Meet the Team

Kate Guastaferro, PhD MPH

Principal Investigator


Dr. Guastaferro's program of research is devoted to the development, optimization, and evaluation of effective, efficient, affordable, and scalable interventions with high public health impact. She is an expert in the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) and her expertise is in parent-focused, multicomponent behavioral interventions to prevent child maltreatment. She received the 2020 Victoria S. Levin Award for Early Career Success in  Young Children's Mental Health from the Society for Research on Child Development. Her research is supported by NICHD.

Project Coordinators

Vanessa Abuchaibe

Project Coordinator

Smart Parents Study

Mia Melchior

Project Coordinator

Roads to Impact Study

 Graduate Research Assistants

Nusrat-E-Mozid

Masters of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Second Year

Rachel Warshaw

Masters of Public Health, Second Year

Jacqueline Saltarelli 

Doctor of Public Health, First Year

Matilda Melkonian

Masters of Public Health, Second Year

Katherine Ott

Masters of Global Health, First Year


Claudia Martin

Masters of Global Health, First Year


 Undergraduate Research Assistants

Ella Abourjaily

Global Public Health and Social Work, Senior


Matthew Petit-Homme

Psychology, Senior


Veronica Reznikov

Nursing and Global Public Health, Junior

Elleni Solomon

Global Public Health and Biology, Senior

Colin Dan

Global Public Health and Biology, Senior

Priya Modi

Global Public Health and Biology, Junior

Jayna Kramsky

Global Public Health and Anthropology, Senior

Corinne Grayson

Global Public Health and Social Work, Senior

Kayden Marte

Global Public Health and Media, Culture, and Communications, Junior


Paige Welikson

Global Public Health and Anthropology, Senior


Kashyah Young

Global Public Health and Biology, Senior


Genesis Chambers

Global Public Health and Anthropology, Junior


Rania Gadnis

Psychology, Junior


Mishal Shafique

Global Public Health and Applied Psychology, Junior


Affliates & Alumni

Kaylee McCormick

Affiliate

Training & Implementation Specialist

Arushee Bhoja

Alumni


Meron Zeleke

Alumni