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Those Nerdy Girls

We are an interdisciplinary all-woman team of researchers and clinicians with expertise including nursing, mental health, demography, health policy/economics, and epidemiology.

Alison Buttenheim Ph.D. MBA
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Alumna

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Malia Jones, PhD MPH, Co-founder & Contributing Writer

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

Lindsey Leininger Ph.D. MA
Lindsey Leininger, PhD MA, Co-founder & Advisor

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Jennifer Beam Dowd Ph.D.
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD, Editor in Chief

University of Oxford

Oxford, England

Gretchen Peterson
Gretchen Peterson, Chief Operations Officer, Founding Member

Dallas, TX

Sandra Albrecht Ph.D. MPH
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH, Founding Member

Columbia University

New York, NY

Shoshana Aronowitz, PhD FNP-BC, Founding Member

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Mahima Bhattar, Volunteer

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

Maya Clark-Cutaia, PhD, Dear Pandemic Visiting Scholar

New York University

Philadelphia, PA

Sarah Whitley Coles, MD, Founding Member

University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ

Rebecca Doyle
Rebecca Doyle, Graduate Assistant

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Joanna Dreifus, MPH, Director of Community Engagement

New York, NY

Tita Smyth Escobedo PM-IT
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT

Philadelphia, PA

Chloe Gibbs, PhD MA MPP, Senior Education Advisor

University of Notre Dame

South Bend, IN

Lauren Hale Ph.D. MA
Lauren Hale, PhD MA, Founding Member

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Alejandra Silva Hernández, Spanish Translation

Columbia University

New York, NY

Verdena Jennings, D.O., Science Communication Scholar (funded by RWJF)

Orange, VA

Michelle Kinder, PhD, Alumna

Philadelphia, PA

Vijaya Knight, MD PhD (D)ABMLI, Dear Pandemic Visiting Scholar

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Aurora, CO

Aparna Kumar, Ph.D. CRNP MPH
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH, Founding Member

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Emily Nethsingha, Intern

University of Oxford

Oxford, England

Rachael Piltch-Loeb, PhD MSPH, Contributing Writer

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

New York, NY

Ashley-Ritter-PhD
Ashley Ritter, APRN, PhD, CEO

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Amanda Simanek, PhD MPH, Founding Member

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI

Mary-Jo Valentino, Design

Sarasota, FL

Daisey Velazquez, Spanish Translation

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

Christine Whelan, PhD, Chief Happiness Officer

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, WI