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Mithila Farin

Mithila Farin is a Research Assistant at HRiA. In this role, she provides data and research related support on the Research & Evaluation team. Mithila has prior work experience in community health through working at…

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Victoria Adewumi

Victoria Adewumi is an inaugural Co-Executive Director/Co-Principal Investigator of the Community Health Worker Center for Research and Evaluation (CHW-CRE), a fiscally sponsored partner of HRiA. In this role, she supports the training of CHWs and…

Zhaniya Eckhoff

Zhaniya Eckhoff is a Research Analyst at HRiA. As a member of the Research & Evaluation team, she provides data and research-related support. She has experience working in hospital settings and academic research. She holds…

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Morenike Akinwolere

Morenike Akinwolere is a Grants Associate on the Biomedical Research Grantmaking team at HRiA. She is passionate about health & racial equity as well as social impact and immigrant rights. Morenike has experience working in…

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Lyndsey Medlin-Scaros

Lyndsey Medlin-Scaros is a Grants Coordinator on the Biomedical Research Grantmaking team at HRiA. She brings a decade of experience in managing nonprofit arts and culture initiatives in the Washington DC metro area. Lyndsey holds…

Deborah Amaro

Deborah Amaro is an Operations Manager for the Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers (MACHW), a fiscally sponsored partner of HRiA. She is a dedicated Community Health Worker with an MBA in Healthcare Leadership from…

Noelle Wiggins

Noelle Wiggins is Co-Principal Investigator/Co-Executive Director for the Community Health Worker Center for Research and Evaluation (CHW-CRE), a fiscally sponsored partner of HRiA. Noelle has over 35 years’ experience working on teams that use popular/people’s…

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Angelica Fontes

Angelica Fontes is a Senior Manager of Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Capacity Building at HRiA. In this role, she provides violence prevention and intervention technical assistance to violence prevention grantees across Massachusetts. Angelica develops and…

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Kristen Mueller

Kristen Mueller is the Chief Science Officer at HRIA. In this role, she leads and collaborates with the organization’s biomedical grantmaking team to spearhead and maintain HRiA’s biomedical research award program services and enhance program…

Tasha Whitaker

Tasha Whitaker is Community Health Worker (CHW) Network Manager for the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW), a fiscally sponsored partner of HRiA. Her work has aimed to increase access to healthcare for vulnerable…