Our team is comprised of staff, faculty, and students from the University of Washington. The UW Health Promotion Research Center (UW HPRC) has mentored hundreds of students over more than 30 years of community-based health promotion research. We are honored to have students support and progress the work of UW HPRC.
Leadership
Director: Peggy Hannon (she/her), PhD, MPH
Deputy Director: Leah Westra (she/her), MPH
The Team
Students
Norma Garfias Avila (she/her/ella), PhD student (School of Public Health)
HPRC Doctoral Research Assistant, Food Equity Project
Miriam Flores (she/her/ella), PhD student (Epidemiology)
HPRC Doctoral Research Assistant, Partnership for Vaccine Confidence Project
Kelley Pascoe (she/her), PhD student (Epidemiology)
HPRC Graduate Research Assistant, ReOpening Schools Safely and Educating Youth Project
Anya Quig (she/her), MPH Student (Epidemiology)
HPRC Graduate Research Assistant, Mobile Crisis Response Team
Isabel Reyes-Paz (she/her/ella), MPH student (Health Systems and Population Health)
HPRC Thesis Student
Magali Sanchez (she/her/ella), PhD student (Epidemiology)
HPRC Doctoral Research Assistant, Hypertension Projects
Staff
Sonia Bishop (she/her), BS
HPRC Research Scientist, ReOpening Schools Safely and Educating Youth Project
Perla Bravo (she/her), MPH
HPRC Research Coordinator, Older Adult Health Promotion
Tenney Davis (she/her), MPH
HPRC Research Coordinator, Cancer Prevention & Control
Miriana Duran (she/her), MD, MPH
HPRC Research Scientist, Partnership for Vaccine Confidence Project
Kristen Hammerback (she/her), MA
HPRC Research Scientist, Workplace Wellness
Astoria Ho (she/her), BA
HPRC Research Coordinator, Older Adult Health Promotion
KeliAnne Hara-Hubbard (she/her), MPH
Community-Engaged Research Manager, Multiple Research Areas
Amy Hernandez (she/her/ella), BA
HPRC Research Coordinator, Multiple Research Areas
Marlana Kohn (she/her), MPH
HPRC Research Scientist, Multiple Research Areas
Kenzie Lock (she/her), MPH
Communications Specialist, Multiple Research Areas
Katherine Lopez (she/her), BA
HPRC Research Coordinator, Multiple Research Areas
Manal Masud (she/her), MPH
HPRC Research Coordinator, Cancer Prevention & Control
Caitlin Mayotte (she/her), MS
HPRC Research Coordinator, Multiple Research Areas
Janet Rojina (she/her), MPH
HPRC Research Coordinator, Multiple Research Areas
Lesley Steinman (she/her), MPH, MSW
HPRC Research Scientist, Older Adult Health Promotion
Michelle Strait (she/her), MPH, MSW
HPRC Research Coordinator, Workplace Wellness
Jean Taylor (she/her), PhD
HPRC Research Scientist, Older Adult Health Promotion
Thuy Vu (she/her), MPH
HPRC Research Scientist, Cancer Prevention & Control
Sherry Wu (she/her), MPH
HPRC Research Coordinator, Older Adult Health Promotion
Faculty
Barbara Baquero (she/her/ella), PhD, MPH
HPRC Investigator, Multiple Research Areas
Basia Belza (she/her), PhD, RN, FAAN
HPRC Investigator, Multiple Research Areas
Jeff Harris (he/him), MD, MPH, MBA
HPRC Investigator, Multiple Research Areas
Sarah Knerr (she/her), PhD, MPH
HPRC Investigator, Cancer Prevention & Control
Linda Ko (she/her), PhD, MPH
HPRC Investigator, Cancer Prevention & Control
Brian Leroux (he/him), PhD
HPRC Biostatistician, Multiple Research Areas
Miruna Buta (she/her), PhD
HPRC Investigator, Multiple Research Areas
Mark Snowden (he/him), MD, MPH
HPRC Investigator, Multiple Research Areas
Anne Turner (she/her), MD, MPH, MLIS
HPRC Investigator, Older Adult Health Promotion
Steven Zeliadt (he/him), PhD
HPRC Investigator, Multiple Research Areas
Affiliate Investigators
Jared Baeten, MD, PhD
Laura-Mae Baldwin, MD, MPH
Scott Barnhart, MD, PhD
Wendy Barrington, PhD, MPH
Rachel Ceballos, PhD
Gary Chan, PhD
Norma Coe, PhD
Allison Cole, MD, MS
Gloria Coronado, PhD
Annette Fitzpatrick, PhD
Shelly Gray, PharmD, MS
Bev Green, MD, MPH
Amy Hagopian, PhD, MHA
Donna Johnson, PhD, MS
Erica Johnson, PhD, CRC
Aaron Katz, CPH
Larry Kessler, ScD
Emily Kroshus, ScD, MPH
Sharon Laing, PhD, MS
Jairam Lingappa, MD, PhD
James LoGerfo, MD, MPH
Rebecca Logsdon, PhD
Gillian Marshall, PhD, MSW
Patti Matsuda, PT, DPT, PhD
Hendrika Meischke, PhD, MPH
Christina Miyawaki, PhD, MSW
Jodi Olson, MPH
India Ornelas, PhD, MPH
Elizabeth Phelan, MD, MS
Joanne Pike, DrPH
Dori Rosenberg, PhD, MPH
Sarah Ross-Viles, MPH
Vicky Taylor, MD, MPH
Anne Vernez-Moudon, Dr. es Sc.
Rachel Winer, PhD, MPH