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Staff

PIRE Louisville celebrating PIRE’s 50th Anniversary in Fall 2024

Melissa Abadi, PhD

Center Director & Senior Research Scientist

Camila Aramburú, MPH

Program Manager

Katharine Atwood, MSc, ScD

Senior Research Scientist

Nathan Bartrum

Senior Research Assistant

Rachel Bauer, MA

Associate Data Scientist

Candi Brown

Research Assistant

Nancy Cluff, CHES®

Research Associate II

David Collins, PhD

Research Scientist

Matthew Courser, PhD

Senior Research Scientist

Sarah Engle

Research Associate I

Tonita Flowers

Community Engagement Specialist

Knowlton Johnson, PhD

Senior Research Scientist II

Amy Wildman

Research Coordinator

Melanie Mayfield, PhD

Program Coordinator

Connor Randolph, MPH

Associate Research Scientist

Bonnie Richard, PhD

Associate Research Scientist

Ua-aree Sangpukdee, EdD

Associate Program Evaluator

April Schweinhart, PhD

Research Scientist

Steve Shamblen, PhD

Senior Research Scientist I

Casey Shepherd, MPH

Program Manager

Justin Stafford

Research Coordinator

Sophia Starkie

Research Associate I

Kirsten Thompson, MA

Senior Program Director

Elika Whitney, MSE

Program Manager

Linda Young, MA

Senior Research Scientist

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Melissa Abadi
mabadi@pire.org

Louisville Center
401 W. Main St., Suite 2100
Louisville, KY 40202

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