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Members of the Public Health Beyond Borders Advisory Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graciela Jaschek, MPH, PhD (Faculty Lead for PHBB) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics with nine years of teaching experience and an extensive history of 25 years working in minoritized communities as a health planner, community and labor organizer, director of community programs, program developer, and research assistant in infectious diseases. Email: graciela.jaschek@temple.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resa Jones, MPH, PhD (ex oficio<\/em><\/strong> member)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a primary member of the Fox Chase Cancer Center. Seasoned leader and educator with a strong portfolio in epidemiological research who is leading the department’s development and research growth and its pedagogical mission. Leads the Behavioral and Cancer Epidemiology Research Program. Methodologically she specializes in community-based intervention and group randomized trials, multi-level interventions, and dissemination and implementation science. Email: resa.jones@temple.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michelle Scarpulla, MPH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Full time Instructor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences since 2013, has over 20 years of experience as a community health educator. Most recently, she worked as a sexual health trainer where she led multiple workshops and trainings, in person and online, for school and community educators around the country about how to teach age-appropriate and comprehensive sexuality education to young people. Email: michelle.scarpulla@temple.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tulay Soylu, PhD, MHA, MBA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Health Services Administration and Policy since July 2020. Her research focuses on primary care practice transformation, quality improvement, workplace burnout, and depression and anxiety among healthcare workers. She has extensive experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining academia, she worked as a consultant in the healthcare industry for six years, held various leadership positions at 3M healthcare corporation for 10 years, and worked as a nurse in the intensive care unit of cardiovascular surgery for eight years. Email: tulay.soylu@temple.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolina Villamil Grest, PHD,<\/strong> MSW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Assistant professor in the School of Social Work. Her overarching research aims to reduce longstanding social and structural health inequities among underserved U.S. communities, with a focus on the Latino\/a\/Hispanic populations. Approaching this research with an interdisciplinary lens, she uses advanced quantitative and community-engaged methods to develop, implement, and evaluate prevention and intervention approaches that prevent and alleviate stressors, enhance social inclusion, and improve health disparity outcomes. Email: carolina.villamil.grest@temple.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriella Maria Mcloughlin, PhD, MSc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Assistant professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the College of Public Health at Temple University where she directs the RISE (Research in Implementation Science to Advance Equity) Lab. Dr. McLoughlin received training in implementation science in chronic disease prevention as a research associate at Washington University in St. Louis funded by the National Cancer Institute. She completed several implementation science fellowships funded by the National Institutes of health; such training has prepared her to lead innovative work to align policy evaluation with implementation science, using community-engaged approached. Dr. McLoughlin is deeply committed to improving implementation of evidence-based policies and programs to address health inequities. Email: gabriella.mcloughlin@temple.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erica A. Pugh, OTD, OTR\/L, RYT-200, CPAM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor of Instruction in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Dr. Pugh earned her clinical doctorate in occupational therapy from Temple in 2018 with a research focus of promoting childhood wellness and social emotional competency through yoga and mindfulness programming. She has worked as an OT clinician in various settings across the lifespan including adult\u00a0and pediatric rehab, long-term care, home health\u00a0and community-based practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about our board, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Graciela Jaschek at graciela.jaschek@temple.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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