Our People

Learn about our faculty, staff, advisory teams, and affiliates below.

Core Faculty

Jennifer Wolff

Jennifer L. Wolff, PhD

Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor 
Co-director, HEADS Center 
Director, Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrative Health Care 
Department of Health Policy and Management 
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health  

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Dan Polsky

Daniel Polsky, PhD

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor 
Co-director, HEADS Center 
Department of Health Policy and Management 
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 

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Cynthia Boyd

Cynthia M. Boyd, MD 

Professor 
Pilot Core Director 
Department of Health Policy and Management 
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 

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Lauren Nicholas

Lauren Hersch Nicholas, PhD

Associate Professor  
Pilot Core Deputy Director and Pilot Principal Investigator 
Department of Health Policy and Management 
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 

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Alden L. Gross

Alden L. Gross, PhD

Associate Professor 
Pilot Core Deputy Director 
Department of Epidemiology 
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Quincy Samus

Quincy Samus,  PhD

Associate Professor 
Research and Development Deputy Director 
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 

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Matt Eisenberg

Matthew D. Eisenberg, PhD 

Associate Professor 
RDEC Deputy Director 
Department of Health Policy and Management 
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 

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Katherine Ornstein

Katherine Ornstein, PhD

Professor (PAR)
Research and Dissemination Core Deputy Director
Director, Center for Equity in Aging
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

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Staff 

  • Nadia Hay, MS 
    Program Manager 
    nhay1@jhu.edu 
  • Mindy Allender 
    Grants & Contracts Analyst 
    mcleven1@jhmi.edu  
  • Caitlin Hoffman, MPH 
    Communications Associate 
    choffman@jhu.edu

External Advisory Board 

  • Norma Coe, PhD 
    Associate Professor 
    University of Pennsylvania 

  • Vicki Freedman, PhD 
    NHATS and MICTA PI and Director, Center on the Demography of Aging 
    University of Michigan 

  • Vincent Mor, PhD 
    Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice 
    Brown University 

  • David Reuben, PhD 
    Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology and Chief, Division of Geriatrics 
    University of California, Los Angeles 

Translation Advisory Panel 

  • Matthew Baumgart 
    VP, Health Policy 
    Alzheimer's Association 

  • Meryl Comer 
    Co-Founder, UsAgainstAlzheimers 
    Vice Chair, WHAM/Women's 
    Health Access Matter 

  • Ian Kremer, JD 
    Executive Director 
    Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease (LEAD) Coalition

     

  • Shari Ling, MD  
    Deputy Chief Medical Officer 
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 

  • Michael Monson 
    Chief Executive Officer, President, and Trustee 
    Altarum 

  • Allyson Y. Schwartz, MSS 
    Senior Advisor, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Strategic Communications 
    FTI Consulting 

  • Kristin Murphy 
    Specialist Leader 
    Deloitte