Project and Core Leaders
Akram Alshawabkeh
PROTECT Principal Investigator & Co – Director
Geo – Environmental Engineering
José Cordero
PROTECT Co-Director
Pediatrics
John Meeker
Project 1
Molecular Epidemiology
Kelly Bakulski
Project 2
Toxicology
Sean Harris
Project 2
Toxicology
Ingrid Padilla
Project 3
Hydrologic Engineering
Carmen Vélez Vega
Community Engagement Core
Social Work
Phil Brown
Community Engagement Core
Social Science
David Kaeli
Data Management & Analysis Core
Computer Engineering
Kelsey Pieper
Training Core
Environmental Engineering
Investigators and Collaborators
Julia Brody
Silent Spring Institute
Community Psychology
Antonia Calafat
CDC
Epidemiology
Amber Cathey
University of Michigan
Environmental Epidemiology
Jennifer Dy
Northeastern University
Machine Learning
Muhammad Fahan Ehsan
Northeastern University
Environmental Engineering
Kelly Ferguson
NIEHS
Molecular Epidemiology
Roger Giese
Northeastern University
Environmental Health
April Gu
Cornell University
Biotechnology
Gredia Huerta-Montañez
Northeastern University
Pediatrics
Phil Larese-Casanova
Northeastern University
Environmental Engineering
Rita Loch-Caruso
University of Michigan
Toxicology
Raul Machiavelli
University of Puerto Rico
Biostatistics
Justin Manjourides
Northeastern University
Biostatistics
Bhramar Mukherjee
University of Michigan
Biostatistics
Zaira Rosario-Pabón
Northeastern University
Data Management
Aidsa Santiago Román
University of Puerto Rico
Engineering Education
Tom Sheahan
Northeastern University
Geotechnical Engineering
Julia Varshavsky
Northeastern University
Environmental Health
Dorothy Vesper
West Virginia University
Geology
Deborah Watkins
University of Michigan
Epidemiology
Chuanwu Xi
University of Michigan
Environmental Health
Emily Zimmerman
Northeastern University
Speech & Neurodevelopment
Postdocs
Megan Woodbury
Northeastern University
Neuroscience
Fernando Pantoja
University of Puerto Rico
Groundwater Contamination
Marieh Arekhi
Northeastern University
Environmental Engineering
PROTECT Planning Meeting in Rincon, Puerto Rico – January 2010. L-R Back: Tom Sheahan, Ferdi Hellweger, Akram Alshawabkeh, José Cordero, Raul Machiavelli, John Meeker, Sangchul Hwang. L-R Front: Rita Loch-Caruso, Braulio Jimenez, Roger Giese, Ingrid Padilla, Mariah Nobrega, Kristin Hicks, Michael Silevitch, David Kaeli