pandemic Experts

Shaun Nelms

Professor (Clinical), Co-Chair Educational Leadership, William & Sheila Konar Director of the Center for Urban Education SuccessUniversity of Rochester

Nelms is also vice president for community partnerships at the University of Rochester

Amy Gorin, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychological SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Professor focused on long-term weight loss.

Mical Raz

Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and HealthUniversity of Rochester

Author of "What's Wrong with the Poor? Psychiatry, Race and the War on Poverty."

Valerie Earnshaw

Professor, Human Development and Family SciencesUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Earnshaw examines associations between stigma and health inequities.

R. Helen Zha

Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Develops biohybrid and bioinspired materials for applications in human healthcare and sustainability.

Ganesh Sitaraman

New York Alumni Chancellor's Chair in LawVanderbilt University

Expert in constitutional law, the regulatory state, economic policy, democracy and foreign affairs.

Ken Keen

Associate Professor Emeritus in the Practice of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Teresa Boyer, EdD

Founding Director, Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's Leadership; Associate Professor, Education and CounselingVillanova University

Teresa Boyer, EdD, is an innovative leader in economic and social equity for women.

Matthew Patrick Shaw

Assistant Professor of LawVanderbilt University

Expert on the intersection of federal law and educational policy.

T.S. Harvey

Associate Professor of AnthropologyVanderbilt University

Expert in cross-cultural doctor-patient interactions, public health communications, disaster relief and crisis management.