OUR TEAM
Current Team Members
Janna Gewirtz O'Brien, MD, MPH, FAAP
Project Lead and Principal Investigator, Youth Health and Housing Lab
Meghan Ford, MPH
Youth Health and Housing Lab Program Manager
Alexis Chan
Medical Student Research Assistant
André Robinson
Public Health Student Research Assistant
Brandon Balma
Research Assistant; NRS Project Assistant; Project Manager, EMPOWER
Casey Hokanson
Medical Student Research Assistant
Gagandeep Singh
UMN Pediatric Resident
Samantha LeBouef
Postdoctoral Fellow
Wren Krahl
Medical Student Research Assistant
Zeinab Mohamud
Research Assistant, RWJF Systems for Action and NRS Project
Interested in Joining?
Students are welcome and encouraged to reach out with interest. If you are interested in engaging in the Youth Health and Housing Lab you can email Janna Gewirtz O'Brien at gewir007@umn.edu with a statement of interest and resume or CV
Past Team Members
Ingie Osman
Project Director
Youth COVID-19 Vaccine Project
Chris Mehus
Project Co-Investigator
Carson Crane
NRS Project Manager
Greta Prokosch
Medical Student Research Assistant
Katherine Pierson
Communications Manager, Youth COVID-19 Vaccine Project
Renee Sieving
Principal Investigator, Prevention Research Center
Lauren Vasilakos
Medical Student Research Assistant
Emma McGrew
Project Manager, RWJF Systems for Action Project
Asha Elgonda
Former Graduate Student Intern
Gabby Bell
Former NRS Project Assistant
Michelle Crandall
Public Health Student Research Assistant
Claudia LaRose
Medical Student Research Assistant
Hadija Steen Mills
Former Graduate Research Assistant
Wendy Sun
UMN Pediatric Resident
Ly Baumgardt
Project Assistant, RWJF Systems for Action
Annie Lemieux
Project Manager, RWJF Systems for Action Project