Our Team

Each year, our core teaching faculty are joined by adjunct faculty and guest lecturers who are at the top of their fields to bring you a world-class, cutting-edge education.

Leadership

Kim Hekimian, PhD
- Program Director
Kim Hekimian, PhD, is the Director of the MS Program. She teaches public health nutrition, survey research, qualitative methods, and research methods. She also was recently the Associate Director of the Medical Nutrition Program for Health Professionals at the IHN.
Moneek Madra, PhD
- Associate Director
Moneek Madra, PhD is the Associate Director of the MS Program. As a faculty member in the IHN MS program, Moneek Madra teaches courses on Physiology & Nutrition through the Lifecycle and Research Methods. She is also responsible for the coordination the MS thesis process.

Our Faculty

Brooke Aggarwal, EdD, MS, FAHA
- Associate Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine) at CUMC
Bryan J González, PhD
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at the Columbia University Medical Center
Jeri Nieves, PhD
- Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Joseph A. Picoraro, MD
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center
Sekhar Ramakrishnan, EngScD
- Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Pediatrics
Tirissa Jean Reid, MD
- Clinical Medical Educator
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Ari Shechter, PhD
- Associate Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine) at CUMC
Aviva B. Sopher, MD, MS
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
Faris Zuraikat, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Nutritional Medicine (in Medicine and in the Institute of Human Nutrition) at CUMC