UMass Boston

Tongjian You, PhD
Principal Investigator
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Boston

Suzanne Leveille, PhD, RN
Co-investigator
Department of Nursing
Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Boston

Ling Shi, PhD
Co-investigator
Department of Nursing
Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Boston

Peter Wayne, PhD
Co-investigator
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Gloria Yeh, MD, MPH
Co-investigator
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care Section for Research
Department of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Research Staff and Assistants

Mekhala Rao, MPH
Research Project Manager
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Boston

William Butts, MS
Tai Chi Instructor
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Boston

Leya Jacob Kurzhiparambil, MPH
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Boston

Satoshi Nagae, MS
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Boston

Katherine Johnson, BS
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Boston

Juliana Bangari, BS
Graduate Research Assistants
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Boston

HELP Consultants

Ryan Mace, PhD
Consultant
Department of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital

Xuewen Wang, PhD
Consultant
Department of Exercise Science
University of South Carolina

Huan Zhang
Consultant
Huan's Tai Chi and Kung Fu - Cambridge