Meet our team!
A group of interdisciplinary, public health scientists identified the need to create a public-facing database that provides recent data on the state of COVID-19 within the United States correctional facilities.
Lead Investigators
Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Social Medicine
Co-Lead Investigator, Co-Founder
Kathryn M. Nowotny, PhD
University of Miami, Department of Sociology
Co-Lead Investigator, Co-Founder
Project Coordinators
Chris Corsi, BA
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Social Medicine
Project Coordinator
Morgan Maner, MSc
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Social Medicine
Project Coordinator
Project Investigators and other partners
*Listed in alphabetical order
Zinzi Bailey, ScD, MPH
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Project Investigator
David H. Cloud, JD, MPH, PhD Candidate
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Project Investigator
Alessandra Early, PhD Student
University of Missouri-St. Louis, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Research Assistant
Zoe Evans-Funk, Junior
eStem High School
Research Assistant
Shanice Aaliyah Hyler, BA
University of Miami
Research Assistant
Olivia Ildefonso, PhD Student
CUNY Graduate Center, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Project Investigator
Monik Jimenez, ScD, MPH
Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Project Investigator
Oshea Johnson, PhD Student
University of Miami Department of Sociology
Research Assistant
Jennifer M. Knight, MPH, Medical Student
Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Research Assistant
Katherine LeMasters, PhD Student
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Research Assistant
Mimi Yen Li, Medical Student
Harvard Medical School
Research Assistant
Fayeza S. Malik, Medical Student
Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Research Assistant
Erin McCauley, PhD Candidate
Cornell University, Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology
Research Assistant
Melanie McKenna, PhD Student
University of Miami, Department of Sociology
Research Assistant
Marisa Omori, PhD
University of Missouri St Louis, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Project Investigator
Manasa Veluvolu, Medical and MPH Student
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine and College of Public Health
Research Assistant
Celeste Winston, PhD
Temple University, Department of Geography and Urban Studies
Project Investigator
Alysse Wurcel, MD, MS
Tufts University, Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Project Investigator, Co-Founder
Melissa Zielinski, PhD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Psychiatric Research Institute
Project Investigator
We are also proud to partner with the folks at Miami Med COVID Help!
Special thank you to Sofia Mohammad and Sarah Morgan for conceptualizing our logo. Sofia designed the image for our logo based on the concept of “viral injustice”, and Sarah put it all together for us. Sofia is an undergraduate student majoring in biochemistry and nutrition at the University of Miami. Sarah is the lab manager at the Re-Envisioning Health and Justice Lab at UNC-Chapel Hill.