Faculty & Staff
Emily Borman-Shoap, MD
Vice Chair for Education and Associate Professor
612-624-4477
borm0029@umn.edu
Calla Brown, MD, MHR
Assistant Professor
Marla Eisenberg, ScD, MPH
Professor
612-624-9462
eisen012@umn.edu
Lara Al-Ejeilat, MD
Staff Physician
Sarah Espinoza, PhD
Assistant Professor
Janna Gewirtz O'Brien, MD, MPH, FAAP
Assistant Professor
Catherine Jordan, PhD, LP
Professor
Barbara J. McMorris, PhD
Associate Professor
612-624-9909
mcmo0023@umn.edu
Peter Scal, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
612-624-7141
scal0005@umn.edu
Rebecca Shlafer, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
612-625-9907
shlaf002@umn.edu
Renee E. Sieving, PhD, RN, FAAN, FSAHM
Professor
612-626-4527
sievi001@umn.edu
Nimi Singh, MD, MPH, MA
Assistant Professor
612-625-5497
singh031@umn.edu
Veronica Svetaz, MD, MPH, FSAHM, FAAFP
Assistant Professor

Beth Williamson
Division Administrator
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Cynthia Orstad
Executive Office & Administrative Specialist
612-627-6820
orsta002@umn.edu

Matthew Stoffel
Administrative Associate, Creative Services
612-626-5768
stof0040@umn.edu
Kara Beckman, MA
Senior Evaluator, HYD•PRC; Community Contracts: Legal Rights Center, Saint Paul Public Schools
612-626-2511
beckm118@umn.edu
Lynn Bretl, MPP
Director, State Adolescent Health Resource Center (SAHRC); Instructor, School of Public Health
612-275-6690
muen0001@umn.edu
Laurel Davis, PhD
Director, Center for Research in Family Home Visiting
612-625-1900
davis978@umn.edu
Jill Farris, MPH
Director, Adolescent Sexual Health Training & Education; HYD•PRC
612-626-7952
farrisj@umn.edu
Amy Gower, PhD
Research Associate, HYD•PRC
612-624-3347
gowe0009@umn.edu
Jenny Oliphant, EdD, MPH
Research Associate and Community Outreach Coordinator, HYD•PRC, Instructor, Adolescent Medicine Rotation
612-624-1907
oliph001@umn.edu

Shari Plowman, MPH
Senior Evaluator, HYD•PRC; Community Contracts: Planned Parenthood, MN Dept of Education, TeenWise MN
612-626-2983
plow0014@umn.edu
Val Rubin-Rashaad
Executive Director
651-231-4849
smith182@umn.edu
McKinley Green
Administrative Assistant
612-301-6675
gree1968@umn.edu
Andrew Schuster
Treatment Adherence Coordinator
612-547-8870
Gage Urvina
Client Services Coordinator
612-624-5127
gurvina@umn.edu
Ingie Osman, MPH
Project Director
osman175@umn.edu
Amanda Corbett, MPH
Project Director
corbe007@umn.edu
Katherine Pierson
Communications Manager
9526871613
pier0122@umn.edu

Katie Dinndorf
Medical Case Manager
6122174382
dinn0017@umn.edu

Raquelle Paulsen
Lead Case Manager
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gantx019@umn.edu
De'Shay Thomas
Project Director
thom8155@umn.edu
Jamie Grilz
Deputy Director and Trainer
clif0040@umn.edu

Samantha Lawrence, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
slawrenc@umn.edu
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
PhD, University of Connecticut, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Storrs, CT
MA, University of Connecticut, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Storrs, CT
Samantha E. Lawrence, Ph.D., earned her doctorate from the University of Connecticut in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and now works at the University of Minnesota as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health.
Broadly, Dr. Lawrence’s research focuses on social determinants of health and health behaviors among adolescents and young adults—especially LGBTQ+ adolescents and young adults—from an intersectional perspective. Using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methodologies, her work to date has examined marginalized young people’s experiences of identity-based stigma in family and school contexts, including how they relate to health and health risk behaviors (e.g., disordered eating, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, sexual risk behaviors). Dr. Lawrence’s work also considers the protective role of identity-supportive school environments and interpersonal relationships.
Dr. Lawrence has mentored 17 research assistants and taught several undergraduate courses related to health and human development, including Research Methods in Human Development and Family Sciences, Diversity Issues in Human Development, and Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence. She has received university-wide recognition for her teaching and mentorship, including the Office of Undergraduate Research Mentorship Excellence Award and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award,both from the University of Connecticut.
Learn more about Dr. Lawrence’s research, funding, and teaching here.

Luke Muentner, PhD, MSW
Post-Doctoral Candidate
muent001@umn.edu
Post-Doctoral Candidate, Department of Pediatrics
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison's Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, Madison, WI
MSW, University of Wisconsin-Madison's Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, Madison, WI
Luke Muentner, PhD, MSW, earned his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work in 2021 where he also earned his MSW. His work centers on the collateral consequences that incarceration, community reentry, and justice reform have for children and families. For example, Luke’s dissertation provided a rigorous mixed methods examination of family reunification and changes in children’s well-being when incarcerated parents are released from prison. Besides his dissertation work, he has assisted on a number of relevant research projects including designing, implementing, and evaluating a community-based intervention for fathers recently released from jail and prison; analyzing the impact of COVID-19 in jails; and evaluating a trial of educational materials for young children with incarcerated parents. Luke has social work practice experience providing case management to men reintegrating into the community following their release from prison, facilitating individualized and group peer support sessions for men navigating reentry, supporting a youth advisory board made up of adolescents with incarcerated parents, and engaging in grassroots community organizing efforts for criminal justice reform. Additionally, he has independently taught advanced-level undergraduate seminars on policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.