Meet the Healthy Buildings Team


The Healthy Buildings Team brings together diverse expertise from multiple disciplines and backgrounds to drive groundbreaking research and create lasting impact.

Joe Allen

Joseph Allen, DSC, MPH, CIH

Director of the Healthy Buildings Program

Dr. Joseph G. Allen is an associate professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program, and co-author of Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well.

Dr. Allen serves on Harvard’s Presidential Committee on Sustainability, he keynoted the White House’s first-ever Indoor Air Quality Summit, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, served as Commissioner of The Lancet COVID-19 Commission and Chair of its Safe Work, Safe Schools, and Safe Travel Task Force.

In 2023, Allen was featured on the 60 Minutes episode, The Air We Breathe, spotlighting the value of healthy indoor air quality for virus mitigation. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and regularly contributes to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Harvard Business Review.


Keith Acosta

Master's Student with the Healthy Buildings Programs

Indoor Air Quality Homes Workplaces
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Parham Azimi, PHD

Research Associate with the Healthy Buildings Program

Infectious Disease Indoor Air Quality Vulnerable Populations
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Jonathan Buonocore, Sc.D.

Co-PI of the CoBE Project

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Lauren Ferguson, PHD

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Healthy Buildings Program

Climate Indoor Air Quality Vulnerable Populations Homes
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Analise Hober

Master's Student with the Healthy Buildings Programs

Indoor Air Quality Workplaces
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Zahra Keshavarz, MSC

Research Assistant with the Healthy Buildings Program

Infectious Disease Indoor Air Quality
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Victoria McCrary

Graduate Research Assistant with the CoBE Project

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Seongjun Park, PHD

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Healthy Buildings Program

Infectious Disease Indoor Air Quality Schools Homes
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Shivani Parikh, BA

PhD Candidate with the Healthy Buildings Program

Climate Vulnerable Populations
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Gen Pei, PhD

Research Associate with the Healthy Buildings Program

Infectious Disease Climate Indoor Air Quality Vulnerable Populations
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Erin Polka

Research Data Analyst with the CoBE Program

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Parichehr Salimifard

Co-PI of the CoBE Project

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Gadea Aguado Sierra

Master's Student with the Healthy Buildings Programs

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Brian Sousa

Research Assistant with the CoBE Project

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Jose Vallarino

Project Engineer with the Healthy Buildings Program

Indoor Air Quality Schools Homes Workplaces
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Emily Xing

Undergraduate Student with the Healthy Buildings Programs

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