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 underserved populations.

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 for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Department of Population Health
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health

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

Stella S. Yi, PhD, MPH
Associate 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

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

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

Suzanne Vang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Postdoctoral Fellows

Jiepin Cao, PhD, MS, RN

Yaena Song, EdD

Yousra Yusuf, PhD, MPH

Administrative Staff

Stella Chong
Program Associate

Victoria Foster, MPH
Program Manager

Rebecca Lee, MPA
Senior Program Coordinator

Shinu Mammen, MPH
Senior Project Coordinator

Deborah Min, MPH
Project Coordinator

Smiti Nadkarni, MPH
Program Manager

Janet Pan, MPH
Senior Program Coordinator

MD Taher, MPH
Senior Project Coordinator

Yi-Ling Tan, MPH
Program Manager

Jennifer A. Wong, MPH
Senior Program Coordinator

Community Health Staff

Mursheda Ahmed
Senior Community Health Representative

Gulnahar Alam
Lead Community Health Representative

Mamnunul Haq
Lead Community Health Representative

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

Sabiha Sultana
Associate Research Coordinator

Maha Tariq
Project Assistant

Saikat Talukder
Community Health Representative

Md. Jalal Uddin, MS
Associate Research Coordinator

Haroon Zafar, MS
Associate Research Coordinator

Xiaolei (Anna) Zott, MA
Community Health Representative

Community Health Staff (Affiliated)

Roger Abrams
Community Health Representative

Alzahraa Ahmed
Community Health Representative

Cecilia Chabani
Community Health Representative

Li (Alice) Liang
Community Health Representative

Alexandr Trifonov
Community Health Representative

Research Staff

Naheed Ahmed, PhD
Research Scientist

Shahmir Ali
Assistant Research Scientist

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

Kimberly Charles, MPH
Project Coordinator

Michelle Chau, PhD, MPH
Research Scientist

Matthew Chin, MPH
Research Coordinator

Sarah Hussain
Project Coordinator

Farah Kader, MPH
Project Coordinator

Julie Kranick, MA
Project Manager

Dalila (Victoria) Lanza, MPH
Project Coordinator

Rita Larson, MPH
Project Coordinator

Binh Luu, MA
Senior Research Coordinator

Angel Mui, MA
Project Coordinator

Rienna Russo, MHS
Project Coordinator

Sonia Sifuentes, MPH
Project Coordinator

Laura Wyatt, MPH
Research Coordinator

Jennifer Zanowiak, MA
Program Manager