About Us

In this section:
Overview | Mission, Vision, and Values | Flagship Programs | Investigators & Staff | Community Advisory Board | HPRC Evaluation | Dissemination Research | Healthy Aging Research | Prevention Research

Our Investigators and Staff

Director

Jeff Harris, MD, MPH, MBA
206-616-8113, jh7@uw.edu
Faculty Web page

Deputy Director

Sheryl Schwartz, MPA
206-685-7258, sheryls@uw.edu

Core Investigators

Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN
Principal Investigator, Healthy Aging Research Network
206-685-2266, basiab@uw.edu
Faculty Web page

Peggy Hannon, PhD
HPRC Lead Evaluator
Investigator, Workplace Solutions Projects
Community-based Cancer Screening Projects Evaluation
Tobacco-related Health Disparities
206-616-7859 peggyh@uw.edu
Faculty Web page

Miruna Petrescu-Prahova, PhD
Investigator, PEARLS and EnhanceFitness
206-616-4724 mirunapp@uw.edu

Elizabeth Phelan, MD, MS
Principal Investigator, Fall Prevention Project
Senior Fall Prevention
206-685-4373 phelane@uw.edu
Faculty Web page

Mark Snowden, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator, PEARLS Dissemination Study
206-341-4212, snowden@uw.edu
Faculty Web page

Other HPRC Investigators

Affiliate HPRC Investigators

Staff

Meredith Cook, PhD student
cookm3@uw.edu

Catherine Copeland, MPA program, Evans School
Student Research Assistant
ccope@uw.edu

Laura Farren, BS, Program Coordinator
206-685-9504 lauraf8@uw.edu

Kristen Hammerback, MA, Research Coordinator
206-616-3146 khammerb@uw.edu

Marlana Kohn, MPH, Research Scientist/Data Analyst
206-221-5680 marlana@uw.edu

Caitlin Mason, PhD, Research Scientist
206-685-4373 cemason@uw.edu

Gwen Moni, BA, Research Coordinator, CDC HAN
206-616-1012 gmoni@uw.edu

Amanda Parrish, MA, Research Coordinator
206-685-4353 parrisha@uw.edu

Cornelia Roentgen-Bloom, BA, Budget Manager
206-543-3146 crbloom@uw.edu

Lesley Steinman, MPH, MSW, Research Scientist
206-543-9837 lesles@uw.edu

Julie Taylor, Fiscal Specialist
206-685-7255 jultay@uw.edu

Thuy Vu, MPH, Research Coordinator
206-616-4724 tvu@fhcrc.org

Yaël Yanich, BA, Administrative Coordinator
206-543-4765 yaely@uw.edu

Other HPRC Investigators

Laura-Mae Baldwin, MD, MPH

Scott Barnhart, MD, PhD

Dedra Buchwald, MD

Annette Fitzpatrick, PhD

Robert Fraser, MD, PhD

Amy Hagopian, PhD, MHA

Donna Johnson, PhD, MS

Aaron Katz, CPH

Jim Krieger, MD, MPH

Rebecca Logsdon, PhD

Hendrika Meischke, PhD, MPH

Huong Nguyen, PhD, RN

Scott Ramsey, MD, MPH

Vicky Taylor, MD, MPH

Shin-Ping Tu, MD, MPH

Affiliate HPRC Investigators

Paul Ciechanowski, MD, MPH

Gloria Coronado, PhD

Mark Doescher, MD, MPH

Mark Forehand, PhD

Shelly Gray, PharmD, MS

Larry Kessler, ScD

Sharon Laing, PhD

James LoGerfo, MD, MPH

Patti Matsuda, PT, DPT, PhD

Mac Parks, PhD

Donald Patrick, PhD, MSPH

Dori Rosenberg, PhD, MPH

Anne Vernez-Moudon, Dr. es Sc.

Ed Wagner, MD, MPH