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StaffDiana Romero, PhD, MA Diana Romero serves as the project's director and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Her research interests include social policies related to health and poverty, and women's reproductive health issues, particularly among low-income Hispanic and African-American populations. Dr. Romero also is a medical writer with several years experience writing and editing publications on women's health and contraceptive technologies in particular. Lauren Smith, MD, MPH Lauren Smith is Medical Director of the Pediatric Inpatient Unit at Boston Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency and Chief Residency at Children's Hospital-Boston, and a fellowship in general pediatrics at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Smith's clinical and research activities primarily focus on improving the health of underserved populations. She recently received a Robert Wood Johnson Faculty Development grant. Liza Camellerie, BA, BS Liza Camellerie serves as Project Coordinator for Finding Common Ground. She has extensive experience in media and communications, having worked on socially oriented programs at MTV and a PBS documentary on women's health care in the United States. While in college, she worked at the National Organization for Women on issues such as Violence Against Women and the Equity in Prescription and Contraceptive Coverage Acts. Ms. Camellerie received Bachelor's degrees in American Studies and Communications. Julia Jung Choe, BA Julia Choe is a Masters student in Population and Family Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and serves as Project Coordinator for Finding Common Ground. Prior to her graduate study, Ms. Choe conducted extensive sociological and clinical research on the health of San Francisco drug users and women. She has mentored and tutored elementary school aged children in San Francisco, and continues this work with teens in NYC. She plans to continue working in public health as an adolescent health educator. Barbara Pastrana, MD Barbara Pastrana is a graduate student in the Population and Family Health Program at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Before pursuing her studies in the United States, Dr. Pastrana was the head physician at a rural community clinic in her native Mexico. After completing her Masters degree, she will continue to focus on improving maternal and child health care, both at the patient and community levels.
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