
CHIBPS
Who's Who
Leadership

Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH (he/him/his)
Director, CHIBPS
Dean, Rutgers School of Public Health

Kristen D. Krause, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)
Deputy Director, CHIBPS
Doctoral Research Assistants
Caleb LoSchiavo, MPH
caleb.loschiavo@rutgers.edu
Research Assistants
Tess Olsson
Morgan Durant
Coree Rhem
Faculty Affiliates

Marybec Griffin, PhD, MPH, MA (she/her/hers)

Leslie M. Kantor, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Rafael E. Pérez-Figueroa, MD, MPH (he/him/his/el)
Research Affiliates
Richard Greene, MD
Jessica Jaiswal, PhD
Christopher Stults, PhD, MS, LMHC
Paul D'Avanzo, PhD, MS
Accordion Content
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- Hyacinth AIDS Foundation
- Union County's Office of LGBTQ Affairs
- AAOGC
- Newark Department of Health and Community Wellness
- Garden State Equality
- Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center
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- Maddie Owens
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CHIBPS has trained over 1,000 scholars and many have gone on to achieve wonderful things in their careers. Here is a small snapshot of what some of our alumni are up to:
- Vanessa Arias-Martinez, MPH, MA, LPC is a Director of Technical Assistance and Quality Management, HIV Prevention at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
- Michael Bare, MPH is an Outreach Strategist at ITVS.
- Staci Barton, MPH is a Senior Project Officer at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Jackie Blachman-Forshay, MPH is a Safety Advisor at the International NGO Safety Organization in South Sudan.
- Paul D’Avanzo, PhD is a post-doctoral student in Public Health at Columbia University.
- Stephanie Doig, PhD is a clinical psychologist in London for the National Health Service.
- Jessica Eddy, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist in New York, NY.
- Briana Furch, MD, MPH is an HIV epidemiology research analyst and Physician Scientist at Fred Hutch in Seattle, WA
- Susannah Gervolino, MPH is the Youth Program Coordinator at Hudson Pride Center
- Marybec Griffin, PhD is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University.
- Sophia Halkitis, MS is a Data Manager at the Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Buddy (Melvin) Hampton is a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
- Roy C. Jerome, PhD is a licensed psychologist and Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
- Saara Kaudeyr, MPH is an Associate Manager in Corporate Research at Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose.
- Mathew Kiang, ScD is an Assistant Professor at of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University.
- Molly Kingdon, PhD is a Licensed Psychologist in New York, NY.
- Sarah Kiperman, PhD is an Assistant Professor at Wayne State University.
- Sandra Kupprat, PhD is a Career Counselor at Baruch College, City University of New York.
- Michael Levy, MA is a Staff Psychologist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Rob Moeller, PhD, EdM is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Middlebury College.
- Alvaro Moreira, MA is a Clinical Psychologist at in New York, NY
- Joseph Palamar, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone.
- Nandini Pillai, MPH is a Project Manager at the Research Triangle Institute International
- James Pollock, PhD is a Licensed Psychologist in the Health and Wellness Section for the New York City Police Department
- Annie Ristuccia, MPH is a Master of Social Work Candidate at Hunter College
- Sandra Rodriguez, MPH is a Senior Research Director at Columbia University.
- William (Ben) Rogers, CCRP is Program Manager at Agilent Technologies.
- Ellen L. Short, PhD is a Counseling Psychologist and Associate Professor of Graduate Counseling Programs for the School of Education at LIU Brooklyn.
- Daniel Siconolfi, PhD is a Behavioral & Social Scientist at RAND Corporation and the 2021 Aging and Longevity Fellow.
- Simon Slater, PhD is an Associate Director at Survey Research Department at Consumer Reports.
- Todd Solomon, PhD is Clinical Neuropsychologist and members of the Alzheimer’s Disease Center (ADC) and the Center for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) at Boston University.
- J. L. Stewart, BFA, PhD recently graduated from the Applied Social and Community Psychology Program at North Carolina State University.
- Katie Stiene, MD, MPH is a Resident at LAC + USC Emergency Medicine.
- Erik D. Storholm PhD is an Assistant Professor at San Diego State Unviersity.
- Christopher Stults, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Baruch College, City University of New York.
- Leo Wilton, PhD is a clinical psychologist for the HIV Prevention Trials Network and an Associate Professor and Chair of the Human Development Department at SUNY Binghamton University.
- David Zade, PhD is an instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School and a research scientist at the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center at the Veterans’ Affairs Boston Healthcare System.
- Adrian Zongrone, MPH is a Data Analyst at Mount Sinai Health System