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
Associate Director: Anne Turner (she/her), MD, MPH, MLIS
Deputy Director: Leah Westra (she/her), MPH
The Team
Students
Erica Chavez Santos (she/her), PhD student (Health Services)
HPRC Doctoral Research Assistant, Multiple Research Areas
Caroline LaPlant (she/her), MHA student (School of Public Health)
HPRC Graduate Research Assistant, Cancer Prevention & Control
Yaniv Rait (he/him), BA, MPH student (Health Services)
HPRC Graduate Research Assistant, Cancer Prevention & Control
Taylor Rapson (she/her), MPH, PhD student (Health Services)
HPRC Doctoral Research Assistant, Cancer Prevention & Control
Evalynn Fae Taganna Romano (she/her), MPH student (Global Health), MSW student
HPRC Graduate Research Assistant, PATHSS Study
Katie Spears (she/her), MPH student (Health Services)
HPRC Thesis Student, Older Adult Health Promotion
Anjali Vassavada (she/her), MPH student (Epidemiology)
HPRC Graduate Research Assistant, Cancer Prevention & Control
Staff
Mary Grace Asirot (she/her), MPH
HPRC Research Coordinator, Older Adult Health Promotion
Susan Botarelli (she/her), ARNP, FNP-BC, MPH-c, MPH student
HPRC Research Coordinator, Hypertension Projects
Erica Bourget (she/her), MPH
HPRC Research Coordinator, Multiple Research Areas
Kristen Hammerback (she/her), MA
HPRC Research Scientist, Workplace Wellness
Sarah Hohl (she/her), PhD
HPRC Postdoctoral Scholar, Cancer Prevention & Control
James Kelley (he/him), BS
HPRC Research Coordinator, Older Adult Health Promotion
Marlana Kohn (she/her), MPH
HPRC Research Scientist, Multiple Research Areas
Caitlin Mayotte (she/her), MS
HPRC Research Coordinator, Multiple Research Areas
Amanda Parrish (she/her), MA
HPRC Research Scientist, Older Adult Health Promotion
Alyssa Reed (she/her), MPH
HPRC Research Coordinator, Cancer Prevention & Control
Rachel Anne Seymour (she/her), BA
Communications Specialist in UW Health Services
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
Yaël Yanich (she/her), BA
HPRC Administrative Coordinator
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
Christine Kava (she/her), MA, PhD
HPRC Investigator, Workplace Wellness
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 Petrescu-Prahova (she/her), PhD
HPRC Investigator, Multiple Research Areas
Mark Snowden (he/him), MD, MPH
HPRC Investigator, Multiple Research Areas
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
Robert Fraser, MD, 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