Current Members

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Recker, Amy – Profile
Name
Recker, Amy – Profile
Full Name
Amy Recker, MPH
Credentials
MPH
Role

LTC Data Coop, Admin Team Leader, Administration Core (AC), Core Navigator, Technical, Data and Health Care Systems Core (TDHCS)

Primary title
Project Director
Primary Institution
Brown University School of Public Health
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Project Director, Brown University School of Public Health

Bio
Amy Recker, MPH, is a project director in the Center for Long-Term Care Quality & Innovation at the Brown University School of Public Health. She directs project management for a portfolio of research projects focused in long-term care, including the Long-Term Care Data Cooperative. Her background as an epidemiologist for both the Illinois and Massachusetts Departments of Public Health has been focused on long-term care, emerging healthcare-associated infections, and multi-drug resistant organisms. During her time in Illinois, she worked on managing the emerging Candida auris epidemic spreading through skilled nursing facilities. In Massachusetts, she served as an epidemiologist on the long-term care team during the COVID-19 pandemic. She received her master’s in public health, with a joint concentration in epidemiology and biostatistics, from the University of Southern California.
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Reddy, Ann
Name
Reddy, Ann
Full Name
Ann Reddy, MPH
Credentials
MPH
Role

Core Navigator, Technical, Data and Health Care Systems Core (TDHCS)

Primary title
Research Development Project Director
Primary Institution
Brown University
Complete Titles

Research Development Project Director

Bio
Ann Reddy is a Research Development Project Director at the Brown University School of Public Health. She leads study management of pragmatic research building the evidence base for innovative practices to improve care for older adults. Ann focuses on engaging healthcare providers as research partners, ensuring their insights shape the design and implementation of studies. As a project director, she employs effective strategies to promote collaboration and manage complex projects. Ann’s professional experience includes healthcare consulting and healthcare quality improvement. Outside of her work in research and public health, Ann teaches yoga to people of all ages. She is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor and a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance, an organization committed to promoting safe, accessible, and equitable yoga instruction. Ann holds a BA in Psychology from New York University and a Master of Public Health from Brown University.
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Riddle, Melissa – Profile
Name
Riddle, Melissa – Profile
Full Name
Melissa Riddle, PhD
Credentials
PhD
Role

IMPACT Project Scientist, National Institute on Aging

Primary title
Acting Branch Chief
Primary Institution
National Institute on Aging
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Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Behavioral and Social Research, National Institute on Aging

Bio
Melissa Riddle, PhD directs an intervention research program focused on behavioral and social interventions relevant to caregiving, including interventions meant to support individuals with cognitive impairment and the people who care for them. This program is situated in the Individual Behavioral Processes Branch, in the Division of Behavioral and Social Research, at the National Institute on Aging (NIA). The program supports rigorous intervention development guided by the NIH Stage Model, with the ultimate goals of developing effective interventions that meet the needs of the individuals and/or communities for which they are developed, and that can be implemented where they are needed.
Core/Team Associations
Rudolph, James – Profile
Name
Rudolph, James – Profile
Full Name
James Rudolph, MD, SM
Credentials
MD, SM
Role

Core Co-Leader, Training Core

Primary title
Professor of Medicine
Primary Institution
Brown University School of Public Health
Complete Titles

Director, Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, Providence VA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
Professor of Health Policy & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health

Bio
James (Jim) Rudolph, MD, was a professor of medicine and health policy & practice at Brown University and directs the VA Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports. He was a clinician, researcher, and educator. He was an active clinician who works with interdisciplinary teams to identify at-risk patients, modify the risk, and provide medical care with a focus on function. He developed clinically innovative methods and programs to improve recovery after hospitalization. Driven by his clinical work, his research used the health system to develop and implement changes that improved the lives of older people. He also had a passion for training the next generation of aging researchers. Of his 200 scientific publications, most are with trainees.
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Ruscito, Michelle- Profile
Name
Ruscito, Michelle- Profile
Full Name
Michelle Ruscito
Role

Member
Administration Core (AC)
Grants Administration (AC)

Primary title
Grants and Finance Specialist
Primary Institution
Brown University School of Public Health
Bio
Michelle Ruscito is an experienced financial and grants administration professional with a strong background in finance, underwriting, and complex financial analysis. Since February 2024, Michelle has served as a Grant and Financial Specialist at Brown University’s School of Public Health for the IMPACT Collaboratory Grant. Prior to joining Brown University, Michelle built a decade of expertise in consumer lending and credit evaluation at Citizens Bank. From 2014 to 2023, Michelle was a Senior Wealth Underwriter. Michelle received a Human Resource Management Certificate at Bryant University and a Research Management Specialist Certificate at the Society of Research Administrators International.
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