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The Team
Salus Populi is a collaboration between the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University School of Law and the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research at Northeastern University.
STAFF
Wendy Parmet, JD
Faculty Director
E-mail: w.parmet@northeastern.edu
Wendy E. Parmet is the faculty director of the Center for Health Policy and Law, and Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law and Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University. She is a leading expert on health, disability and public health law, directs the law school’s Center for Health Policy and Law as well as its JD/MPH programs. She also holds a joint appointment with Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs in recognition of her national leadership in interdisciplinary thinking and problem solving on issues related to health care.
Alisa Lincoln, PhD, MPH
Faculty Director
Email: al.lincoln@northeastern.edu
Alisa K. Lincoln, Associate Dean of Research for the College of Social Sciences and Humanities and Professor of Health Sciences and Sociology at Northeastern University, is the director of the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research. Her research examines the way that social exclusion and marginalization both contributes to and is a consequence of poor health, and specifically mental health. She examines questions related to social factors and their relationships with mental health and mental health services focusing on how social disadvantage impacts people’s mental health and their experiences and outcome in mental health care.
Faith Khalik, JD
Senior Legal Fellow
E-mail: f.khalik@northeastern.edu
Faith Khalik is the Legal Fellow, responsible for overseeing the Public Health Law Watch, a collaborative initiative between the Center for Health Policy and Law and the George Consortium, a network of academics, scholars, and practitioners in the field of public health law. The Public Health Law Watch (PHLW) identifies potential legislative and regulatory changes that have the potential to impact public health. PHLW's main goal is to increase visibility and understanding of public health law issues and changes, identify ways to engage on these issues, and provide legal analysis and commentary.
Sammi Weeks, JD
Project Coordinator
E-mail: s.weeks@northeastern.edu
Sammi Weeks is the project coordinator for Salus Populi, a judicial education program aimed at educating the judiciary about the social determinants of health by engaging judges, lawyers, and the legal community in a culture of health. Salus Populi is a project in collaboration with the Center for Health Policy and Law and the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research. Prior to joining the Center, Sammi advocated and provided legal services for survivors of sexual violence as a trained Rape Crisis Counselor. Sammi also has extensive experience in nonprofit fundraising development and events. Sammi earned a JD from Suffolk University Law School and a BA in politics and government and international studies from Ohio Wesleyan University. Sammi is currently a Master of Public Health candidate at Northeastern University's Bouvé College of Health Sciences.
Tiana Yom, Ed.D., MPH, CHES
E-mail: t.yom@northeastern.edu
Tiana Yom is the Tiana earned a bachelor's degree in Asian and American studies from Stony Brook University. Then, she earned her MPH in Health Education and Health Behavior from Michigan University and her EdD in Health Behavior Studies and Health Education from Columbia University. As the Program Director of the Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab (NU-PEL), Dr. Yom is committed to building community-academic partnerships via evaluation research. Dr. Yom’s specialization is in teaching and developing evaluation techniques, driven by Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE) frameworks.
Elaine Marshall, MPH, JD
Postdoctural Research Fellow
E-mail: e.marshall@northeastern.edu
Elaine Marshall, MPH, J.D. is the Salus Populi Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She is responsible for supporting the project through legal and public health research, the planning and implementation of a program evaluation, and teaching and developing the curriculum. In 2022, Elaine completed her JD from Northeastern University School of Law and her Master of Public Health from Tufts University.
