{"id":325,"date":"2018-06-25T10:40:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/whcohh\/?page_id=325"},"modified":"2025-09-03T19:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T23:24:58","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/whcohh\/about\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\tPeople\n\t<\/h1>\n\tMeet the scientists and staff of the Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health, who lead research, community engagement, and outreach efforts. Project personnel are listed below, and you can also learn more about the students and fellows contributing to this work on our Trainees page.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"leadership-dennis_mcgillicuddy\"\n\t

Dr. Dennis McGillicuddy<\/a><\/h2>\n

Program Director\/Project 2 Co-Investigator
\n<\/strong>Senior Scientist and former Department Chair, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"John-J-Stegeman-900x900\"\n\t

Dr. John J. Stegeman<\/a><\/h2>\n

Program Co-Director
\n<\/strong>Senior Scientist and former Department Chair, Biology Department
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"harriet-alexander\"\n\t\n

Dr. Harriet Alexander<\/a><\/h2>\n

Project 1 Co-Investigtaor
\n<\/strong>Assistant Scientist, Biology Department
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"Neel750_375173\"\n\t

Dr. Neelakanteswar Aluru<\/a><\/h2>\n

Project 3 Principal Investigator
\n<\/strong>Associate Scientist, Biology Department
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"Michael_Brosnahan-300x300-square\"\n\t

Dr. Michael Brosnahan<\/a><\/h2>\n

Project 1 Principal Investigator
\n<\/strong>Assistant Scientist, Biology Department
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"carla-curran\"\n\t

Dr. Mary Carla Curran<\/h2>\n

Community Engagement Core Consultant
\n<\/strong>Education Specialist
\nBroader Impacts, LLC<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"DSC01765_Hahn_514753-1280x720\"\n\t

Dr. Mark E. Hahn<\/a><\/h2>\n

Project 3 Co-Investigator<\/strong>
\nSenior Scientist and former Department Chair, Biology Department
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Wendy-Heiger-Bernays-2\"\n\t

Dr. Wendy Heiger-Bernays<\/a><\/h2>\n

Project 3 Co-Investigator<\/strong>
\nSchool of Public Health
\nBoston University<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"kate-hubbard\"\n\t

Dr. Katherine Hubbard<\/a><\/h2>\n

Projects 1 and 2 Co-Investigator<\/strong>
\nResearch Scientist
\nFlorida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"SIbel_Karchner_013-small_85768\"\n\t

Dr. Sibel Karchner<\/a><\/h2>\n

Project 3 Research Specialist<\/strong>
\nBiology Department
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"kosnyreva_olga_65592jpg\"\n\t

Ms. Olga Kosnyreva<\/a><\/h2>\n

Project 2 Senior Research Assistant II<\/strong>
\nApplied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"JudyMcDowell-crop\"\n\t

Dr. Judith McDowell<\/a><\/h2>\n

Internal Advisory Committee Chair<\/strong>
\nScientist Emeritus
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Mrun-pathare\"\n\t

Ms. Mrunmayee Pathare<\/a><\/h2>\n

Project 1 Research Assistant II<\/strong>
\nBiology Department
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"david-ralston-1\"\n\t

Dr. David Ralston<\/a><\/h2>\n

Project 2 Principal Investigator<\/strong>
\nAssociate Scientist with Tenure, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Todd-Reinhart\"\n\t\n\n

Dr. Todd Reinhart<\/a><\/h2>\n

Community Engagement Core\u00a0<\/strong>
\nDean for the School of Health Professions
\nBaylor College of Medicine<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Mindy-Richlen-headshot2-2024\"\n\t

Dr. Mindy Richlen<\/a><\/h2>\n

Community Engagement Core Lead<\/strong>
\nResearch Specialist, Biology Department
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"\"\n\t

External Advisory Committee<\/h1>\n

(Chair) Prof. Lora Fleming (University Exeter)
\nDr. Kathi Lefebvre (NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
\nProf. Pam Lien (University of California)
\nDr. Chrissy Petitpas (Mass Division of Marine Fisheries)
\nDr. Charlie Stock (NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

Internal Advisory Committee<\/h1>\n

Judy McDowell Emeritus Scientist (Chair)<\/strong>
\nRocky Geyer, Sr. Scientist, Applied Physics & Ocean Engineering<\/strong>
\nKenneth Kostel Director Research Communications<\/strong>
\nNatalie Nevarez Chief Organizational Development Officer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People Meet the scientists and staff of the Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health, who lead research, community engagement, and outreach efforts. Project personnel are listed below, and you can also learn more about the students and fellows contributing to this work on our Trainees page. Dr. Dennis McGillicuddy Program Director\/Project 2 Co-Investigator…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":39,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/whcohh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/whcohh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/whcohh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/whcohh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/whcohh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/whcohh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1401,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/whcohh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325\/revisions\/1401"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/whcohh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/whcohh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}