Our Team

Jana A. Hirsch, MES PhD

Assistant Research Professor

Call: +1-267-359-6277

Email: jah474 at drexel.edu

Brisa N. Sánchez, MS MSc PhD

Dornsife Endowed Professor of Biostatistics

Call: +1-267-359-6128

Email: bns48 at drexel.edu

Yvonne L. Michael, ScD SM

Professor

Call: +1-267-359-6064

Email: ylm23 at drexel.edu

Ana V. Diez Roux, MD PhD MPH

Dana and David Dornsife Dean and Distinguished University Professor

Call: +1-267-359-6070

Email: avd37 at drexel.edu

Lilah M. Besser, PhD MSPH

Assistant Professor

Call: +1-(561-316-0628

Email: lmb9767 [at] med.miami.edu

Tara McAlexander, PhD, MPH

Assistant Research Professor

Email: tpm58 [at] drexel.edu

Jingjing Li, PhD

Associate Professor

Call: +86 19526006695

Email: jl4246 [at] drexel.edu

Marcia Pescador Jimenez

Email: jimenezm [at] bu.edu

    Amy Auchincloss

    Email: aha27 [at] drexel.edu

      Jamie Kwon

      Email: jk3973 [at] drexel.edu

      Seon “Sunny” Kim

      Email: sk4468 [at] drexel.edu

        Kari A. Moore, MS

        Research and Data Core Co-lead

        Call: +1-267-359-6276

        Email: kam642 at drexel.edu

          Steven Melly, MS MA

          Geographic Information System (GIS) Specialist

          Email: sjm389 at drexel.edu

          Stephen T. Dickinson, PhD

          Project Manager

          Email: std63 at drexel.edu

            Stephen Francisco, PSM

            GIS Analyst

            Email: stf45 at drexel.edu

              Shufang Wang

              Email: sw3427 [at] drexel.edu

                Cassie Bambrick

                Email: cb3685 [at] drexel.edu

                  Drexel Team Receives New Grant on Aging and Neighborhoods

                  In 2021, the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative team received a new grant from the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. This grant leverages existing MESA Neighborhood data and will create new data specific to Aging and Neighborhoods

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                  MESA Neighborhood Biostatistics Team Works on Methodologic Hurdles

                  Led by Brisa Sanchez, a team of biostatisticians work to advance spatial and temporal methods relevant to neighborhood health research. 

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