Reviewers

Content experts that have provided feedback on specific strategies and ratings in What Works for Health include:

Joie Acosta, PhD
Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist
RAND Corporation

Scott Adams, PhD
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Amanda Agan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Economics
Rutgers University

Laurent Ahiablame, PhD
Hydrologist/Water Quality & Management Advisor
San Diego County Director
Agriculture & Natural Resources
University of California Cooperative Extension

Frank S. Alexander, JD
Co-founder & Senior Advisor, Center for Community Progress
Sam Nunn Professor of Law
Emory Law School

Carmen Alvarez, PhD, CRNP, CNM
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Howard Bailit DMD, PhD
Professor, Community Medicine and Health Care
University of Connecticut Health Center

Hilary Barnes, PhD, CRNP
Senior Fellow, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy
School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania

Mary Catherine Beach, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

William Berry, MD, MPA, MPH
Chief Medical Officer/Director, Safe Surgery, Ariadne Labs
Principal Research Scientist, Department of Health Policy and Management
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Julie Birkenmaier, PhD, MSW, LCSW
Professor of Social Work
College for Public Health and Social Justice, St. Louis University

Derek Black, JD
Professor, School of Law
University of South Carolina

Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, MPH
Professor, UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine

Melissa Bopp, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology
Coordinator, Exercise is Medicine on Campus Initiative
The Pennsylvania State University

Randall R. Bovbjerg, JD
Senior Fellow, Health Policy Center
The Urban Institute

John Bowblis, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Farmer School of Business, Miami University

Edmond P. Bowers, PhD
Associate Professor, Youth Development Leadership
College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences
Clemson University

Paul Boxer, PhD
Director and Professor
Center on Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
Department of Psychology
Rutgers University

Angela G. Brega, PhD
Associate Professor, Centers for American Indian and Alasaka Native Health
Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anshutz Medical Campus

Thomas Byrne, PhD
Assistant Professor, Social Welfare Policy
School of Social Work, Boston University

Brenda L. Cassidy, DNP, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC
Assistant Professor, Health Promotion & Development
Lead Instructor, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing

John Cawley, PhD
Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management and Department of Economics
Co-Director, Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors and Disparities
Cornell University

Carol Clymer, EdD
Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy and the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy
College of Education, Penn State University

Rachel Connelly, PhD
Bion R. Cram Professor of Economics
Bowdoin University

Tracey Covassin, PhD, ATC, FNATA
Professor, Department of Kinesiology
College of Education, Michigan State University

Jennifer Craft Morgan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Gerontology
Georgia State University

Corey Davis, JD, MSPH
Deputy Director, Network for Public Health Law

Lawrence E. Decina
Senior Associate, TransAnalytics, LLC

Carly Dierkhising, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics
California State University, Los Angeles

Anne E. Dunning, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning
University of Kansas

Douglas Eisinger, PhD
Vice President and Chief Scientist, Transportation Policy and Planning
Sonoma Technology, Inc.

Alec Ewald, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
University of Vermont

James Fell, MS
Principal Research Scientist, Economics, Justice, and Society Department
NORC, University of Chicago

Matthew Freedman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
University of California-Irvine

Genevieve Fridlund Dunton, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine
University of Southern California

David E. Frisvold, PhD
Assistant Professor, Economics
University of Iowa

Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD
Professor, Clinical Psychiatry and Clinical Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Jennifer Gershman, PharmD, CPh
Contributing Editor, RxWiki
Contributing Author, Pharmacy Times

Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
George A. Weiss University Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Lonnie Golden, PhD
Professor of Economics and Labor-Employment Relations
Penn State University, Abington College
Affiliated: Project for Middle Class Renewal, University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations; Economic Policy Institute

Timothy D. Golden, PhD
Professor of Management
Lally School of Management
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Michal Grinstein-Weiss, PhD, MA, MSW
Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor
Associate Dean for Policy Initiatives, Brown School
Director, Social Policy Institute
Director, Envolve Center for Health Behavior Change
Washington University in St. Louis

Arden Handler, DrPH
Professor, Community Health Sciences
Director, Maternal and Child Health Program
University of Illinois School of Public Health

Alison Harmon, PhD RD LN
Professor, Department of Health and Human Development
Montana State University

Brent Heidorn, PhD
Assistant Dean for Research and Assessment
College of Education University of West Georgia

Sara Heller, PhD
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Michigan

Heather D. Hill, PhD
Professor, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
University of Washington

J. Aaron Hipp, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management
North Carolina State University

Kathryn Howell, PhD
Associate Professor and Co-Director of the RVA Eviction Lab
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University

Jin Huang, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor; Social Work
College for Public Health and Social Justice
Saint Louis University

Noelle Hurd, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Virginia

Leah Karliner, MD, MAS
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of California San Francisco

Michelle Kegler, DrPH
Professor, Behavioral Sciences/Health Education
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Jon Korfmacher, PhD 
Associate Professor 
Erikson Institute

Katrina Smith Korfmacher, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine
Director, Community Outreach and Engagement Core, Environmental Health Sciences Center
University of Rochester Medical Center

Christine T. Kovner PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, College of Nursing
New York University

Laura Larsson, PhD, MPH, RN
Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Montana State University

Christopher M. Layne, PhD
Director, Education in Evidence-Based Practice, UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Research Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles

Carol M. Lewis, PhD
Associate Director, Office of the Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Work
The University of Texas at Austin

Karen D. Liller, PhD and AAAS Fellow
College of Public Health, Department of Community and Family Health
University of South Florida

Sharon Lipperman-Kreda, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)

Megan McHugh, PhD
Associate Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

Kent McIntosh, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences
University of Oregon

Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Jason A. Mendoza, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Investigator, Seattle Children's Research Institute

Howard W. Mielke, PhD
Research Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana\

Elissa Thomann Mitchell, MSW, PhD
Assistant Professor, Social Work
University of Southern Indiana

Jeylan Mortimer, PhD
Professor, Department of Sociology
University of Minnesota

Toben F. Nelson, ScD
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
University of Minnesota

Seth M. Noar, PhD
Professor, School of Media and Journalism
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Julius A. Nukpezah, PhD
Assistant Professor, Public Policy and Administration, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Mississippi State University

Melissa O’Connor, PhD, MBA, RN, COS-C
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Villanova University, College of Nursing

Susan L. Parish, PhD, MSW
Dean and Professor of Health Sciences
Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Northeastern University

Elda Pema, PhD
Associate Professor of Economics
Graduate School of Business & Public Policy
Naval Postgraduate School

Dr. Scott Poland, Licensed Psychologist
Professor, Center for Psychological Studies
Co-Director, Suicide and Violence Prevention Office
Nova Southeastern University

David A. Pollack, MD
Professor for Public Policy, Department of Psychiatry
Oregon Health & Science University

Susan J. Popkin, PhD
Director, Program on Neighborhoods and Youth Development
The Urban Institute

Hollie Raynor, PhD, RD
Professor, Public Health Nutrition
College of Education, Health & Human Sciences
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Carolina Reid, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley

Melissa Richmond, PhD
Director of Research and Evaluation
OMNI Institute

Nathaniel Riggs, PhD
Director, Prevention Research Center
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Colorado State University

Ramona Robinson-O'Brien, PhD, RD
Berman Center for Outcomes & Clinical Research

Jennifer Romich, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work, University of Washington

Deborah Roseman, MPH
Regional Support Manager, Aligning Forces for Quality
George Washington University

Maya Rossin-Slater, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Research and Policy
Stanford University

Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD, MPH, FACP
Professor and Chairman, Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Geriatric Medicine
The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Susan E. Rubin, MD, MPH
Family Physician & Reproductive Health Research Director
The Institute for Family Health, New York, NY
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Mount Sinai Health System

Patrick H. Ryan, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Environmental Health
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Brendan Saloner, PhD
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Robert F. Saltz, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)

Mavis Sanders, PhD
Professor, Department of Education
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Mara Schiff, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice
Florida Atlantic University

Richard F. Schmid, PhD
Department of Education
Programs in Educational Technology
Concordia University

Steven Schroeder, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
University of California, San Francisco

Eduardo Segarra, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Texas Tech University

Leiyu Shi, DrPH
Professor, Health Policy and Health Services Research
Director, Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Wendy Shields, MPH
Associate Scientist
Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy

Peter Shin, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Health Policy 
Geiger Gibson/RCHN Research Director
School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University

Melanie Simmer-Beck RDH, PhD
Professor & Admission Enhancement Program Director
Dental Public Health and Behavioral Science School of Dentistry
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Nicole Simpson, PhD
W. Bradford Wiley Professor of Economics
Colgate University

Jeremy Steeves, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Education, Maryville College

Jessica Steinberg, JD
Associate Professor of Clinical Law
George Washington University Law School

Paul S. Strand, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Washington State University

Julie Strunk, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, Department of Nursing
James Madison University

Jeremy S. Stultz, PharmD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy

Pamela Thacher, PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
State of New York
Professor, Dept. of Psychology
St. Lawrence University

Libby Thomas, MS
Senior Research Associate
Highway Safety Research Center, University of North Carolina

Nebiyou Tilahun, PhD
Assistant Professor, Urban Planning and Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago

John Torous, MD, MBI
Director, Digital Psychiatry Division
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Chris Torres, PhD
Assistant Professor, K-12 Educational Administration, Department of Educational Administration
Michigan State University

Jennifer Trott, MPH
Research Scientist
Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
The George Washington University

Jon Vernick, JD, MPH
Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health Co-Director, Center for Gun Policy and Research
Johns Hopkins University

Domenic Vitiello, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning
University of Pennsylvania

Dianne Stanton Ward, EdD
Professor, Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)

John R. Wheat, MD, MPH
Professor of Family, Internal and Rural Medicine
College of Community Health Sciences
The University of Alabama
Box 870326
Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-0326
[email protected]
(205) 348-1303

Jonathan Zinman, PhD
Professor of Economics
Dartmouth College

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