Disparities Research Unit Faculty & Staff

The Massachusetts General Hospital Disparities Research Unit (DRU) is a collaborative research practice of investigators, clinicians and community groups dedicated to research impacting policy, practice and service delivery for multicultural populations.

Our Team

Investigators

• Margarita Alegria, PhD
  
  • Chief, Disparities Research Unit
• Sheri Lapatin Markle, MIA
  • Associate Director
• Kiara Alvarez, PhD
  • Instructor
• Paola del Cueto
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
  Irene Falgas, MD
  
  • Research Scientist
• Mario Cruz Gonzalez, PhD
  • Research Fellow
• Liao Zhang, Psya.D.
  • Research Fellow
• Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Staff

• Azariah Boyd
  • Care Manager
• Lauren Rebecca Cohen
  • Project Coordinator
• Alisha Vasquez del Valle
  • Community Health Worker
• Larimar Fuentes, MS
  • Clinical Research Coordinator
• Marie Fukuda
  • Clinical Research Coordinator
• Yuying Guo
  • Clinical Research Coordinator
• Ravali Mukthineni
  • Clinical Research Coordinator
• Isabel O’Malley
  • Clinical Research Coordinator
• Amy Russell
  • Grants Operations Manager
• Carolina Diaz San Francisco
  • Community Health Worker
• Andrea Useche
  • Clinical Research Coordinator
• Cheng-Ping Yu
  • Accountant
• Emma (Fengnuan) Zhao
  • Community Health Worker
• Lulu Zhang
  • Data Manager