FACULTY

Email:  Ben.Gerber@umassmed.edu

Research expertise includes evaluating technology-based interventions such as mHealth, text messaging, and telehealth that promote diabetes self-management and various health behaviors in underserved, minority populations.

Email:  Jeroan.Allison@umassmed.edu

Dr. Jeroan Allison currently serves as the Chair for the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at the UMass Chan Medical School. Initially trained as a primary care physician, Dr. Allison has made an increasing commitment to the emerging field of health equity intervention over the past 10 years.  His team has a particular interest in the concept of narrative intervention, or “storytelling” to address health disparities. Over the past 15 years, he has maintained continuous funding from several extra-mural sources such as the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Health Care Quality and Research, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Allison is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Medical Care, a leading journal in the field of health services research sponsored by the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association. He holds a Master of Science degree in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health and is board certified in Internal Medicine.

Email:  Daniel.Amante@umassmed.edu

Research interest in implementation science and the use of health informatics, patient-facing technologies, and behavioral economics to enhance health care delivery and support for patients with chronic diseases. Experience developing, implementing and evaluating mixed-method studies to support patients with diabetes self-management and smoking cessation. Epic certified in Research: Clinical tools.

Email:  Jamie.Faro@umassmed.edu

Research interests include using implementation science methods and technology to increase health behavior change for chronic disease prevention in clinical and community settings, particularly in the areas of physical activity, weight management, and smoking cessation.

Email:  Feifan.Liu@umassmed.edu

Expertise in natural language processing, machine learning and deep learning with experiences in applying AI techniques on healthcare data for information extraction, predictive modeling, preventative data analytics as well as assessing AI fairness to advance health equity.

Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development, VA Central Western Massachusetts

Email:  Kristin.Mattocks@umassmed.edu

Research interests include understanding healthcare utilization and health outcomes among women Veterans, particularly in the areas of reproductive health care, particularly pregnancy and other gender-specific conditions, and the degree to which women veterans utilize both VA and non-VA care for these conditions.

Email: Suzanne.Morrissey3@umassmed.edu

Research interests include social determinants of health, patient-clinician relationships, health IT, harm reduction, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health (MCH), diabetes, and integrative medicine.

Email:  Rajani.Sadasivam@umassmed.edu

Development and testing of digital health tools and implementation strategies to support behavior change and address health disparities.

Email:  Adrian.Zai@umassmed.edu

Research interests include using information and decision support systems, including eHealth technologies, to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of care delivery and population health management.