Meet the Y-APT Fellows

2014-Present Cohort

  • Marie Brault, Assistant Professor at the University of Texas School of Public Health
  • Dan Bromberg, Doctoral Student, Yale School of Public Health and Global Health Equity Scholar
  • Charles Burton, Former Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Yale School of Public Health
  • Melvin Hampton, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Health
  • Skyler Jackson, Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of Public Health
  • Johanna Madera, Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of Medicine
  • Isabel Martinez, Associate Research Scientist in Public Health, Yale School of Public Health
  • Dharushana Muthulingam, Instructor in Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
  • Jillian Scheer, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Syracuse University
  • Katelyn Sileo, Assistant Professor, University of Texas, San Antonio
  • Cynthia X. Shi, PhD Candidate, Yale School of Public Health
  • Tamara Taggart, Assistant Professor, George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health
  • Melody Tulier, Research Programs Manager, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
  • DeAnne Turner, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida School of Nursing
  • Adam Viera, PhD Candidate, Yale School of Public Health
  • Debbie Vitalis, Deputy Director, Community Alliance for Research & Engagement, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Tiara Willie, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2011-2014 Cohort

  • Tashuna Albritton, Assistant Medical Professor, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, CUNY School of Medicine
  • Alexander Bazazi, Psychiatry Resident, University of California, San Francisco
  • Sarah Calabrese, Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology, George Washington University
  • Javier Cepeda, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Valerie Earnshaw, Associate Professor, University of Delaware
  • Jaclyn White Hughto, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Brown University
  • Erika Montanaro, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina Charlotte
  • Nicole Overstreet, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Clark University
  • Lesley Park, Instructor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health, Instructor, Health Research & Policy, Stanford University
  • Courtney Peasant, Research Psychologist, Substance Use, Gender, and Applied Research Program, RTI
  • Amy Smoyer, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Katie Wang, Assistant Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Yale School of Public Health

2007-2011 Cohort

  • Jeannie Annan, Senior Director of Research & Evaluation, International Rescue Committee
  • Leo Beletsky, Professor of Law and Health Sciences and Faculty Director, Health in Justice Action Lab, Northeastern University
  • Katie Brooks Biello, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Brown University
  • Amy Carroll-Scott, Associate Professor, Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University
  • Heather Cole-Lewis, Director of Behavior Science, Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions
  • Lisa Eaton, Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
  • Jonathan Garcia, Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
  • Jhumka Gupta, Associate Professor, Global and Community Health, George Mason University
  • Elizabeth King, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health
  • Allecia Reid McCarthy, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Jaimie Meyer, Associate Professor of Medicine (AIDS) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing, Yale School of Medicine
  • Elizabeth Reed, Associate Professor of Global Health, Co-Director, SDSU-UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Global Health, University of California, San Diego
  • Heather Sipsma, Assistant Professor, Benedictine University
  • Elanah Uretsky, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Brandeis University

2004-2007 Cohort

  • Toorjo Ghose, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
  • Traci C. Green, Professor and Director of the Opioid Policy Research Collaborative, Brandeis University
  • Amy Kapczynski, Professor, Yale Law School
  • Jan Medlock, Associate Professor, Oregon State University
  • Alison Norris, Associate Professor; Joint Appointment, College of Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Ohio State University
  • Rebecca Papas, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University
  • Enrique Pouget, Assistant Professor, Health and Nutrition Sciences, City University of New York
  • Patrick Wilson, Professor, Department of Psychology, UCLA

2000-2004 Cohort

  • Nathan Hansen, Health Promotion & Behavior Department Head and Professor of Health Promotion & Behavior, University of Georgia
  • Joseph Hellweg, Associate Professor of Religion, Florida State University
  • Yasmina Katsulis, Associate Professor, Arizona State University
  • Trace Kershaw, Department Chair and Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Yale School of Public Health
  • Stephanie Milan, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut
  • Linda Niccolai, Professor, Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Director, HPV Working Group at Yale; Director, CT Emerging Infections Program at Yale, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health