Meet Our Team

Tamar Mendelson, PhD
Bloomberg Professor of American Health
Research interests: mental health, opportunity youth, school-based prevention programs, mindfulness and yoga, critical consciousness

Beth Marshall, DrPH
Research Core Co-Lead
Assistant Scientist
Research interests: youth risk behaviors, school-based health programs, schools and health, health education, youth development, teen pregnancy prevention

Terri W. Powell, PhD
Bloomberg Associate Professor of American Health
Vice Chair of Inclusion, Diversity, Anti-Racism and Equity
Research interests: Sexual and reproductive health, substance use prevention, community engagement, implementation science, qualitative methodologies

Kristen Mmari, PhD
Bloomberg Associate Professor of American Health
Research interests: opportunity youth, early adolescents, gender norms, monitoring and evaluation

Renee M Johnson, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Research interests: emerging adults, substance use epidemiology, vulnerable populations

Melissa Davey-Rothwell, PhD
Associate Scientist
Research interests: HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, implementation science, dissemination, urban health

Paige Wilson, MA
Communications Specialist

Maria Trent, MD, MPH
Adolescent Health T32 Training Director
Bloomberg Professor of American Health/Professor of Pediatrics, and Nursing, Johns Hopkins University
Senior Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusive Excellence, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Research interests: sexual and reproductive health, STIs, pregnancy prevention / contraception, health disparities, adolescent access to clinical services, school health services, impact of racism and other forms of discrimination on youth development

Dylan Jackson, PhD
Co-Director Health Criminology Research Consortium
Research interests: child health; adolescent health; crime; violence; criminal legal system; justice-involved families; incarceration; policing; adverse childhood experiences; trauma-informed policy; mental health; social support; prevention science; life course; health equity

Mickelder Kercy, MD, MS

Erin R, Hager, PhD
Research interests: Interventions to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children; evaluation of policy and program implementation (focus: prevention of obesity and/or food insecurity); school health: strategies to reduce pediatric health inequities ; implementation science