Abby is the senior project manager for a CDC-funded award focusing on mathematical modeling development to improve national and global responses to emerging health threats. She also spearheads strategic planning, fundraising and development efforts at CCDD, working closely with leadership. Abby brings deep connections to the global and public health community at Harvard and beyond, with past roles at the Harvard Global Health Institute and Global Health Delivery Project at…
Laurie Coe
Laurie Coe joined the CCDD as the Director of Research and Administration in 2022. She’s a seasoned manager with 20+ years of experience leading public health programs. Laurie has worked with the Cochrane Collaboration supporting the development and dissemination of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials; the MA Department of Public Health implementing programs to improve health outcomes related to stroke and multiple chronic diseases; and Tushinde Children’s Trust (a…
Suzana Kim
Suzana Kim joined CCDD in January 2024 as the Program Coordinator. She completed her BS in Applied Nutrition at Montclair State University (NJ) and MPH with a Policy and Management concentration at the University of Arizona. Here, she also worked as an outreach coordinator to connect uninsured Arizonans with health insurance enrollment navigators; graduate research assistant to assist the University in making informed COVID-related decisions; and project manager on exciting…
Jesse Rezende
Jesse Rezende is the Administrative and Operations Coordinator at CCDD. He holds a Bachelor of Science in International Management from the University of Massachusetts-Boston and a Project Management Certification from the Harvard Extension School. Jesse thrives in multicultural environments and is fluent in Portuguese. He has a passion for historical documentaries and enjoys playing soccer, swimming, and exploring nature with his son during his free time.
Caroline Thomas
Caroline Thomas is the Research Program Coordinator for the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard Chan School. She received a BSA in Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin where she completed a thesis investigating the efficacy and epidemiology of employing pharmacotherapies for pediatric ADHD. Caroline has conducted clinical research investigating the link between cognition and emotion and managed the delivery of large-scale public health programming to…
Al Xin
Al Xin is a member of the Harvard College Class of 2023 and is studying Statistics with a secondary in Linguistics. They have an interest in machine learning and hope to incorporate their skills in computer science with medicine, possibly pursuing an MD-PhD program. Al maintains the website, updates social media, and provides graphics for the CCDD. They have previously researched with the von Recum lab at Case Western Reserve…