The Chelsea Project is a collaboration between scientists, policy advisors, designers, and public health experts.
Core Team
Karthik Dinakar โ Chelsea Project Founder & Research Lead and Machine learning and clinical medicine researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Barry Keppard โ Chelsea Project Lead and Director of the Public Health Department at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC).
Dan Cortez โ Chelsea Project Lead and Community Engagement Specialist at the Chelsea Hub and Chelsea Police Department.
Samantha Bates โ Executive Director at the Cambridge, MA based nonprofit Center of Complex Interventions.
Flor Amaya — Director of Public Health, Chelsea.
Cristina Alonso โ Health Equity Specialist, La Colaborativa.
Wastewater Collaborators
Lou Mammolette โ City Engineer, Deputy Commissioner at the Department of Public Works Chelsea Massachusetts.
Nour Sharara — Public Health Scientist, Biobot Analytics.
David Bedoya — ย Department Head- Water/Wastewater, Dewberry.
Agents Based Infectious Disease Modeling
Dhaval Adjodah โ Computational Science & Machine Learning Researcher at Center of Complex Interventions.
Rapid Antigen Testing
Irene Bosch — Virologist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Cherie Ramirezย — Scientist at Simmons University.
Matthew Frank — Supportive Services Manager, Chelsea Housing Authority.
Paul Nowicki — Director of Operations, Chelsea Housing Authority.
Jose Arocha — Onsite coordinator.
Jorge Amaya — Onsite coordinator.
Sina Hoche — Doctoral Candidate, Harvard University.
Scientific Mentor and Advisor
Joe DeRisi โ Molecular biologist and biochemist at University of California, San Francisco.
Governance Advisor
Kate McCall-Kiley โ White House Presidential Innovation Fellow focusing on policy design and strategy.
We would like to thank the Reid Hoffman Foundation for their generous support of The Chelsea Project.