Dr. Kristen Kulinowski
Kristen Kulinowski is the Director of the Science and Technology Policy Institute, overseeing research on national and international science and technology issues for various U.S. agencies. With expertise in occupational and process safety, emergency response, and nanotechnology, she has a rich background in policy analysis and research administration. Previously, Kristen was a Board Member and interim head of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, focusing on chemical industrial accident prevention and safety recommendations. She has also worked at the Science and Technology Policy Institute, dealing with emerging technologies and innovation policy.
Before her policy roles, Kristen was a Senior Faculty Fellow at Rice University, where she led the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology and the International Council on Nanotechnology, focusing on engineered nanomaterial risks. She was also a Congressional Science and Technology Policy Fellow, contributing to legislation on WMDs, terrorism, and nuclear security post-9/11, including the Bioterrorism Act of 2002. Additionally, Kristen is a committed disaster services volunteer with the American Red Cross. She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in chemistry from the University of Rochester, and a B.S. with honors in chemistry from Canisius College.
Dr. Marcella Alsan
Marcella Alsan is a Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Alsan received a BA from Harvard University, a master’s in public health from Harvard School of Public Health, a MD from Loyola University, and a PhD in Economics from Harvard University. Alsan trained at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Hiatt Global Health Equity Residency Fellowship – then combined the PhD with an Infectious Disease Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Prior to returning to Harvard she was on faculty at Stanford. She is an applied microeconomist studying health inequality.
Some recent papers include “Does Diversity Matter for Health: Experimental Evidence from Oakland” and “Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men” – published in the American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics, respectively, and a series of papers on messaging during COVID-19 published in medical and public health outlets. She is currently on the Board of Editors for Science Magazine, Co-Editor of the Journal of Health Economicsand Co-Chair of the Health Care Delivery Initiative of Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab based out of MIT. She is the co-recipient of the 2019 Arrow Award for Best Paper in Health Economics, the 2021 William G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.