Becoming a Harvard Pop Center Faculty Member

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Benefits, Criteria, and Application Guidelines

We welcome Harvard University faculty whose research falls within our signature research themes. Members have access to services and resources including grant support. They are encouraged to apply to seed grant programs and participate in the Center’s programs. Term limits are for five years, with opportunity for renewal.

Prospective members must meet the following criteria:

  1. Faculty appointment at Harvard
  2. Evidence of scholarly research or the potential to build a research portfolio in one or more of the Center’s areas.

To apply:  All prospective members should forward their CV to Laura Price (lprice@hsph.harvard.edu) and request an application form. Completed forms will be reviewed by Center leadership.

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Randall Akee, PhD

Julie Johnson Kidd Professor of Indigenous Governance and Development, and Faculty Director of the Project on Indigenous Governance and DevelopmentHarvard Kennedy School
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S. Bryn Austin, ScD

ProfessorDepartment of Social and Behavioral SciencesHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Mauricio Avendano, MPH, Msc, PhD

Associate Professor, University of Lausanne, Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante)Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Till Bärnighausen, MD, MSc, MSc, ScD

Alexander von Humboldt University Professor, Heidelberg Institute of Public Health, University of HeidelbergAdjunct Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Sebastian Bauhoff, PhD

Principal Health Economist, Inter-American Development BankAdjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Jason Beckfield, PhD

Robert G. Stone, Jr. Professor of SociologyDepartment of SociologyHarvard University
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Lisa Berkman, PhD

Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and of EpidemiologyHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Sara Bleich, PhD

ProfessorDepartment of Health Policy and ManagementHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Jason Block, MD, MPH

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Population MedicineHarvard Medical School
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David Bloom, PhD

Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and DemographyDepartment of Global Health and PopulationHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Deirdre Bloome, AM, PhD

Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy SchoolProfessor of Sociology, Harvard University
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Lawrence D. Bobo, PhD

Dean of Social Science | W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences | Harvard College ProfessorDepartments of Sociology | African and African American StudiesHarvard University
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Orfeu Buxton, PhD

ProfessorDepartment of Biobehavioral Health Pennsylvania State University
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David Canning, PhD

Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population ScienceDepartment of Global Health and PopulationHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Bruno Martins Carvalho, PhD

ProfessorDepartments of Romance Languages and Literatures, and African and African American StudiesHarvard University
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Marcia Castro, PhD

Andelot Professor of DemographyDepartment of Global Health and PopulationHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Amitabh Chandra, PhD

Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy SchoolHenry and Allison McCance Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
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Brittany Charlton, PhD

Associate ProfessorDepartments of Population Medicine | EpidemiologyHarvard Medical School | Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Jessica L. Cohen, PhD

Professor of Health EconomicsDepartment of Global Health and PopulationHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Kevin Croke, PhD

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Global Health and PopulationHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Christina Cross, PhD

Associate ProfessorDepartment of SociologyHarvard University
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David M. Cutler, PhD

Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied EconomicsFaculty of Arts and SciencesHarvard University
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Christy Denckla, PhD

Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Social and Behavioral SciencesHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Hossein Estiri, PhD

Associate ProfessorHarvard Medical School
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Wafaie Fawzi, MBBS, MPH, MS, PhD

Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population SciencesDepartments of Epidemiology | Global Health and Population | NutritionHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Ann Forsyth, PhD

Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor of Urban PlanningDepartment of Urban Planning and DesignHarvard University Graduate School of Design
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Thomas Gaziano, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolAssociate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Maria Glymour, ScD

Chair and ProfessorDepartment of EpidemiologyBoston University School of Public Health
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Claudia Goldin, PhD

Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts & Sciences, Henry Lee Professor of EconomicsHarvard University
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Rita Hamad, MD, PhD

Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development StudiesProfessor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Rema Hanna, PhD

Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia StudiesHarvard Kennedy School
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Russ Hauser, MD, MPH, ScD

Frederick Lee Hisaw Professor of Reproductive PhysiologyDepartment of Environmental HealthHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Miguel Hernan, MD, MPH, ScM, DrPH

Kolokotrones Professor of Biostatistics and EpidemiologyDepartments of Biostatistics | EpidemiologyHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Stephanie Jones, PhD

Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood DevelopmentHarvard Graduate School of Education
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Kathleen Kahn, MB BCh, MPH, PhD

ProfessorSchool of Public HealthUniversity of the Witwatersrand
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Sabra L. Katz-Wise, PhD

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine | Pediatrics | Social and Behavioral SciencesBoston Children’s Hospital | Harvard Medical School | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Ichiro Kawachi, MB ChB, PhD

John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social EpidemiologyDepartment of Social and Behavioral SciencesHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Gary King, PhD

Albert J. Weatherhead III University ProfessorDirector, Institute for Quantitative Social ScienceHarvard University
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Nancy Krieger, PhD

ProfessorDepartment of Social and Behavioral SciencesHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Laura Kubzansky, MPH, PhD

ProfessorDepartment of Social and Behavioral SciencesHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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David Laibson, PhD

Robert I. Goldman Professor of EconomicsDepartment of EconomicsHarvard University
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Michèle Lamont, PhD

Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies | Professor of Sociology and African and African American StudiesHarvard University
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Joscha Legewie, PhD

ProfessorDepartment of SociologyHarvard University
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Cindy H. Liu, PhD

Associate ProfessorDepartment of PediatricsHarvard Medical School
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Chunling Lu, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine | Brigham and Women’s HospitalAssociate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine | Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School
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Magda Maaoui, PhD

Assistant ProfessorUrban PlanningHarvard Graduate School of Design
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Nicole Maestas, MPP, PhD, AM

John D. MacArthur Professor of Economics and Health Care Policy | ChairDepartment of Health Care PolicyHarvard Medical School
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Jennifer Manne-Goehler, ScD, MD

Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineBrigham and Women’s Hospital
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Kenneth Mayer, MD

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolProfessor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Margaret McConnell, PhD

Faculty Member, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care InstituteAssociate Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Ellis Monk, PhD

ProfessorDepartment of SociologyHarvard University
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Collin F. Payne, PhD

Associate ProfessorSchool of DemographyThe Australian National University
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David S. Pedulla, PhD

Professor of Sociology, Harvard UniversityProfessor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Shoba Ramanadhan, MPH, ScD

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Social and Behavioral SciencesHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Michael Reich, MA, PhD

Taro Takemi Professor EmeritusDepartment of Global Health and PopulationHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Charles E. Rosenberg, PhD

Professor of the History of Science, Emeritus | Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social SciencesHarvard University
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Meredith L. Rowe, EdD

Saul Zaentz Professor of Early Learning and DevelopmentHarvard Graduate School of Education
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Erika Sabbath, ScD

Adjunct Associate ProfessorDepartment of Social and Behavioral SciencesHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Rob Sampson, PhD

Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University ProfessorDepartment of SociologyHarvard University
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Daniel Schneider, PhD

Associate Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development StudiesMalcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy SchoolProfessor of Sociology, Harvard University
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Gita Sen, PhD

Professor EmeritusIndian Institute of Management Bangalore
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Natalie Slopen, ScD

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Social and Behavioral SciencesHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Susan T. Stewart, PhD

Research SpecialistNational Bureau of Economic Research
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S (Subu) V Subramanian, PhD

Professor of Population Health and GeographyDepartment of Social and Behavioral SciencesHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Henning Tiemeier, MA, MD, PhD

Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor of Maternal and Child HealthDepartment of Social and Behavioral ScienceHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Stephen Tollman, MBBCh MMed, MA, MPH, PhD

Associate ProfessorHealth and Population DivisionSchool of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Alexander Tsai, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical SchoolAssociate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Stéphane Verguet, MPP, PhD

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Global Health and PopulationHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Jocelyn Viterna, PhD

ProfessorDepartment of SociologyHarvard University
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Mary C. Waters, PhD

PVK Professor of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard UniversityJohn L. Loeb Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
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Elissa R. Weitzman, MSc, ScD

Associate ProfessorDepartment of PediatricsHarvard Medical School
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David Williams, MPH, PhD

Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthProfessor of African and African American Studies, and of Sociology, Harvard University
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Aisha Khizar Yousafzai, PhD

Professor of Child Development and HealthDepartment of Global Health and PopulationHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Xiang Zhou, PhD

ProfessorDepartment of SociologyHarvard University
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