Faculty and Student Advisory Councils & Sub-Committees

Interprofessional Education Research and Evaluation Committee

J. Scott Parrott, PhD
Director, Rutgers School of Health Professions
Methodology and Statistics Support Team
Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Rutgers School of Public Health
parrotja@shp.rutgers.edu

Emily Sabato, EdD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
sabatoeh@sdm.rutgers.edu

Joyce G. Afran, MD
Assiociate Dean for Primary Care Education
Co-Director, Physicianship
Director, Family Medicine Clerkship
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
afranjo@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Kim E. Fenesy, DMD
Vice Dean
Associate Professor
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
fenesy@sdm.rutgers.edu

Mary Beth Ali, MSW, LCSW, C-ASWCM
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Special Assistant to the Dean for Interprofessional Health Initiatives
Rutgers School of Social Work
ma930@ssw.rutgers.edu

Marybec C. Griffin, PhD, MPH, MA
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
mcg197@sph.rutgers.edu

Alma S. Merians, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
Associate Dean for Interprofessional Education and Practice                Professor
Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences
Rutgers School of Health Professions
alma.merians@rutgers.edu

Kate Opsha, PharmD, AACC, FHFSA, HF-Cert
ACC Cardiovascular Team State Liaison (NJ Chapter of ACC)
Clinical Associate Professor
Director of Interprofessional Education (IPE)
Co-Director of the Teaching and Learning Certificate Program              Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
ybor@pharmacy.rutgers.edu

Dipali Yeh, PhD, PA-C, CHSE
Assistant Professor
Coordinator, Simulation and Interprofessional Education                Department of Physician Assistant Studies and Practice
Rutgers School of Health Professions
bhattdi@shp.rutgers.edu

Interprofessional Education Case Development Committee

Sue Paparella-Pitzel, PT, MS, DPT
Associate Professor
Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy
Rutgers School of Health Professions
paparesu@shp.rutgers.edu

Mary Beth Ali, MSW, LSW, C-ASWCM
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Special Assistant to the Dean for Interprofessional Health Initiatives
Rutgers School of Social Work
ma930@ssw.rutgers.edu

Sophia W. Chen, DO, MPH
Associate Dean for Preclerkship Education
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
chensw@njms.rutgers.edu

Teri Lassiter, PhD, MPH
Assistant Dean for Justice, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for Education
Assistant Professor, Urban-Global Public Health                                 Core Faculty, Rutgers Global Health Institute
Rutgers School of Public Health
lasstiter@sph.rutgers.edu

Kelly Ann Peña, MS, CCC-SLP, TSSLD, CBIST
Assistant Clinic Director & Bilingual Clinical Educator
M.S. Program in Speech-Language Pathology
Rutgers School of Health Professions
kp1030@shp.rutgers.edu

Ashley N. Pianko, DNP, APN, FNP-BC, NPD-BC, NE-BC, CNE, CNEcl, CHSE, PCCN
Clinical Instructor
Division of Simulation and Clinical Learning
Rutgers School of Nursing
anp169@sn.rutgers.edu

Lucio Volino, PharmD, CTTS
Clinical Associate Professor                                                              Director of Assessment
Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
volinol@pharmacy.rutgers.edu

Dipali Yeh, PhD, PA-C, CHSE
Assistant Professor
Coordinator, Simulation and Interprofessional Education                Department of Physician Assistant Studies and Practice
Rutgers School of Health Professions
bhattdi@shp.rutgers.edu