Team Members Add
Gene is a Professor of Community Health Sciences and Assistant Dean for DrPH Education at the Boston University School of Public Health as well as a professor on the faculty of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Boston University School of Medicine. He has served as lead author of national reports …
Lee Ann Adelsheim is a current MPH student in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health. She is a current MCH research fellow with Dr. Declercq for the 2018 academic year. Lee Ann’s interest in maternal and women’s health began when she interned with Frontier Nursing …
Corie Bussell Paz received her MPH in Maternal and Child Health from Boston University in 2014. Corie’s past experience includes working as a Certified Lactation Counselor in the hospital setting and as a Peer Counselor with the WIC program, impacting the course of breastfeeding for over 2,500 new and experienced mothers. Corie …
Lucy is a 2012 graduate of BUSPH and worked with Prof. Declercq as a HRSA Fellow for the 2010-2011 academic year. Currently, Lucy is the Associate Director of Communications at Community Catalyst, a health care advocacy nonprofit. Lucy provides strategic communications support to state advocates and federal partners across a …
Staige Davis is a current MPH candidate in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). Staige found her love of data analysis while researching parasitism in bumblebees as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia. She has since switched her focus to human health and …
Jordana Frost is a doctoral candidate at Boston University, focusing on Maternal and Child Health under the mentorship of Dr. Eugene Declercq. As a mother of two, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, a DONA- and Birthing From Within-trained birth doula and childbirth mentor, a trained lactation counselor, and an experienced …
Kylia was a 2013-2014 fellow and worked in conjunction with Allison and Dr. Declercq. Kylia’s interests lie in understanding the systematic underpinnings of health outcomes, including birth and postpartum care. Kylia has two children, ages 4 and 2. Prior to beginning the MPH program at BU, Kylia worked in the …
Christina Gebel graduated from Boston University’s School of Public Health, concentrating in Maternal and Child Health and Social and Behavioral Sciences. She was an MCH department fellow for the 2013-2014 academic year with Dr. Gene Declercq and a 2013 MCH fellow with the American Public Health Association (APHA). Christina became …
Sarah Hodin received her MPH from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health with a concentration in maternal and child health. She began studying childbirth as an undergraduate student in medical anthropology and interviewed over one hundred women across East Africa about their birthing experiences. More recently, Sarah has worked …
Katie Krebs graduated from Boston University School of Public Health in 2011 with an MPH in Maternal and Child Health, and was a fellow with Dr. Declercq in the 2010-2011 academic year. Currently, Katie is the Education and Development Coordinator for the University of Colorado Cancer Center, creating and implementing …
Sheridan Larsell graduated from Boston University School of Public Health in 2015 with an MPH, concentrating in Maternal and Child Health and Epidemiology. She was the 2014-2015 MCH fellow with Dr. Gene Declercq. In addition to her studies, Sheridan recently held internships at the National Network of Abortion Funds and Ibis Reproductive Health. Prior to pursuing …
Allison was an MCH department fellow for the 2013-2014 academic year at Boston University School of Public Health with Dr. Gene Declercq and is an MCH fellow with the American Public Health Association (APHA). Allison’s interests include ensuring access to quality prenatal care, childbirth education, and postnatal care to homeless and …
Brittany Ranchoff graduated with her MPH concentrating in Maternal and Child Health and Epidemiology from the Boston University School of Public Health in 2017. She was the 2015-2016 MCH fellow with Dr. Gene Declercq. Brittany became interested in Maternal and Child Health after studying abroad with Semester at Sea during …
Jessica Turon graduated with her MPH in Maternal and Child Health from Boston University in January 2013. Her interests encompass all things birth and breastfeeding, as well as reproductive justice. Currently, she is getting some first-hand experience in these matters as a new mom to Frances, born in May of …
Veronica’s research involves spatio-temporal analyses of health data for examining the contributions of known risk factors and environmental exposures to the underlying geographic pattern of disease risk. She works extensively with reconstructing historic environmental exposures using GIS and have an extensive knowledge of groundwater modeling, spatial statistics, and on persistent …
