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

Irene Falgas, MD
Research Scientist

Mario Cruz Gonzalez, PhD
Research Scientist, Instructor

Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD
Instructor

Staff

Michelle Cheng
Clinical Research Coordinator

Lauren Rebecca Cohen
Project Coordinator

Alisha Vasquez del Valle
Community Health Worker

Shekina Emongo
Care Manager

Rodolfo Estrada
Clinical Research Coordinator

Larimar Fuentes, PhD
Project Director

Marie Fukuda
Clinical Research Coordinator

Ziqiang Selina Lin
Clinical Research Coordinator/Care Manager

Isabel O’Malley
Project Director

Xinyi Ouyang
Community Health Worker

Kesha Perkins
Community Health Worker

Zorangeli Ramos, PhD
Clinical Supervisor

• Amy Russell
  Grants Operations Manager

Carolina Diaz San Francisco
Community Health Worker

Natalia Giraldo Santiago, PhD
Post-doctoral fellow

Andrea Useche
Project Coordinator and Community Health Worker

• Cheng-Ping Yu
  Accountant

Emma (Fengnuan) Zhao
Community Health Worker

Lulu Zhang
Data Manager