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Collaborators

Amina Alio, PhD
Department of Public Health Sciences
Email: Amina_Alio@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Community engagement and participatory research; Health equity

Irena Boyce, PhD
UR Quality Institute
Email: Irena_Boyce@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Learning health systems and continuous improvement 

John Cullen 
Population Health for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Email: John_Cullen@URMC.Rochester.edu
Area of Expertise: Community engagement and participatory research

Paula Cupertino 
Surgery, SHORE
Email: Paula_Cupertino@URMC.Rochester.edu

Ann Dozier, PhD
Department of Public Health Sciences
Email: Ann_Dozier@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Social networks and connectivity; Community engagement and participatory research; Learning health systems and continuous improvement; Policy and organizational change; Health equity

Ronald Epstein, MD
Department of Family Medicine; Department of Medicine, Palliative Care
Email: Ronald_Epstein@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Social networks and connectivity; Complexity science and systems thinking; Collective action and resilience; Communication in clinical settings; Clinician self-awareness; Well-being and sustainability 

Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH
Department of Family Medicine
Email: Kevin_Fiscella@URMC.Rochester.edu 

Lauren Ghazal, PhD
School of Nursing
Email: Lauren_Ghazal@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Community engagement and participatory research; Policy and organizational change; Health equity 

Theresa Green, PhD
Department of Public Health Sciences
Email: Theresa_Green@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Community engagement and participatory research; Complexity science and systems thinking; Learning health systems and continuous improvement; Policy and organizational change; Health equity 

Elaine Hill, PhD
Department of Public Health Sciences
Email: Elaine_Hill@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Community engagement and participatory research; Complexity science and systems thinking; Collective action and resilience; Learning health systems and continuous improvement; Policy and organizational change; Evaluation methods using observational data 

Ashley Jenkins, MD, MSc
Department of Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics
Email: Ashley_Jenkins@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Dissemination & Implementation research; Community engagement and participatory research; Complexity science and systems thinking; Learning health systems and continuous improvement; Policy and organizational change; Health equity

Charles Kamen, PhD, MPH
Department of Surgery, Cancer Control
Email: Charles_Kamen@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Community engagement and participatory research; Health equity 

Benzi Kluger, MD, MS
Department of Neurology
Email: Benzi_Kluger@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Dissemination & Implementation research; Community engagement and participatory research

Natalie LeBlanc, PhD, RN
School of Nursing
Email: Natalie_Leblanc@URMC.Rochester.edu 

Melissa Loh, MD, MS
Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology (SMD)
Email: Kahpoh_Loh@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Social networks and connectivity; Community engagement and participatory research

James McMahon, PhD
School of Nursing
Email: James_Mcmahon@URMC.Rochester.edu 

Supriya Mohile, MD, MS
Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology (SMD)
Email: Supriya_Mohile@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation 

Sally Norton, PhD, RN
School of Nursing
Email: Sally_Norton@URMC.Rochester.edu 

Christie Petrenko, PhD
Department of Psychology, Mount Hope Family Center
Email: Christie_Petrenko@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Dissemination & Implementation research; Community engagement and participatory research; Health equity

Gretchen Roman, PhD, DPT
Department of Family Medicine
Email: Gretchen_Roman@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Dissemination & Implementation research; Community engagement and participatory research; Health equity 

Mechelle Sanders, PhD
Department of Family Medicine
Email: Mechelle_Sanders@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Dissemination & Implementation research; Community engagement and participatory research; Health equity 

Laura Sugarwala, MBA, RD

Clinical & Translational Science Institute/Community Engagement

Email: Laura_Sugarwala@URMC.Rochester.edu

Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Community engagement and participatory research; Collective action and resilience; Learning health systems and continuous improvement; Health equity; Systems thinking and organizational change from a business and human-centered design perspective 

Kimberly Van Orden, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Email: Kimberly_Vanorden@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Social networks and connectivity 

Edith Williams, PhD
Center for Community Health and Prevention, Department of Public Health Sciences
Email: Edith_Williams@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Health equity

Jin Xiao, DDS, PhD
Department of Dentistry
Email: Jin_Xiao@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Complexity science and systems thinking

Junqiang Zhao, PhD
Department of Surgery, Cancer Control (SMD)
Email: Junqiang_Zhao@URMC.Rochester.edu
Areas of Expertise: Intervention development and adaptation; Dissemination & Implementation research; Community engagement and participatory research; Complexity science and systems thinking