Noel Brewer, PhD
Gillings Distinguished Professor of Public Health
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Role in the Center:
Principal Investigator
Lead, Admin Core
Lead, Project 1
People
The center is home to a multidisciplinary team of behavioral scientists, project staff, and trainees. Our team includes faculty with training in health behavior, pediatrics, nursing, implementation science, health systems, health policy, economics, decision sciences, and several disciplines within psychology.
Chris Barry, PA-C
Jeffers, Mann & Artman Pediatrics
Role in the Center:
Clinical Advisory Board Member
Elizabeth Bernstein, BS
Research Project Coordinator
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Role in the Center:
Project Coordinator, Project 1
Administrative Core
DEI Working Group member
Heather Brandt, PhD
Director, HPV Cancer Prevention Program, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Role in the Center:
External Advisory Board Member
Kathryn Brignole, MSc
Research Project Manager
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Role in the Center:
Research Project Manager, Project 2
Research Project Manager, Data Core
Chelsea Bufalini, MPH
Research Project Manager
Penn State College of Medicine
Role in the Center:
Co-Manager, Intervention Core
William A. Calo, PhD
Assistant Professor
Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences
Role in the Center:
Co-lead, Intervention Core
Elizabeth Cox, MD
Professor
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Pediatrics
Role in the Center:
Project Co-lead, Project 3
Karen Ernst, MA
Executive Director, Voices for Vaccines
Co-Founder, Minnesota Childhood Immunization Coalition
Role in the Center:
Clinical Advisory Board Member
Lynne Fiscus, MD
President and CEO, UNC Physicians Network
Role in the Center:
External Advisory Board Member
Benjamin Fogel, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Academic General Pediatrics
Vice Chair of Quality for the Department of Pediatrics
Penn State College of Medicine
Role in the Center:
Clinical Advisory Board Member
Melissa Gilkey, PhD
Associate Professor
UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
Role in the Center:
Project Lead, Project 3
Co-leader, Intervention Core
Jennifer Heisler-MacKinnon, MPH
Project Manager
UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
Role in the Center:
Project Manager, Project 3
Co-Project Manager, Intervention Core
Michelle Hernandez, MD
Pediatric and Adolescent Director, North Carolina Network Consortium
Professor, Pediatric Allergy-Immunology
UNC School of Medicine
Role in the Center:
Co-Investigator, Project 2
Colleen Higgins, MSPH
Research Associate
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Role in the Center:
Consultant, Project 4
Joseph G. Ibrahim, PhD
Alumni Distinguished Professor
Department of Biostatistics
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Role in the Center:
Co-investigator, Data Core
Ben Kahn, MPH
Doctoral Student, Department of Health Behavior
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Role in the Center:
Research Assistant, Project 1
Kathryn Kennedy, MPH
Doctoral Student
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Role in the Center:
Graduate Research Assistant, Project 3
Wei Yi Kong, MA
Doctoral Student
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Role in the Center:
Graduate Research Assistant, Project 3
Katherine Kritikos, MPH
Research Project Manager
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Role in the Center:
Project Manager, Project 1
Erin Laurie-Zehr, MA
Research Project Coordinator, Cancer Outcomes Research Program
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Role in the Center:
Project Manager, Project 4
Jodi Lewis, MPH
Doctoral Student
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Role in the Center:
Graduate Research Assistant, Project 2
Lisa Mansfield, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Los Angeles - National Clinician Scholars Program
Role in the Center:
Clinical Advisory Board Member
Tim McCoy, DO
Department Chair, Family Medicine
Central Iowa CIN Medical Director
MercyOne Medical Group – Central Iowa
Role in the Center:
Clinical Advisory Board Member
Jennifer Mendel Sheldon, MPH
Assistant Director, Research
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Role in the Center:
Manager, Administrative Core
DEI Working Group member
Kathleen Mottus, PhD
Research Assistant
North Carolina Network Consortium
UNC School of Medicine
Role in the Center:
Recruitment Coordinator, Project 2
Feyi Odebunmi, MPH
PhD Student
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Role in the Center:
Graduate research Assistant, Project 4
Kristin Oliver, MD
Pediatrics and Preventative Medicine, The Mount Sinai Hospital
Program Director, General Preventative Medicine Residency
Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine & Public Health, Pediatrics, Medical Education, and Global Health
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Role in the Center:
External Advisory Board Member
Sachiko Ozawa, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Role in the Center:
Co-lead, Project 4
Lead, DEI Working Group
Tara L. Queen, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Role in the Center:
Co-Lead, Data Core
Jen Rees, RN
Certified Practice Facilitator
North Carolina Network Consortium
UNC School of Medicine
Role in the Center:
Practice Facilitator, Project 2
Paul Reiter, PhD
Professor, Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion
Ohio State University, College of Public Health
Role in the Center:
Co-Investigator, Project 1
Emmanuel Rockwell, BA
Doctoral Student
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Role in the Center:
Graduate Research Assistant, Data Core
Margot Savoy, MD
Senior Vice President for Education at American Academy of Family Physicians
Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Urban Bioethics & Population Health
Temple University, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Role in the Center:
External Advisory Board Member
Lisa Spees, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Role in the Center:
Co-Investigator/Scientific Research Director, Project 4
Samantha Stalford, MPH
Research Specialist
Program of Research on Outcomes for Kids (PROKids), University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health
Role in the Center:
Wisconsin site Project Coordinator, Project 3
Shannon Stokley, DrPH
Acting Deputy Director
Immunization Services Division
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Role in the Center:
External Advisory Board Member
Peter Szilagyi, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Executive Vice-Chair and Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics
University of California, Los Angeles
Role in the Center:
External Advisory Board Member
Tami Thomas, PhD
Professor, Associate Dean of Research, and Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Endowed Chair in Prevention and Family Health
Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Florida International University
Role in the Center:
Clinical Advisory Board Member
External Advisory Board Member
Aditi Tomar, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Role in the Center:
Post-doc, Project 1
Justin Trogdon, PhD
Professor and Director of PhD Program
Gillings School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy and Management
Role in the Center:
Project Lead, Project 2
Project Co-Lead, Data Core
Sandra Weaver, CMAIII
UNC Family Medicine and Pediatrics
Role in Center:
Clinical Advisory Board Member
Stephanie Wheeler, PhD
Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Role in the Center:
Co-lead, Project 4