staff in NYU Langone’s Section for Health Equity draw from deep expertise to promote health equity for racial and ethnic minorities and other populations for whom disparities exist.

Faculty Leaders

Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH
Director, Division of Health and Behavior
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Population Health
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine

Simona C. Kwon, DrPH, MPH
Director, Section for Health Equity
Vice Chair
Professor, Department of Population Health

Nadia S. Islam, PhD
Professor, Department of Population Health

Brita Roy, MD, MPH, MHS
Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine

Stella S. Yi, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health

Naheed Ahmed, PhD, MPH, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Perla Chebli, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Lan N. Đoàn, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Lu Hu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Madison N. LeCroy, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Matthew Lee, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Sahnah Lim, PhD, MPH, MIA
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Suzanne Vang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Postdoctoral Fellows

Jiepin Cao, PhD, MS, RN

Jing Liu, PhD

Yaena Song, EdD

Administrative Staff

Victoria Foster, MPH
Program Director

Rebecca Lee, MPA
Program Manager

Shinu Mammen, MPH
Program Supervisor

Deborah Min, MPH
Senior Project Coordinator

Smiti Nadkarni, MPH
Program Manager

Yi-Ling Tan, MPH
Program Manager

Jennifer A. Wong, MPH
Program Manager

Community Health Staff

Mursheda Ahmed
Senior Community Health Representative

Gulnahar Alam
Lead Community Health Representative

Xiaolei (Anna) Hao, MA
Community Health Representative

Mamnunul Haq
Project Coordinator

Yulin (George) Jiang
Community Health Representative

Rong (Stephanie) Liu
Community Health Representative

Jun Luo
Community Health Representative

Willy Nandi
Project Assistant

Gurvinder Singh
Community Health Representative

Iris Ong
Community Health Representative

Sheeza Rizwan
Project Assistant

Sabiha Sultana
Associate Research Coordinator

Saikat Talukder
Community Health Representative

Md. Jalal Uddin, MS
Associate Research Coordinator

Hong Wang
Community Health Representative

Ying (Ariel) Xiao
Community Health Representative

Haroon Zafar, MS
Associate Research Coordinator

Community Health Staff (Affiliated)

Roger Abrams
Community Health Representative

Ariana Lopez Acevedo
Community Health Representative

Nansi Harb
Community Health Representative

Li (Alice) Liang
Community Health Representative

Research Staff

Sze Wan (Celine) Chan, MPH, CHES
Project Coordinator

Kimberly Charles, MPH
Senior Project Coordinator

Michelle Chau, PhD, MPH
Research Scientist

Megan Dacey-Koo
Research Coordinator

Julia Duch, MPH
Program Manager

Ora Friedman, MPH
Research Coordinator

Sarah Hussain
Project Coordinator

Samara Kahn, MPH
Program Supervisor

Julie Kranick, MPhil, MA
Program Manager

Dalila (Victoria) Lanza, MPH
Project Coordinator

Rita Larson, MPH
Senior Project Coordinator

Binh Luu, MA
Program Manager

Angel Mui, MA
Project Coordinator

Alia Tang, MPH
Research Coordinator

Crystal Teng, MPH
Senior Research Coordinator

Laura Wyatt, MPH
Research Data Manager

Camila Yepes
Program Coordinator

Jennifer Zanowiak, MA
Senior Research Project Manager

Jiangyuan Zhang, MPH
Research Coordinator

Per Diem Staff

Taibah Alqaisi
Research Data Associate

Trisa Chakraborty
Student Research Intern

Lisadine Cherubin, MPH
Student Research Intern

Maryam Elsayed, MPH
Research Data Associate

Tori Herrera
Student Research Intern

Farah Kader, MPH
Project Coordinator

Nelson Lin
Research Coordinator

Anaelie Mainville
Student Research Intern

Jane Mao
Student Research Intern

Charlie Nguyen, MHS
Project Assistant

Sammy Plezia
Research Data Associate