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About Heller

Contact Information

Heller Administration

Dean's Office

  • Lisa Lynch, Ph.D.

    Dean

    781-736-3883, lisalynch@brandeis.edu

  • Kristen Stevens

    Executive Administrator and Assistant to the Dean

    781-736-8683, kstevens@brandeis.edu

  • Ron Etlinger

    Chief Administrative Officer

    781-736-3902, etlinger@brandeis.edu

Development and Alumni Relations

  • Leslie Godoff '71

    Director, Development and Alumni Relations

    781-736-3899, godoff@brandeis.edu

  • Courtney Lombardo

    Senior Program Administrator

    781-736-3808, clombard@brandeis.edu

Communications

  • Claudia Jacobs ’70

    Director, Communications Initiatives

    781-736-3806, cjacobs@brandeis.edu

  • Alexandra Rubington

    Communications Specialist

    781-736-3927, arubingt@brandeis.edu

  • Laura Gardner

    Director, Research Communications, Brandeis Office of Communications

    781-736-4204, gardner@brandeis.edu

  • Jack White

    Web Designer

    781-736-3886, jwhite@brandeis.edu

  • Courtney Lombardo

    Senior Program Administrator

    781-736-3808, clombard@brandeis.edu

Admissions and Career Services

  • Thomas Broussard, Ph.D. '06

    Associate Dean, Admissions and Career Services

    781-736-3787, tbroussa@brandeis.edu

  • Denise Riebman

    Assistant Dean, Career Services

    781-736-3362, driebman@brandeis.edu

  • James Sabourin

    Director, Admissions Management and Financial Aid

    781-736-2763, sabourin@brandeis.edu

  • Margaret Haley

    Assistant Director

    781-736-3792, haley@brandeis.edu

  • Marie Dillon

    Admissions Officer

    781-736-2647, mdillon@brandeis.edu

  • Rebecca Hill

    Admissions Officer

    781-736-4229, rghill@brandeis.edu

  • Jessica Basile

    Program Administrator, Admissions and Career Services

    781-736-3813, basile@brandeis.edu

  • Lauren Gilfeather

    Communications Program Administrator

    781-736-2775, gilfeather@brandeis.edu

  • Jamie McCarthy

    Admissions Department Coordinator

    781-736-3923, jmccarth@brandeis.edu

Academic and Student Services

  • Doris Breay

    Senior Assistant Dean, Academic and Student Services

    781-736-2773, breay@brandeis.edu

  • Ravi Lakshmikanthan, M.A. ’99

    Assistant Dean, Student Records, Enrollment and Financial Services

    781-736-2753, kanthan@brandeis.edu

  • Mary Brooks, M.A. ’03

    Assistant Director for Students and Community Relations

    781-736-2816, maryeliz@brandeis.edu

  • Victoria Corpian

    Senior Department Coordinator

    781-736-8387, vsarro@brandeis.edu

  • Alba Bego

    Department Coordinator

    781-736-4197, abego@brandeis.edu

Academic Programs

Deborah Garnick, Sc.D., Associate Dean, Academic Personnel

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

    781-736-4148, simon@brandeis.edu

  • Cristina Espinosa, Ph.D.

    Associate Director, Academics

    781-736-7660, espinosa@brandeis.edu

  • Cara King-Anderson

    Program Administrator

    781-736-2737, clka@brandeis.edu

M.S. Program

  • Laurence Simon, Ph.D.

    Director

    781-736-4148, simon@brandeis.edu

  • Joan Kaufman, Sc.D.

    Associate Director, Academics

    781-736-3889, kaufmanj@brandeis.edu

  • Cara King-Anderson

    Program Administrator

    781-736-2737, clka@brandeis.edu

M.B.A. Program

  • Jody Hoffer Gittell, Ph.D.

    Director

    781-736-3680, jgittell@brandeis.edu

  • Brenda Anderson, Ph.D.

    Associate Director

    781-736-8423, banders@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

  • Janet Boguslaw, Ph.D.

    Associate Director

    781-736-3738, boguslaw@brandeis.edu

  • Norma DeMattos

    Program Administrator

    781-736-3866, ndemat@brandeis.edu

Executive Education Program

  • Jon Chilingerian, Ph.D.

    Director

    781-736-3828, chilingerian@brandeis.edu

  • Laura Lorenz, Ph.D. '08

    Program Manager

    781-736-3847, llorenz@brandeis.edu

Undergraduate Program: Health: Science, Society and Policy

  • Sarita Bhalotra, M.D., Ph.D. ’99

    Co-Chair

    781-736-3960, bhalotra@brandeis.edu

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, M.M.H.S. '82, Ph.D. '91, 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 website

    781-736-3826

Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy (ICYFP) website

Lorraine Klerman, Dr.P.H., Director

781-736-3715, klerman@brandeis.edu

  • Center for Youth and Communities website

    Susan Curnan, M.S., M.F.S., Director

    781-736-3771, curnan@brandeis.edu

  • Lurie Institute for Disability Policy webpage

    Marji Erickson Warfield, Ph.D. '91, Interim Director

    781-736-3833, mew@brandeis.edu

  • Nathan and Toby Starr Center for Mental Retardation webpage

    Marji Erickson Warfield, Ph.D. '91, Interim Director

    781-736-3833, mew@brandeis.edu

Center for International Development website

Laurence Simon, Ph.D., Director

781-736-4148, simon@brandeis.edu



Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy website

Andrew Hahn, Ph.D. '78, Director

781-736-3774, ahahn@brandeis.edu

Claudia Jacobs '70, Director of Capacity Building

781-736-3806, cjacobs@brandeis.edu

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