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Heller Administration

Office of the Dean

  • Lisa Lynch, Ph.D.

    Dean
    781-736-3883, lisalynch@brandeis.edu

  • Laurence R. Simon, Ph.D.

    Associate Dean, Academic Planning
    781-736-2770, simon@brandeis.edu

  • Deborah Garnick, Sc.D.

    Associate Dean, Academic Personnel
    781-736-3840, garnick@brandeis.edu

  • Constance Horgan, Sc.D.

    Associate Dean, Research
    781-736-3916, horgan@brandeis.edu

  • Ron Etlinger

    Chief Administrative Officer
    781-736-3902, etlinger@brandeis.edu

  • Claudia Jacobs, ’70

    Director of Communications Initiatives, the Heller School

    Director of Capacity Building, the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy

    781-736-3806, cjacobs@brandeis.edu

  • Debbie Shapiro Katz, MA '97

    Associate Director for Development and
    Alumni Relations
    781-736-3899, dskatz@brandeis.edu

  • Kristen Stevens

    Program Administrator and Assistant to the Dean
    781-736-8683, kstevens@brandeis.edu

Development, Communications and
Alumni Relations

  • Claudia Jacobs, ’70

    Director of Communications Initiatives, the Heller School

    Director of Capacity Building, the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy

    781-736-3806, cjacobs@brandeis.edu

  • Debbie Shapiro Katz, MA '97

    Associate Director for Development and
    Alumni Relations
    781-736-3899, dskatz@brandeis.edu

  • Alexandra Rubington

    Communications Specialist
    781-736-3927, arubingt@brandeis.edu

  • Courtney Lombardo

    Program Administrator
    781-736-3808, clombard@brandeis.edu

  • Laura Gardner

    Media Relations Specialist, Brandeis Office of Communications
    781-736-4204, gardner@brandeis.edu

  • Jack White

    Web Designer
    781-736-3886, jwhite@brandeis.edu

  • Sara Haradhvala

    Web Developer, Library and Technology Services
    781-736-3537, harlen@brandeis.edu

Heller Admissions

Office of Academic and Student Services

  • Doris Breay

    Assistant Dean, Academic and Student Services
    781-736-2773, breay@brandeis.edu

  • Mary Brooks, M.A. ’03

    Assistant Director for Students and Community Relations
    781-736-2816, maryeliz@brandeis.edu

  • Thomas Broussard, Ph.D. ’06

    Assistant Dean, Admissions, Recruitment and Career Services
    781-736-3787, tbroussa@brandeis.edu

  • Denise Riebman

    Associate Director, Career Services
    781-736-3362, driebman@brandeis.edu

  • Cara King-Anderson

    Program Administrator
    781-736-2737, clka@brandeis.edu

  • Victoria Corpian

    Senior Department Coordinator
    781-736-8387, vsarro@brandeis.edu

  • Charlotte Benham '07

    Department Coordinator
    781-736-4197, cbenham@brandeis.edu

Office of Student Records, Enrollment and Financial Services

  • Ravi Lakshmikanthan, M.A. ’99

    Assistant Dean, Student Records, Enrollment and Financial Services
    781-736-2753, kanthan@brandeis.edu

Heller Academic Programs

Academic Planning

  • Laurence Simon, Ph.D.

    Associate Dean, Academic Planning
    781-736-2770, simon@brandeis.edu

Academic Personnel

  • Deborah Garnick, Sc.D.

    Associate Dean, Academic Personnal
    781-736-3840, garnick@brandeis.edu

Ph.D. Program

  • Christine Bishop, Ph.D.

    Director
    781-736-3942, bishop@brandeis.edu

  • Kay Bennett, M.S.W.

    Assistant Director
    781-736-8992, bennett@brandeis.edu

M.A. Program

  • Laurence Simon, Ph.D.

    Director
    781-736-2770, simon@brandeis.edu

  • Cristina Espinosa, Ph.D.

    Associate Director, Academics
    espinosa@brandeis.edu

M.S. Program

  • Laurence Simon, Ph.D.

    Director
    781-736-2770, simon@brandeis.edu

  • Joan Kaufman, Sc.D.

    Interim Associate Director, Academics
    781-736-3889, kaufmanj@brandeis.edu

M.B.A. Program

  • Jody Hoffer Gittell, Ph.D.

    Director
    781-736-3680, jgittell@brandeis.edu

  • Norma DeMattos

    Program Administrator
    781-736-3866, ndemat@brandeis.edu

M.P.P. Program

  • Michael Doonan, Ph.D. '02

    Director
    781-736-4831, doonan@brandeis.edu

  • Norma DeMattos

    Program Administrator
    781-736-3866, ndemat@brandeis.edu

Executive Leadership Program

  • Jon Chilingerian, Ph.D.

    Director
    781-736-3828, chilingerian@brandeis.edu

Undergraduate Program: Health: Science, Society and Policy

  • Sarita Bhalotra, M.D., Ph.D. ’99

    Co-Chair
    781-736-3960, bhalotra@brandeis.edu

Heller Research Programs

Constance Horgan, Sc.D.

Associate Dean, Research
781-736-3916, horgan@brandeis.edu

Schneider Institutes for Health Policy

website

Stanley Wallack, Ph.D., Executive Director

781-736-3900, wallack@brandeis.edu

  • Institute for Behavioral Health

    Constance Horgan, Sc.D., Director
    781-736-3916, horgan@brandeis.edu

  • Institute on Healthcare Systems

    Christopher Tompkins, Ph.D., Director
    781-736-3913, tompkins@brandeis.edu

Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP)

website

Thomas Shapiro, Ph.D., Director

781-736-4671, tshapiro@brandeis.edu

  • National Program on Women and Aging

    781-736-3826
    website

Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy (ICYFP)

webpage

Lorraine Klerman, Dr.P.H., Director

781-736-3715, klerman@brandeis.edu

  • Center for Youth and Communities

    Susan Curnan, M.S., M.F.S., Director
    781-736-3771, curnan@brandeis.edu
    website

  • The Nathan and Toby Starr Center for Mental Retardation

    Marji Erickson Warfield, Ph.D., Interim Director
    781.736.3833, mew@brandeis.edu
    webpage

Center for International Development

website

Laurence Simon, Ph.D., Director

781-736-2770, simon@brandeis.edu

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