The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
About Heller

Contact Information

Heller Administration

  • Maria Madison, ScD
    Interim Dean
    781-736-3883  •  [email protected]
  • Elena Lewis, GSAS MA'11
    Director, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity
    781-736-3886  •  [email protected]
  • Dianne Qualter, MMHS'01
    Associate Director, Finance and Operations
    781-736-8302  •  [email protected]
  • Joanne Beswick, MS GHPM'12
    Executive Administrator and Assistant to the Dean
    781-736-3931  •  [email protected]

Development and Alumni Relations

  • Courtney Lombardo
    Associate Director, Development and External Relations
    781-736-3808  •  [email protected]

Communications

  • Lynn Davis
    Assistant Dean, Admissions and Interim Director, Communications
    781-736-2780  •  [email protected]
  • Alexandra Rubington
    Web Manager
    781-736-3927  •  [email protected]
  • Jennifer Susca
    Communications and Public Relations Specialist (part-time)
    [email protected]

Admissions

Career Development

  • Jasmine Waddell
    Interim Assistant Dean, Career Development
    781-736-3789  •  [email protected]

Academic and Student Services

  • Ravi Lakshmikanthan, MA SID'99
    Associate Dean, Global and Strategic Initiatives
    781-736-2753  •  [email protected]
  • Mark Kiredjian '05
    Associate Director, Academic Affairs and Innovation
    781-736-2775  •  [email protected]
  • Welby González
    Assistant Director, Academic Affairs and Student Experience
    781-736-8363  •  [email protected]

Research Administration

  • Lyudmila Bagnyuk
    Manager - Pre Award Grant Administration
    781-736-3910  •  [email protected]
  • Gayle Fraser
    Senior Grant Administrator - Post Award Grant Administration
    781-736-7512  •  [email protected]

Academic Programs

Michael Doonan, PhD'02
Associate Dean, Academics
[email protected]

PhD Program

MPP Program

MBA Program

MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence

  • Sandra Jones, PhD
    Interim Director, MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence Program; Executive Director, Global Programs
    781-736-8575  •  [email protected]
  • A.K. Nandakumar, PhD
    Academic Director, Global Programs
    781-736-3926  • [email protected]
  • Mary Poor, MA
    Deputy Director, Global Programs
    781-736-3590  •  [email protected]
  • Evie Sessions
    Program Administrator and Practicum Advisor, Global Programs
    781-736-2737  •  [email protected]

MA in Sustainable International Development

  • Joseph Assan, PhD
    Director
    781-736-3989  •  [email protected]
  • A.K. Nandakumar, PhD
    Academic Director, Global Programs
    781-736-3926  • [email protected]
  • Sandra Jones, PhD
    Executive Director, Global Programs
    781-736-8575  •  [email protected]
  • Mary Poor, MA
    Deputy Director, Global Programs
    781-736-3590  •  [email protected]
  • Evie Sessions
    Program Administrator and Practicum Advisor, Global Programs
    781-736-2737  •  [email protected]

MS in Global Health Policy and Management

  • A.K. Nandakumar, PhD
    Director; Academic Director, Global Programs
    781-736-3926  • [email protected]
  • Sandra Jones, PhD
    Executive Director, Global Programs
    781-736-8575  •  [email protected]
  • Mary Poor, MA
    Deputy Director, Global Programs
    781-736-3590  •  [email protected]
  • Evie Sessions
    Program Administrator and Practicum Advisor, Global Programs
    781-736-2737  •  [email protected]

Executive MBA for Physicians

Executive Education Program

Online Programs

Undergraduate Program

Research Programs

Cindy Thomas, PhD'00
Associate Dean, Research
781-736-3921  •  [email protected]

Schneider Institutes for Health Policy and Research

Institute on Healthcare Systems

Institute for Behavioral Health

Institute for Global Health and Development

Center for Youth and Communities

Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy

TBD

Institute for Economic and Racial Equity

  • Lisa Lynch, PhD
    Director
    781-736-3690  •  [email protected]
  • Tatjana Meschede, PhD
    Associate Director
    781-736-8687  •  [email protected]
  • Kerry Harris
    Program Administrator
    781-736-3819  •  [email protected]
  • Susanna Flug-Silva, AM
    Director, Eli J. & Phyllis N. Segal Citizen Leadership Program
    781-736-3933  •  [email protected]
  • Linda Pololi, MBBS, FRCP
    Director, National Initiative on Gender, Culture and Leadership in Medicine: C-Change
    781-736-8120  •  [email protected]

Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy

Center for Global Development and Sustainability

Brandeis-Harvard SPIRE Center - SUD Systems Performance Improvement Research and Engagement

Council on Health Care Economics and Policy

Health Industry Forum

Massachusetts Health Policy Forum

Opioid Policy Research Collaborative