Health Promotion Research Center

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), MPH student (Epidemiology)
HPRC Doctoral Research Assistant, Partnership for Vaccine Confidence Project

Kelley Pascoe (she/her), MS, MPH, 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), MPH student (Epidemiology)
HPRC Doctoral Research Assistant, Hypertension Projects

Staff

Sonia Bishop (she/her), BS
HPRC Research Scientist, ReOpening Schools Safely and Educating Youth Project

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

Evalynn Romano (she/her), MPH, MSW
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

Paige Denison

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