Faculty
![Darrell Gaskin Darrell Gaskin](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/51.jpg?h=8e35edcf&itok=JbAjIRqF)
Darrell Gaskin, PhD '95, MS, is a health economist who advances community, neighborhood, and market-level policies and programs that reduce health disparities.
![Attia Goheer Attia Goheer](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3942.jpg?h=e8f6e91e&itok=lHPW3ZKG)
Attia Goheer, PhD '17, MHS ’09, supports doctoral students in health and non-health fields who are using their research to inform policy and address health inequities.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/2023-08/samanthajharris.jpg?h=c5519992&itok=NwzBiuJ0)
Samantha J. Harris, PhD, MPA, researches health policies and programs to improve the lives of people affected by substance use and mental health conditions.
![Shelley Hearne Shelley Hearne](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/1894.jpeg?h=ffed8f21&itok=4gSud8ux)
Shelley Hearne, DrPH, strengthens public health’s ability to effectively engage in policymaking and advocacy for the healthiest, safest, most equitable living environments.
![Joshua Horwitz Joshua Horwitz](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2474.jpg?h=cff05e72&itok=vpzQFkat)
Josh Horwitz, JD, works to reduce gun violence by utilizing public health research and health equity analysis to build advocacy campaigns that meet critical opportunities in the policy development process.
![Tara Joseph Tara Joseph](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3442.jpg?h=735f7c84&itok=aW5-DwOx)
Tara Taylor, MPH ‘12, designs multicenter clinical trials to study functional, psychological and surgical outcomes to improve orthopedic injury and trauma patients’ care.
![Nancy Kass Nancy Kass](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/362.jpg?h=2cf19a24&itok=kUy0OL0D)
Nancy Kass, ScD '89, studies the ethics' implications of alternative public health policies and public health research designs in the US and globally.
![Alene Kennedy-Hendricks Alene Kennedy-Hendricks](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3200.jpg?h=16b768a2&itok=V1wu-NIk)
Alene Kennedy-Hendricks, PhD '15, conducts policy and services research focused on the health and well-being of people with substance use and mental health conditions.
![Hadi Kharrazi Hadi Kharrazi](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/2762.jpg?h=bf372811&itok=3LLedjpS)
Hadi Kharrazi, MD, PhD, MHI, studies the role of data science, informatics, and predictive models in managing healthcare utilization while improving health outcomes.