{"id":2746,"date":"2023-06-08T16:10:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/?page_id=2746"},"modified":"2025-09-10T20:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T00:32:54","slug":"previous-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/meet-the-people\/previous-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Caseem Luck, MS <\/span>(he\/him)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Research Coordinator<\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/strong>\u201cThe stories we live and tell provide coherence and meaning and orient our sense of purpose.\u201d \u2013 Sharon Daloz Parks<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Arianna Vacio, MPH<\/span><\/span>
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Position:<\/strong> Graduate Research Assistant<\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/strong>\u201cI don\u2019t trust anyone who doesn\u2019t laugh\u201d \u2013 Maya Angelou<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kirsten Paulus, PhD, MPH<\/span><\/span>
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Position:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Doctoral Fellow<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/strong>\u201cWomen belong in all places where decisions are being made.\u201d \u00a0\u2013 Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Simrahn Bidaye, BA<\/span><\/span>
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Position:<\/strong> Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/strong>\u201cI\u2019ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u2013Maya Angelou<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"<\/span>Alex Rotaru, MPH, CQIA<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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Position:<\/strong> Research Coodinator,<\/span> Masters Research Assistant, Fieldwork<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/strong>\u201cAll is flux. Nothing stays still.\u201d \u00a0\u2013 <\/span><\/span>Heraclitus of Ephesus<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Eberechukwu Muoneke, MPH (she\/her)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Masters Research Assistant<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/strong>“In life, we cannot always do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”<\/em> \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/em>Mother Theresa<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Murad Wali, BA (he\/him)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/strong>“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”<\/em> \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/em>John F. Kennedy<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Zack Dean, BA (he\/him)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fieldwork<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/strong>“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t”<\/em> \u2013 <\/span><\/i>John Green<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Yuki Inuzuka, BA (she\/her)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/span><\/strong>“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”<\/em> \u2013<\/span><\/i> Princess Diana<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Emma Clarke, BA (she\/her)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/strong>“The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.”<\/em> \u2013 Charles Swindoll<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Atharva Bidaye, BA (he\/him\/his)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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Position:<\/strong> Medical Student Internship<\/span><\/span><\/p>


Favorite quote:<\/strong> “Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.”<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u2013<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u00a0Elizabeth Bibesco<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ariel Hoadley, PhD, MPH <\/span><\/strong><\/span>(she\/her\/hers)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Doctoral Candidate<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/strong>“<\/em>If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain\u2019t enough.”\u00a0 \u2013<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0Shel Silverstein “The Little Blue Engine”<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\" Omari Coker, BA (He\/Him\/His)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fieldwork<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote:<\/strong> “<\/span>Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”<\/em> \u2013<\/span><\/i> Rumi<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\" Molly Piacentini, BA (She\/Her\/Hers)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fieldwork<\/span><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0<\/span>Favorite Quote:<\/b> “With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.”<\/i>\u00a0\u2013<\/span><\/i><\/span> Paul Farmer<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"Iris Mencher, BA (she\/her\/hers)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote:<\/strong>\u00a0“If the path set before her feet was to be narrow, she knew that flowers of quiet happiness would bloom along it. The joys of sincere work, and worthy aspiration, and congenial friendship were to be hers; nothing could rob her of her birthright of fancy or her ideal world of dreams. And there was always a bend in the road.”<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 <\/span><\/i><\/span>Anne of Green Gables (LM Montgomery)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"Shreya Verma, BA (she\/her\/hers)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/b>“<\/em>Don\u2019t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.”<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 <\/span><\/i><\/span>Robert Louis Stevenson<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Molly Kerstetter, BA (she\/her\/hers)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position:<\/strong> Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fieldwork\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote:<\/strong>\u00a0“Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo.”<\/i>\u00a0\u2013<\/span><\/i><\/span> John Sinclair<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"Elizabeth Knight, BA (she\/her\/hers)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position: <\/b>Undergraduate\u00a0Research Assistant, Fieldwork<\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote:\u00a0<\/strong>“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” \u2013<\/span><\/span> <\/i>Bob Marley<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"Emily Freedman, MPH\u00a0(she\/her\/hers)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Position:\u00a0<\/b>Master’s Research Assistant, Fieldwork<\/span><\/p>

Favorite Quote: <\/strong>“<\/em>Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Theodore Roosevelt<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Caseem Luck, MS (he\/him) Position: Research Coordinator Favorite Quote: \u201cThe stories we live and tell provide coherence and meaning and orient our sense of purpose.\u201d…<\/p>\n

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