About the Team


CHIP or the Center for the Health of Incarcerated Persons works with incarcerated persons and how diseases like Covid-19, Mpox, and Influenza affect them when in jails and prisons. We lead many projects other than C.R.A.I.N.E.S, including S.W.A.N.S.S and M.A.L.L.A.R.D.S.

Dr. Anne Spaulding, Principal Investigator

aspauld [at] emory [dot] edu

Rachel Boehm, Project Coordinator for CHIP

Rachel [dot] boehm [at] emory [dot] edu

Matt Akiyama, Project Lead at DC Dept. of Corrections

Alyssa Wurcel, Project Lead at Middlesex County Jail

Chad Zawitz, Project Lead at Cook County Jail

Victoria Brown, Project Coordinator C.R.A.I.N.E.S

Victoria [dot] brown [at] emory [dot] edu

Kennedy Shanika, Project Coordinator S.W.A.N.S.S

Shanika [dot] kennedy [at] emory [dot] edu

Lindsay Riback, Project Lead at DC Dept. of Corrections

Bridget Pickard, Project Lead at Middlesex County Jail