IDRIS Team

Get to know the dynamic team behind IDRIS

IDRIS
Leadership

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IDRIS Executive Director
Fay Cobb Payton, Ph.D.

Internal Faculty Advisory Board

Kimele Persaud
Kimele Persaud, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology and MC² Lab Director
Maria L. Soto-Greene
Maria L. Soto-Greene, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP
Professor and Executive Vice Dean
Anthony Mayo, Ph.D.
Biomedical Informatics Co-Adjutant
W-Evan Johnson
W. Evan Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Alex Gimenez-Santana
Alex Gimenez-Santana, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
David Troutt
David Troutt, J.D.
Distinguished Professor
Kihyun (Hannah) Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marketing
Charlie Collick Jr., MBS
Director, Academic Technology & IT Accessibility at Rutgers
Gregory Porumbescu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration

IDRIS External Advisory Board

Steve Jones,  
Pocstock
Aaron Meyerson,  
Invest Newark
Pamela Brug, MD,  
New Jersey Black Women Physician Association
Stacy F. Hobson, Ph.D.
RTI International
Boris Kozak,
Instagram
Joel Branch, Ph.D.
Citi Innovation Labs
Laura Boykin Okalebo, Ph.D.
TED Senior Fellow
Mary Strain,  
Amazon Web Services
Mary Jo Madda, Ed.D.
Google

IDRIS Faculty Collaborators

Jennifer Austin, Ph.D.
Professor
Stephanie Rodríguez , Ph.D. Candidate
Assistant Teaching Professor

IDRIS Postdoctoral Researchers

Shaunette T. Ferguson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Valentine A. Lamar, Ph.D., MPA
Postdoctoral Associate
Vishal Trehan
Vishal Trehan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate

IDRIS Student Researchers

Widnie Pierre-Louis,
Masters of Science Candidate
Rowan Kemmerly,  
Ph.D. Candidate
Laura Bierstedt (Former Doctoral Researcher), Ph.D.
Nguyen Pham
Nguyen Pham,
Ph.D. Candidate
Katy Griggs
Katy Grigg,
Ph.D. Candidate

IDRIS Undergraduate Research Scholars

Katherine Betzy Rojas,
Undergraduate Student