top of page
MEET OUR
TEAM
Scroll over a picture to read about members of our NYU team, affiliated faculty and students.

DAVID ABRAMSON

ALEXIS MERDJANOFF

SARAH
FRIEDMAN

RACHAEL
PILTCH-LOEB
Affiliated Faculty
Along with our NYU Team, the Program on Population Impact, Recovery and Resilience also has a robust network of affiliated faculty across the U.S. Scroll over the pictures to read more.

BRIAN MAYER
University of Arizona
Associate Professor in the School of Sociology, Affiliated Faculty of the Institute on the Environment and the Mel and Enid Zuckerman School of Public Health
read bio

YOON SOO PARK
University of Illinois – College of Medicine at Chicago
Professor of Medical Education, Affiliated Researcher at University of Chicago
​
read bio

LAUREN CLAY
D’Youville College
Assistant Professor of Health Services Administration, Affiliated Faculty at the Disaster Research Center
​
read bio

LORI PEEK
University of Colorado Boulder
Professor of Sociology, Director of the Natural Hazards Center, Institute of Behavioral Science
​
​
read bio

KARINE
KLEINHAUS
Pluristem Therapeutics
Divisional Vice President, North America, Adjunct Associate Professor at New York University College of Global Public Health
​
read bio
LAURIE JOHNSON
Laurie Johnson Consulting
Author of “After Great Disasters: An In-depth Analysis of How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery” and “Clear as Mud: Planning for the Rebuilding of New Orleans”
read bio
ANDY GARRETT
US Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Senior Medical Advisor, Former Director of National Disaster Medical System
read bio
STUDENTS
Our team also includes a number of student research assistants. If you are a student looking for research opportunities, feel free to contact us here.
​
CURRENT STUDENTS
Aditi Bhanja, Tatiana Bush, Sofia Rivera-Perez, Amila Samarabandu, Yannai Segal, Vaibhav Srinivasan, Anita Virmani
​
FORMER STUDENTS
Esther Annan, Anna-Belle Buyse, Onome Eka, Emma Giegerich, Charissa Isidro, Nafesa Kanneh, Ayushi Mathur, Elyse Morris, Jenn Ohn, Mabel Segbafah
​
bottom of page