Advisory Panel

Lindsay Briggs

Ph.D., MPH | she/her

Dr. Lindsay Briggs is a queer tenured faculty member of Native descent in the Department of Public Health (PBHL) at California State University, Chico. Dr. Briggs graduated from Indiana University's School of Public Health in 2011 and holds both a Ph.D. in Health Behavior and an MPH with a concentration in Behavioral Health. Lindsay has pursued feminism, equity and social justice her entire life and is passionate about working across disciplines to promote social justice in the field of public health.

Arijit Chakravarty

Advisory panel member

Addie Cobb

Addie Cobb leads the Open Source Program Office at Varro Life Sciences, where she guides open source strategy for technologies that help prevent the spread of disease. With nearly 20 years of experience, she helps organizations build the governance, partnerships, and communities that sustain shared foundations. A frequent conference speaker, Addie brings a people-first approach to building open, resilient, adaptive ecosystems.

Cathryn Hartt

she/her

Founder of Hartt & Soul Acting Studio, Cathryn is a graduate of the Drama Division of the Juilliard School and is currently an acting coach based out of Dallas. Her list of clients includes Morgan Fairchild, Jaz Sinclair, Debbie Ryan, Nathaniel Ashton, Hunter Parrish, and Nic Suarez.

Awards

• Backstage People Choice of Best Acting Coach in Texas
• 8X Best Art School of Dallas Award
• 12X Dallas Best Theatrical School Award
• 2X Collin County Best Drama School
• Lessons.com: Best Dallas Acting Classes

Michael Hoerger

PhD, MSCR, MBA

Dr. Michael Hoerger leads the Population Sciences and Disparities Program at the Tulane Cancer Center, the Health Psychology Doctoral Program at Tulane University, and the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative. As an accomplished scientist, he has led research supported by the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, contributing to over 130 publications in psychology, medicine, and public health. He brings to PHAN a commitment to patient dignity and safety, rigorous evidence interpretation, health equity, and the prevention and care of serious illness.

Terri Lynne Hudson

she/her

Terri Lynne Hudson is a disabled, chronically ill queer multidisciplinary artist and disability rights advocate living and working in Chicago. She volunteers with Care Not COVID Chicago and ACT-UP, and Chicago Food Sovereignty Coalition and has served as a freelance accessibility consultant/access advisor for various arts organizations in Chicago.

Ann Blair Kennedy

DrPH | they/she

Ann Blair Kennedy, DrPH, is an Associate Professor of Health Systems Science at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville (Biomedical Sciences Department) and Director of the Patient Engagement Studio. Her research focuses on meaningful patient and stakeholder engagement in research, health communication, and whole-person health. She brings expertise in partnering with communities to ensure that public health research, resources, and interventions reflect lived experience and are useful in the real world.

Destiny Toro

she/they

I am a disabled artist in Puerto Rico living with Classical Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, ME/CFS, and related conditions, creating vibrant expressive reflections of our nature and indigenous stories. I believe everyone has the right to clean air and disabled people deserve access to safe, supportive community and public spaces.

Elizabeth Yuko

Elizabeth Yuko is an award-winning journalist and bioethicist. Her writing has appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The History Channel, Architectural Digest, Reader's Digest, and Teen Vogue, among others. She regularly gives public lectures on topics including how infectious disease shaped the American home, the history of public restrooms, and bioethics lessons from The Golden Girls. She serves as an External Ethics Expert for the European Research Council, and served as an advisor for the World Health Organization's Post-COVID Core Outcome Set Project.