Who We Are

Preventive Medicine Faculty

Heather Alker, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Preventive Medicine Core Faculty
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH)
Adjunct Faculty, School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Maria Theresa Basco, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, DFMCH
UMass Chan
Associate Director of Clinical Research at Fiore Healthcare Advisors, Inc
Cambridge, MA

Brian Bjoern, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Quality Improvement Specialist
Institute for Health Care Improvement
Boston, MA

Jennifer Bradford, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, DFMCH
Preventive Medicine Core Faculty
Primary Care Physician, Community Health Link
Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Project
Addiction Medicine Specialist
Spectrum Health System Drug Addiction Treatment Care

Carol Bigelow, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Dept of Biostatistics/Epidemiology
School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS)
University of Massachusetts/Amherst
Research Advisor, SPHHS MPH Program in Worcester

Suzanne B Cashman, ScD, MS
Professor and Director of Community Health
DFMCH
Co-Director, Rural Health Scholars Pathway
Co-Director, Determinants of Health

Jacalyn Coghlin-Strom, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, DFMCH
Program Director, Preventive Medicine Residency
Director, SPHHS MPH Program in Worcester
Adjunct Faculty, School of Public Health and Health Sciences

N. Lynn Eckhert, MD, DrPH
Professor
Harvard Medical School
Director of Academic Programs
Partners Healthcare International
Boston, MA
Adjunct Faculty, SPHHS

William Fisher PhD
Professor Emeritus, UMass/Lowell Department of Criminal Justice
Adjunct Faculty
DFMCH, Department of Psychiatry

Stephen Gehlbach, MD, MPH
Professor Emeritus and Former Dean, SPHHS
Professor, DFMCH
Preventive Medicine Residency Core Faculty
Adjunct Faculty, SPHHS

Lee Hargraves, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Center for Survey Research
University of Massachusetts/Boston
Adjunct Professor, DFMCH and SPHHS

Susan Hogan MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, DFMCH
Assistant Program Director
Preventive Medicine Residency
     
Jeffrey Kichen, MSPH
Assistant Professor DFMCH
Adjunct Professor, Community Health Studies
SPHHS

Robert Klugman, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
Medical Director, Employee Health and Occupational Health
UMassMemorial Medical Center

Mukti Kulkarni, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor DFMCH
Preventive Medicine Residency Core Faculty
Medical Director, Southeast Region Department of Youth Corrections
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Stephenie Lemon, PhD
Professor
Department of Population and Quantitative Sciences
Director, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Director, CDC-funded Prevention Research Center

Lisa McGonigal, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Lifestyle Medicine Specialist
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Principle and Founder, LiMac Healthcare Quality Consulting
Somerville, MA

Barbara Olendzki, MPH, RD, LDN
Assistant Professor
Nutrition Program Director
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Department of Population and & Quantitative Health Science 

Glenn Pransky, MD, M.Occ.H
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Occupational Medicine Specialist

J. Martin Shanahan, JD, CPA, MPH
Senior Investigator, US Department of Labor
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Boston MA Regional Office 
Assistant Professor, DFMCH  

Robert Swotinsky, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Occupational Medicine and Addiction Medicine Specialist

Daria Szkwarko, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Adjunct Faculty
Preventive Medicine Residency Research Advisor
DFMCH