Research Workplaces

Joseph Allen, DSC, MPH, CIH

Director of the Healthy Buildings Program

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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

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Keith is a Master of Science candidate in Environmental Health: Occupational Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research interests broadly include sustainability, occupational health & safety and pediatric environmental health. His current research role focuses on childhood lead poisoning prevention and geospatial analysis at the New England Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU), based at Boston Children’s Hospital. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he previously served as a frontline healthcare worker at a dermatology clinic in Western Massachusetts. He solidified his commitment to the field of public health after completing internships at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Keith completed his BS in Global & Public Health Sciences and Demography at Cornell University.

Analise Hober

Master's Student with the Healthy Buildings Programs

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Analise is a NIOSH ERC Trainee and Master of Science candidate in Environmental Health: Occupational Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her interests broadly include building science and worker safety in high-risk work environments. Before entering the graduate program, Analise worked in the San Francisco Bay Area as an associate industrial hygienist for a small consulting firm. Her continuing education in that role included OSHA HAZWOPER 40, EPA/AHERA Building Inspector and Contractor Supervisor, CDPH Lead Inspector/Risk Assessor, and courses in infrared thermography and mold investigation. Her daily work included a variety of building science surveys, sampling, and site monitoring at demolition and renovation projects. Analise earned a BA in Environmental Earth Science at UC Berkeley.

Jose Vallarino

Project Engineer with the Healthy Buildings Program

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Jose Vallarino is a project engineer in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He has over 25 years’ experience managing exposure studies focused on indoor and ambient environmental air quality. He has collaborated in research projects in the US, Africa, Asia and Europe. He, provides oversight of sampling protocols, designs monitoring platforms, and serves as the QA officer for several HSPH research center grants. He also provides guidance on research administration in areas of Human Subjects, Data Use Agreements and Data Security.