
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 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