Who We Are
Core Team
Rebecca Baas, MPA | Manager
Areas of interest/expertise: grants management, programmatic management, social determinants of health, health equity, policy
Marie Masotya, MPH | Senior Research Project Coordinator
Areas of Interest/Expertise: population health, data infrastructure, research and evaluation planning, community-based programming, social determinants of health, global health issues relevant to women and children
Tashyana Copeland-Smith, MPH | Research Project Coordinator
Areas of Interest/Expertise: social determinants of health, health disparities, health equity, social and behavioral science, and community-based participatory research
Sarah McAleer, MEd, RD, LD | Research Project Coordinator
Areas of Interest/Expertise: nutrition education, reproductive health education, behavioral/mental health integration, and group care models.
Lasheena Brooks, BS | Research Assistant I
Areas of Interest/Expertise: community engagement and outreach, health equity, data analysis, and maternal health
Sarah Frischmann, MPH
Areas of Interest/Expertise: population health, measurement, mixed methods research, social determinants of health, research and evaluation planning, community-based research and programming, lab-based biological and infectious disease research
Peihe Xia, MPH | Data Analyst
Areas of Interest/Expertise: Health quality assessment, Data Cleaning, Management, Data Visualization, Linear and Logistic Regression, and Survival Analysis.
UH-Rainbow Faculty Affiliates
Courtney Baat, MD, FAAP
Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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Samudragupta Bora, PhD
Director, Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
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Olushola Fapo, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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Lydia Furman, MD
Senior Attending Physician, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Chair, UHCMC Institutional Review Board
Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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Mary Gabriel, MD | Medical Director
Integrated Behavioral and Mental Health Services at UH-RACWC
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Eva Johnson, MD
Regional Medical Director, Rainbow Primary Care Institute
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, General Academic Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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Ganga Srinivas, MD
Medical Director, UH Newborn Nurseries Network and MacDonald Women’s Hospital Newborn Nursery
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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Kristi Westphaln, PhD | CCHP Research Associate
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Nursing
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Trainees
- Nisha Malhotra, MPH (2016-19), mentored MPH capstone, MD thesis
- Alexis Dunning, BA (2018-19), mentored MD scholarly project
- Neil Patel, BS (2017-19), mentored MD scholarly project
- Kristi Westphaln, PhD PNP, (2018- present), Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Mia Wang, BS (2019-2021), mentored MPH capstone
- Annie Adelman, (2021-2022), mentored MPH practicum
- Avantika Bhaduri (2020-present), undergraduate research experience; mentoring MPH capstone
- Nandana Ahuja (2022 –present), undergraduate research experience
- Laura Burns (2022-present), mentoring MD scholarly project
- Elizabeth Chen (2022-present), mentoring MD scholarly project
- Perrin Fugo (2022-present), mentoring MD scholarly project
- Nora Lee (2022-present), mentoring MD scholarly project
- Rebecca Lu (2022-present), mentoring MD scholarly project
- Abi Rajasekaran (2022 –present), undergraduate research experience