Contact Us

Contact Information for PHH-PRC Staff and Partners is listed below. If you would like to send a message or question to the PRC, but not to any particular person, please use the form at the bottom of this page.

Boston University School of Public Health
Deborah Bowen, PhD Director and Principal Investigator of the Center dbowen@bu.edu 617-638-5205	Lee Strunin, PhD Deputy Director of the Center Director, Research & Evaluation Core lstrunin@bu.edu 617-638-5199
Jo-Anna Rorie, MPH, CNM, MSN Director, Training & Education Core Director, RHA Program Co-Principal Investigator, Core Research Project jrorie@bu.edu 617-638-5058	Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH Principal Investigator, Core Research Project tracy.battaglia@bmc.org 617-638-8036
Sarah Gees Bhosrekar, MPH Manager, RHA Program Manager, Core Research Project sgees@bu.edu 617-414-1409	Sarah Primeau, MSW Research Assistant Core Research Project sarah.primeau@bmc.org 617-414-2030
Madeleine Scammell, DSc Director Collaborations & Partnerships Core mls@bu.edu 617-638-4454	Nancy Maxwell, DSc Director Communications & Dissemination Core nmaxwell@bu.edu 617-638-4620
Nechama Wildanah, CPM Center Coordinator nechama@bu.edu 617-638-5036
Community Committee for Health Promotion
Eugenia Smith, BA Chair, Community Committee for Health Promotion emsmith@bu.edu 617-638-5366
Boston Housing Authority
Rachel Goodman, MA Director, Community Services Department rachel.goodman@bostonhousing.org 617-988-4021	John Kane, MPP Senior Project Coordinator john.kane@bostonhousing.org 617-988-4107
Boston Public Health Commission
Gerry Thomas, MPH Associate Director, Community Initiatives Bureau gthomas@bphc.org 617-534-2390
*Mailing Address*
Partners in Health and Housing Prevention Research Center Boston University School of Public Health 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 431 Boston, MA 02118

Recent publications from PHH-PRC investigators:

Scammell et al., “Meeting People Where They Are: Engaging Public Housing Residents for Integrated Pest Management.” Progress in Community Health Partnerships 2011:5(2).

Rorie et al., “Use of a Resident Health Advocate Model to Improve Public Health Van Screening and Follow-Up Among Public Housing Residents” (Prev Chronic Dis 2011; 8(1)).

Douyon et al., “The GirlStars Program: Challenges to Recruitment and Retention in a Physical Activity and Health Education Program for Adolescent Girls Living in Public Housing” (Prev Chronic Dis 2010; 7(2))