# Our Team ## expand\_more [### Christine Riedy, MA, PhD, MPH ](/people/christine-riedy-ma-phd-mph)Principal Investigator Dr. Christine Riedy is the Delta Dental of Massachusetts Associate Professor in Oral Public Health and Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She is also a psychologist and health services researcher. Dr Riedy oversees the development of... ![Dr. Christine Riedy photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum4891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ece/files/screen_shot_2023-11-09_at_4.56.59_pm.png?itok=R5aIudM9) [### Arielle Mather, MPH ](/people/arielle-mather-mph)Senior Program Manager Arielle Mather serves as Senior Program Manager at NCECE, overseeing the planning and delivery of the Center’s trainings and technical assistance activities. She has spent many years in the Boston nonprofit sector addressing the needs of older and... ![Arielle Mather photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum4891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ece/files/mather_arielle.jpeg?itok=a0-IVyH5) [### Tiffany Kehayoglou Sarkissian ](/people/tiffany-kehayoglou-sarkissian)Communication and Outreach Specialist Tiffany Kehayoglou Sarkissian joined NCECE in 2021 from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine office of Continuing Professional Education. Prior to joining HSDM, she held a research assistant position within Harvard Chan School of Public Health's... ![Tiff S](/sites/g/files/omnuum4891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/thumbnail_IMG_8859-1.jpg?itok=YsEriLsa) [### Juliette Provost ](/people/juliette-provost)Staff Assistant Juliette Provost joined NCECE in 2021, and serves as Staff Assistant at our Center, providing administrative support for the Center’s learning activities and day-to-day operations. She joined us from Simmons University where she earned a BA in English and... ![Provost image](/sites/g/files/omnuum4891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ece/files/screen_shot_2022-01-24_at_10.22.49_am.png?itok=IF6lxhHp) ## Subject Matter Expert Leads [### Lynn Hallarman, MD, MM ](/people/lynn-hallarman) Dr. Hallarman is an internal medicine and palliative care physician with three decades of experience caring for individuals living with serious chronic illnesses and their families. She graduated from Yale Medical School and completed her residency... ![Dr. Lynn Hallarman headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-02/Screenshot%202025-02-13%20at%2011.24.19%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=YjFaJexq) [### Peter Maramaldi, PhD, LCSW, MPH ](/people/peter-maramaldi) Dr. Maramaldi is Professor and former Director of the social work PhD Program at Simmons University College of Social Sciences Policy and Practice; Adjunct Professor, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Science... ![Dr. Maramaldi](/sites/g/files/omnuum4891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ece/files/peter_maramaldi_2022.jpeg?itok=M8Igk8Mn) [### Andrea Wershof Schwartz, MD, MPH, AGSF ](/people/andrea-wershof-schwartz-md-mph-agsf)Subject Matter Expert Dr. Andrea Schwartz is a geriatrician and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is a leader in the national Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative. ![Andrea W Schwartz headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ece/files/headshot_-_andrea_schwartz_md_mph_cropped.png?itok=_z-Oj9j5) ## Advisory Board [### Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, MD ](/people/ali-abbas-asghar-ali-md) Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali is a geriatric psychiatrist and currently serves as the geriatric psychiatric fellowship director at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also the Associate Director for Education at the South Central Mental Illness Research, Education... [### Leonard Brennan, DMD ](/people/leonard-brennan-dmd) Dr. Leonard Brennan is Co-Director of HSDM’s Geriatric Fellowship Program and is a part-time lecturer in their Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology. Dr. Brennan has practiced general dentistry in Portland, Maine for more than thirty years. As... [### Erin Emery-Tiburcio, PhD, ABPP ](/people/erin-emery-tiburcio-phd-abpp) Erin Emery-Tiburcio is a Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Geriatric Medicine, and Director of Geropsychology at Rush University Medical Center, as well as Co-Director of the Rush Center for Excellence in Aging, co-director of CATCH-ON... [### Tara Hammes, RDN ](/people/tara-hammes-rdn) Tara Hammes is the Director of Member Services for Nutrition and Healthy Aging with the Massachusetts Councils on Aging and member of both the Massachusetts Public Health Association's Policy Council and the Massachusetts Commission on Malnutrition... [### Huong Le, DDS, MA ](/people/huong-le-dds-ma) Huong Le is Chief Dental Officer of Asian Health Services located in Oakland, CA. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Western Clinicians Network (WCN), Alameda County Dental Society, NACHC Clinical Practice Committee, and Health Policy Committee... [### Stephen Martin, MD, EdM ](/people/stephen-martin-md-edm) Stephen Martin is a Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School where he is residency faculty and co-directs the Rural Health Scholars Program. He is the medical director for the Office-Based Addiction Treatment program... [### Medha Munshi, MBBS ](/people/medha-munshi-mbbs) Dr. Medha Munshi is the Director of the Joslin Geriatric Diabetes Program and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School. She is also a staff geriatrician at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Munshi is board certified in... [### Diana V. Shaw, PhD, MBA, MPH, FACME ](/people/diana-v-shaw-phd-mba-mph-facme) Diana V. Shaw is currently working part-time at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) Rural Health Research and Policy Center as a Health Policy Advisor/ Consultant, and periodically serves as a reviewer for HRSA (federal agency, Health Resources and Services...