{"id":20,"date":"2025-08-12T15:53:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-08-14T12:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:27:17","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"SPHERE MEMBERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width:624px; margin:0 auto; display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:8px; justify-content:center;\">\n<div style=\"width:200px; text-align:center;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/140-2\/\" style=\"display:block; line-height:0;\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"\/sphere\/files\/2025\/05\/Marcia-Pescador-Jimenez-1024x1024-1-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"Principal Investigator\"\n           style=\"width:200px; height:200px; object-fit:cover; display:block; margin:0 auto; border-radius:4px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong><br \/>Marcia I. Pescador Jimenez, PhD, MS, MA<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:200px; text-align:center;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/tara-jenson\/\" style=\"display:block; line-height:0;\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"\/sphere\/files\/2025\/05\/Tara-1-636x636.png\" alt=\"Postdoctoral Fellow\"\n           style=\"width:200px; height:200px; object-fit:cover; display:block; margin:0 auto; border-radius:4px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><br \/>Tara Jenson, PhD, MPH<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:200px; text-align:center;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/jeroen\/\" style=\"display:block; line-height:0;\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"\/sphere\/files\/2025\/11\/Jeroen.jpg\" alt=\"Postdoctoral Fellow\"\n           style=\"width:200px; height:200px; object-fit:cover; display:block; margin:0 auto; border-radius:4px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><br \/>Jeroen van Baar, PhD<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:200px; text-align:center;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/leidys-gutierrez\/\" style=\"display:block; line-height:0;\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"\/sphere\/files\/2025\/08\/Leidys-G_2.jpeg\" alt=\"PhD Student\"\n           style=\"width:200px; height:200px; object-fit:cover; display:block; margin:0 auto; border-radius:4px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>PhD Student<\/strong><br \/>Leidys Guti\u00e9rrez-Mart\u00ednez, MD, MSc<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:200px; text-align:center;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/290-2\/\" style=\"display:block; line-height:0;\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"\/sphere\/files\/2025\/08\/Allison-James9e.jpg\" alt=\"Research Fellow\"\n           style=\"width:200px; height:200px; object-fit:cover; display:block; margin:0 auto; border-radius:4px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Research Fellow<\/strong><br \/>Allison James, MS<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:200px; text-align:center;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/cameron-reimer\/\" style=\"display:block; line-height:0;\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"\/sphere\/files\/2025\/05\/Cameron-Reimer.jpg\" alt=\"Research Assistant\"\n           style=\"width:200px; height:200px; object-fit:cover; display:block; margin:0 auto; border-radius:4px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Research Assistant<\/strong><br \/>Cameron Reimer, MSc<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:200px; text-align:center;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/marco-chivardi\/\" style=\"display:block; line-height:0;\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"\/sphere\/files\/2025\/10\/Marco.jpg\" alt=\"Project Coordinator\"\n           style=\"width:200px; height:200px; object-fit:cover; display:block; margin:0 auto; border-radius:4px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Project Coordinator<\/strong><br \/>Marco Chivardi, MPH<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:200px; text-align:center;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/yingyan-wu\/\" style=\"display:block; line-height:0;\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"\/sphere\/files\/2025\/10\/headshot_Yingyan.jpg\" alt=\"Postdoctoral Fellow\"\n           style=\"width:200px; height:200px; object-fit:cover; display:block; margin:0 auto; border-radius:4px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><br \/>Yingyan Wu, PhD, MS<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:200px; text-align:center;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/eliza-rodi\" style=\"display:block; line-height:0;\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"\/sphere\/files\/2026\/07\/elizafrodi.jpg\" alt=\"Graduate Research Assistant\"\n           style=\"width:200px; height:200px; object-fit:cover; display:block; margin:0 auto; border-radius:4px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Graduate Research Assistant<\/strong><br \/>Eliza Rodi, BA<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:200px; text-align:center;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sphere\/rhea-dcunha\" style=\"display:block; line-height:0;\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"\/sphere\/files\/2026\/08\/rheadcunha.jpg\" alt=\"Graduate Research Assistant\"\n           style=\"width:200px; height:200px; object-fit:cover; display:block; margin:0 auto; border-radius:4px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Research Project Coordinator<\/strong><br \/>Rhea Dcunha, MPH<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Sep --><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border:none; height:4px; background:#06A157; margin:3px 0; width:100%;\">\n<p><strong>FORMER LAB MEMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Yifan Wang<\/strong>, BA. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Erika Meza<\/strong>, PhD, MS. Assistant Professor in the Kinesiology and Public Health Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Ana Lilia Lozada Tequeanes<\/strong>, PhD, MS, MS. Researcher at the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Hodan Mohamed<\/strong>, MPH. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Anna Staddon<\/strong>, BHS. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Emma Gause<\/strong>, MS, MA. Research Scientist in the Department of Environmental Health at Boston University School of Public Health. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Nabetse Blas Miranda<\/strong>, PhD, MPH. Student and Researcher at the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico; Professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Te\u00f3fila Enr\u00edquez<\/strong>, MPH. Professor-Researcher at University of the South Sierra, Mexico. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0 0; font-size:14px; line-height:1.35;\"><strong>Juan Antonio Miranda Zu\u00f1iga<\/strong>, BSc. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal InvestigatorMarcia I. 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