External Collaborators

The Global Obesity Prevention Center (GOPC) at Johns Hopkins works with organizations across the globe to lead the way in obesity prevention and control. 

Ling Bian, PhD Co-Investigator, China Project Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo

Sara Bleich, PhD Collaborator, Global Obesity Prevention Center Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Sy Brandau, AAS Research Assistant, Pennsylvania Project Geisinger Center for Health Research

Lisa Bailey-Davis, DEd, MA, RD Investigator I, Pennsylvania Project Geisinger Center for Health Research

Joseph DeWalle, BS GIS Analyst/Specialist, Pennsylvania Project Geisinger Center for Health Research

Layla E. Esposito, PhD, MA Project Scientist Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/ National Institutes of Health

Saeideh Fallah-Fini, PhD Collaborator, Systems Science Core California State and Polytechnic University, Pomona

Philippe J. Giabbanelli, PhD Project Lead, Pilot Studies Core Round 8 Awardee Northern Illinois University

Leila Haidari, MPH Collaborator, Systems Science Core Public Health Applications Manager, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC)

Annemarie Hirsch, PhD, MPH Site Project Lead, Pennsylvania Project Research Investigator, Geisinger Health System

Deborah Young-Hyman, PhD, FTOS, CDE Co-Char of the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity (NCCOR) Steering Committee Health Scientist Administrator, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, MPH Consultant, Pilot Studies Core Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Katie S. Martin, PhD Project Lead, Pilot Studies Core Round 7 Awardee University of Saint Joseph

Dione Mercer, BS, BA Project Manager, Pennsylvania Project Project Manager, Geisinger Center for Health Research

Jungwon Min, PhD, MS Co-Investigator, China Project Research Scientist, School of Public Health and Health Professions University at Buffalo

Jacob Mowery, BA Project Coordinator, Pennsylvania Project Project Coordinator, Geisinger Center for Health Research

Jessica Jones-Smith, PhD, MPH, RD Collaborator, Global Obesity Prevention Center Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Public Health

Betsy Anderson Steeves, PhD Collaborator, Global Obesity Prevention Center Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee

Huijun Wang, MD Co-Lead, China Project Research Fellow, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Liang Wang, MD, DrPH, MPH Subcontract Principal Investigator, China Project Assistant Professor, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University

Youfa Wang, MD, PhD, MS Project Lead, China Project Professor, Ball State University

Joel S. Welling, PhD Collaborator, Global Obesity Prevention Center Senior Scientific Specialist, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Carnegie Mellon University

Hong Xue, PhD, MS Co-Investigator and Project Manager, China Project Assistant Professor, Ball State University

Qi (Harry) Zhang, PhD Consultant, China Project Associate Professor, Old Dominion University