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 Scientist, Instructor

Liao Zhang, Psya.D.
Research Fellow

Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD
Instructor

Staff

Azariah Boyd
Care Manager

Lauren Rebecca Cohen
Project Coordinator

Alisha Vasquez del Valle
Community Health Worker

Larimar Fuentes, PhD
Project Director

Marie Fukuda
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
Community Health Worker

• Cheng-Ping Yu
  Accountant

Emma (Fengnuan) Zhao
Community Health Worker

Lulu Zhang
Data Manager