Administrative Staff
The administrative staff at the Friedman School encompass operations, administrative and faculty support, finance and payroll, sponsored research administration, web & communications, faculty affairs, and student affairs. These staff provide essential information and resources to help ensure the School runs smoothly.
Academic and Faculty Affairs Administrative and Faculty Support Business Operations Communications Finance Sponsored Research Administration Student Affairs Ellen H. Block Career Services Center Tufts Food and Nutrition Innovation Institute
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Academic and Faculty Affairs
Dana Kovacs, Education Administrator
Mena Majeed, Faculty Affairs Officer
Administrative and Faculty Support
Kate Templeton, Executive Administrative Assistant to Dean Christina Economos
Dana Kovacs, Education Administrator, administrative contact for Dean for Educational Programs Tim Griffin
Mena Majeed, Faculty Affairs Officer, administrative contact for Dean for Faculty Affairs Sara Folta
Susan Williams, Senior Strategic Projects Coordinator, administrative contact for Executive Administrative Dean Liz Nahar
Lisa Cho, Faculty Coordinator for a portfolio of faculty members
Business Operations
Courtney King, Director of Business Operations
Kenji Thrash-Correia, Assistant Director, Business Operations
Susan Williams, Senior Strategic Projects Coordinator
Communications
Annie DeVane, Director of Marketing and Communications
Sarah Cronin, Senior Communications Specialist
Lisa Hann, Senior Recruiting and Marketing Specialist
Georgia Meireles, Communications Specialist
Dean's Office
Julia Appel, Senior Strategy & Planning Manager
Venus Israni, Assistant Dean, Diversity, and Inclusion
Allison McQueen, Educational Program Development Director
Finance
Courtney King, Director of Business Operations
Kenji Thrash-Correia, Assistant Director, Business Operations
Ellen-Marie Bransfield, Financial Administrator
Sponsored Research Administration
Seedang Simonin, Director of Sponsored Research Administration
Armen Barseghyan, Senior Research Administrator
Lauren Burchfield, Senior Research Administrator
Jarvis Smith, Senior Research Administrator
Kim Wright, Senior Research Administrator
Hung-Hsin Yang, Senior Research Administrator
Student Affairs
Matt Hast, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Marny Mitchell, Director of Admissions
Alexis Smith, Registrar
Awes Hassan, Civic Life Coordinator
Isabel McFall, Administrative Coordinator
Ellen H. Block Career Services Center
Benny Belvin, Director of Career Services
Lori Ioannone Rodriguez, Associate Director of Career Services
Samantha McGurgan, Associate Director of Career Services
Hannah Symons, Administrative Coordinator
Tufts Food and Nutrition Innovation Institute
Katie Stebbins, Executive Director
Hallie Maly, Project Manager
Research Staff
The research-based staff at the Friedman School do important work locally and globally in all areas of nutrition science and policy across a variety of projects and initiatives.
Academic Alliance for Anticipatory Action
Evan Easton-Calabria, Social Scientist
Komal Rathod, Senior Researcher
Carolyn Van Sant, Project Manager
ChildObesity180
Peter Bakun, Statistical Manager
Sarrah Chouiakh, Project Administrator
Danielle Krobath, Postdoctoral Scholar
Travis Moore, Postdoctoral Scholar
Katrina Sarson, Senior Program Manager
Daniel Schultz, Senior Program Manager
Shanti Sharma, Associate Director of Research and Evaluation
Mary Ulseth, Project Manager
Catherine Wright, Senior Program Manager
Feinstein International Center
Darlington Akabwai, Senior Researcher
Raphael Lotira Arasio, Fieldwork Administrator
Evan Easton-Calabria, Research Associate
Halina Dzesiatava, Project Manager
Eileen Huang, Communications Specialist
Elspeth Long, Project Administrator
Mesfin Ayele Molla, Team Leader
Anna Ronell, Administrative Manager
Fasil Yemane, Business Manager
Food Prices for Nutrition
Rachel Gilbert, Researcher
Alex Knueppel, Project Coordinator
Food is Medicine Institute and Mozaffarian Research Team
Dariush Mozaffarian, Director
Cecilia Gerard, Managing Director, Strategy and Partnerships
Frederick Cudhea, Statistical Programmer
Lizbeth Loaeza Moreno, Postdoctoral Scholar
Julia Reedy Sharib, Project Manager
Peilin Shi, Statistical Programmer
Orsolya Szabo, Executive Administrative Coordinator
Ashton Valdovinos, Research Assistant
Lu Wang, Postdoctoral Scholar
Meng Wang, Postdoctoral Scholar
IMMANA: Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions
Alex Knueppel, Project Coordinator
LASTING: Leading a Sustainability Transition in Nutrition
TBH, Project Administrator
Brooke Bell, Postdoctoral Scholar
Katherine Fuller, Postdoctoral Scholar
Shijun Gao, Postdoctoral Scholar
Amin Nikkhah, Postdoctoral Scholar
New Entry Sustainable Farming Program
Jennifer Hashley, Project Director
Julien Barrere, Farmer Training Sr. Program Administrator
Sara Davis, Food Hub Project Administrator
Leah Jurman, Farm Manager
Freddy Soza, Operations Manager
Benjamin Zoba, Farm Supervisor
NIL: Nutrition Innovation Lab
Elizabeth Marino-Costello, Senior Program Manager
Shaelin Cullen, Project Coordinator
Nour Elshabassi, Project Manager
Yanlin Ren, Research Project Manager
Maha Sheikh, Communications Specialist
Maleeka Shrestha, Project Coordinator
Robin Shrestha, Project Manager
Jennifer Stickland, Program Administrator
NutriCare
Mary Kate Cohen, Project Administrator
PAST Forward
Bridget Lanvin, Senior Researcher
Jennifer Stickland, Program Administrator
Holta Trandafili, Senior Researcher