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Fredrick Mann, MEd

Fredrick Mann, MEd

Fredrick Mann, MEd, is a Research Program Manager I in the CoE and Department of Psychiatry at UMass Chan. For over twenty years, Fredrick has worked with diverse populations and professions directly and indirectly as a teacher, administrator, clinician, consultant, and…

Elena Munzell, MS

Elena Munzell

Elena Munzell, MS, is a Research Coordinator I in the CoE and Department of Psychiatry at UMass Chan. She graduated with an MS in Criminology and Criminal Justice and minored in psychology during her undergraduate Criminology and Criminal Justice program.…

Tara Dhanraj Roden

Tara Roden

Tara Dhanraj Roden currently works within the Justice, Health and Equity Program as Director of Reentry and Community Based Programs at ForHealth Consulting. In this position she oversees the implementation and fidelity of Massachusetts’ first After Incarceration Center, a people-first, judgement…

Ekaterina (Kate) Pivovarova, PhD

Ekaterina Pivovarova

Ekaterina (Kate) Pivovarova, PhD is a Faculty member working in the CoE. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. Pivovarova’s primary research focus is on developing and improving…

Joshua Rumbut, MS

Joshua Rumbut

Joshua Rumbut, MS, is a Software Engineer in the CoE and with the Quantitative Methods Core, part of the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at UMass Chan. He specializes in designing and implementing complex research databases and automating…

Joseph Sawicki, RPh., PharmD

Joseph Sawicki

Joseph Sawicki Jr, RPh., PharmD, in a Pharmacist with the CoE. His current role is a Consultant Pharmacist for select Drug Recovery Courts and working in the EOPSS Parole Project. He brings more than 30 years of pharmacy experience to…

Jinnia Baiye, BS

Jinnia Baiye

Jinnia Baiye, BS, is a Clinical Research Coordinator II in the CoE and Department of Psychiatry at UMass Chan. She graduated with a BS in Biology with a focus and interest on the intersection of health and racial equity. Jinnia…

Amy Thornton, BS

Amy Thornton

Amy Thornton, BS, is CoE Project Manager I in the CoE and Department of Psychiatry at UMass Chan. She has worked in the Law & Psychiatry Department for the past 16 years. She has extensive administrative experience on both state…

Ayorkor Gaba, PsyD

Ayorkor Gaba

Ayorkor Gaba, PsyD, is the Director of the Equity Division in the CoE. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UMass Chan, Director of the Behavioral Health Equity Advancement Lab (B-HEAL), and she has been a…