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
Mena Majeed, Faculty Affairs Officer
Dana Kovacs, Education Administrator
Administrative and Faculty Support
Letitia Johnson, Executive Administrative Coordinator to Interim Dean Christina Economos
Orsolya Szabo, Executive Administrative Coordinator to Dariush Mozaffarian
Dana Kovacs, Education Administrator, administrative contact for Interim Dean for Educational Programs Tim Griffin
Mena Majeed, Faculty Affairs Officer, administrative contact for Interim Dean for Faculty Affairs Sara Folta
Susan Williams, Strategic Projects Coordinator, administrative contact for Executive Administrative Dean Ed Kleifgen
Ellen-Marie Bransfield, Senior Faculty Coordinator for a portfolio of faculty members
Lisa Cho, Faculty Coordinator for a portfolio of faculty members
Business Operations
Courtney King, Director of Business Operations
Kenji Thrash-Correia, Administrative Manager, Business Operations
Susan Williams, Strategic Projects Coordinator
Communications
Annie DeVane, Director of Communications and Web Strategies
Sarah Cronin, Senior Communications Specialist
Georgia Meireles, Communications Specialist
Francisco Guardado, Web Developer
TBH, Senior Recruiting and Marketing Specialist
Finance
Courtney King, Director of Business Operations
Kenji Thrash-Correia, Administrative Manager, Business Operations
Sharon Grant, Financial Coordinator
Sponsored Research Administration
Seedang Simonin, Director of Sponsored Research Administration
Armen Barseghyan, Senior Research Administrator
Lauren Burchfield, Senior Research Administrator
Kim Wright, Senior Research Administrator
Student Affairs
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Ellen H. Block Career Services Center
Benny Belvin, Director of Career Services
Lori Ioannone Rodriguez, Associate Director of Career Services
Sarah Stockwell, 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
Leah Poole, Researcher
Komal Rathod, Researcher
Carolyn Van Sant, Project Manager
CANDASA: Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia
Julia Matteson, Project Administrator
ChildObesity180
Julia Appel, Senior Program Manager
Peter Bakun, Statistical Manager
Sarrah Chouiakh, Administrative Coordinator
Danielle Krobath, Postdoctoral Scholar
Travis Moore, Postdoctoral Scholar
Katrina Sarson, Project Administrator
Daniel Schultz, Project Manager
Shanti Sharma, Associate Director of Research and Evaluation
Mary Ulseth, Project Administrator
Catherine Wright, Senior Program Manager
Feinstein International Center
Darlington Akabwai, Senior Researcher
Raphael Lotira Arasio, Fieldwork Administrator
Evan Easton-Calabria, Research Associate
Elspeth Bridges, Project Administrator
Mesfin Ayele Molla, Team Leader
Anne Radday, Research Program Manager
Anna Ronell, Administrative Manager
Fasil Yemane, Business Manager
Food Prices for Nutrition
Rachel Gilbert, Researcher
Alex Knueppel, Project Coordinator
Global Dietary Database and Dean Mozaffarian's Research Team
TBH, Project Administrator
Frederick Cudhea, Statistical Programmer
Julia Reedy Sharib, Researcher
Peilin Shi, Statistical Programmer
Meng Wang, Postdoctoral Scholar
IMMANA: Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions
Julia Matteson, Project Administrator
Alex Knueppel, Project Coordinator
LASTING: Leading a Sustainability Transition in Nutrition
Julia Matteson, Project Administrator
Brooke Bell, Postdoctoral Scholar
Katherine Fuller, Postdoctoral Scholar
Shijun Gao, Postdoctoral Scholar
Amin Nikkah, Postdoctoral Scholar
New Entry Sustainable Farming Program
Jennifer Hashley, Project Director
Sara Davis, Food Hub Project Administrator
Leah Jurman, Farm Manager
Kimberly Kasper, Associate Director
Freddy Soza, Operations Manager
Virginia Turner, Program Administrator
Benjamin Zoba, Farm Supervisor
NIL: Nutrition Innovation Lab
Elizabeth Marino-Costello, Senior Program Manager
Yanlin Ren, Research Project Manager
Maha Sheikh, Communications Specialist
Robin Shrestha, Project Manager
NutriCare
Mary Kate Cohen, Project Administrator
ONCE
Stacy Griswold, Research Project Manager
PAST Forward
TBH, Researcher
Bridget Lanvin, Senior Researcher
Holta Trandafili, Senior Researcher
Produce Rx Evaluation Project
Zhongyu Li, Project Administrator
Strategies to Improve Diet
Lu Wang, Postdoctoral Scholar
ViMPlus
Jennifer Stickland, Program Administrator