DPM Faculty Members Recognized by Harvard Medical School for Excellence in Mentoring

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Izzuddin Aris, PhD and Associate Professor Anita Wagner, PharmD, MPH, DrPH, recipients of two Excellence in Mentoring Awards from Harvard Medical School. The Excellence in Mentoring Awards were established to recognize the value of quality mentoring relationships and the impact they have on professional development and career advancement in basic/clinical medicine, research, teaching, and administration.

 

Kacie Dragan

Kacie Dragan received her BA from Barnard College and her Master of Public Health from Columbia University, where she studied research methods and social determinants of health. Prior to joining Harvard University’s PhD program, Kacie was an associate research scientist at NYU, conducting policy evaluations for NYU Wagner’s Policies for Action research hub.

Daniel Nelson

Daniel Nelson is a fellow in the Harvard Medical School Fellowship in General Medicine and Primary Care and a student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He received his M.D. from the University of Michigan Medical School and a master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He completed residency training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital as part of the BWH/Atrius Health/DPM primary care track.

Hadley Stevens Smith

Dr. Hadley Stevens Smith is a health economist and a scholar of the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genomics. She studies clinical, patient-centered, and economic outcomes of genomic medicine, primarily for newborn and pediatric patient populations. The goal of her research program is to inform efficient and ethical implementation of genomic technologies into clinical care.

Natalie Smith

Natalie’s main research interest is to promote the implementation of evidence-informed policies to prevent cancer and chronic disease. To that end, she pursues research geared towards (1) using decision support methods, mainly simulation modeling, to assess the comparative health and economic effects of public health policies, and (2) improving how researchers disseminate findings from simulation modeling studies to policymakers. She earned her PhD in Health Policy and Management and her MS in Biostatistics from UNC Chapel Hill.