Johanna Nice is a social scientist with expertise in designing monitoring and reporting systems for community-based initiatives and conducting international survey data collection and operations research for vulnerable populations. Through over a decade of work with the Highly Vulnerable Children Research Center, she has contributed to numerous quantitative and qualitative impact evaluations, shaping evidence-based programming to support children and families affected by HIV in South Africa.

Mostafijur Rahman is an assistant professor of environmental health sciences in the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. His research interests lie in leveraging large longitudinal environmental health data to develop a data-driven solution for climate and health.

Dr. Rustin Reed is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (11378) and Certified Safety Professional (34673) with over 10 years of experience in mining and other industries. He is also an MSHA-Approved Instructor for Part 48 and an Authorized OSHA Trainer for General Industry. Dr. Reed is the Lead Instructor of Bowen EHS’s Online CIH Review Course. He has experience teaching at the secondary, undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, as well as managing research projects cumulatively valued at over $10 million.

Derek Werthmann is an Environmental Epidemiologist with expertise in epidemiology, environmental exposure, and maternal child health. His current research focuses on unraveling the complex interplay between environmental exposures and health outcomes, particularly in populations that have historically had disparate environmental exposures and health outcomes. He is currently assessing the impact of pesticide exposure on the immune response of COVID-19.

Akilah Dulin is a social scientist with training and expertise in social factors of health, theory, community engaged research methods, qualitative and mixed methods research, measure development and policy advocacy. She examines multilevel risk and multilevel resilience resources associated with health outcomes among populations disproportionately burdened by diseases. She has served as multiple principal investigator (MPI) on three NIH-funded R01 grants, co-investigator on one NIH-funded R01 and principal investigator of two foundation grants.

Arthur Mora is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. He earned a PhD and an MHA from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and a BS from the University of Southern Mississippi. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Mora spent considerable time in clinical quality improvement efforts, particularly in glycemic control, deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, and stroke protocol development for hospitalized patients. Both in healthcare organizations and in academia, Dr.

Anita Raj is the Executive Director of the Newcomb Institute and the Nancy Reeves Dreux Endowed Chair in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. She is a research scientist trained in developmental psychology and public health with a multi-disciplinary research focus on gender equity in global health and development.

I’m a social epidemiologist with more than 15 years of experience in public health. I have been teaching, mostly online for accredited MPH programs, for more than 5 years. I began my career as a research scientist. My research interests have focused on reducing health disparities through understanding and addressing social risks and needs (e.g., food insecurity). I have extensive applied experience in quantitative and qualitative study design, protocol development and implementation, and analysis.

Dave Washburn is clinical associate professor and director of the MHA program in the Department of Health Policy and Management. He received both his Doctor of Science and Master of Science from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Prior to his academic career, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras, and worked as a strategic and capital health care planner for the San Francisco VA Medical Center and then Stanford Health Care.