• home
  • mental health guides
    • mask anxiety
    • mask communication
    • seeking help
    • get better sleep
    • older adults with anxiety
    • covid long term effects
    • covid and stroke
    • covid affects all ages
  • mask guides
    • why wear masks?
    • masks work!
    • fit is important
    • good vs bad mask fits
    • fit-check your mask
    • improve your mask fit
    • best mask materials
    • best wearing practices
    • best mask for YOU
    • put on your mask safely
    • take off your mask safely
    • face shields vs masks
    • proper mask storage
    • safe voting
  • covid-19 information
    • covid-19 misconceptions
    • more covid-19 questions
  • literature database
  • about
    • contact us
    • press page
    • social media toolkit
    • social media challenges
  • home
  • mental health guides
    • mask anxiety
    • mask communication
    • seeking help
    • get better sleep
    • older adults with anxiety
    • covid long term effects
    • covid and stroke
    • covid affects all ages
  • mask guides
    • why wear masks?
    • masks work!
    • fit is important
    • good vs bad mask fits
    • fit-check your mask
    • improve your mask fit
    • best mask materials
    • best wearing practices
    • best mask for YOU
    • put on your mask safely
    • take off your mask safely
    • face shields vs masks
    • proper mask storage
    • safe voting
  • covid-19 information
    • covid-19 misconceptions
    • more covid-19 questions
  • literature database
  • about
    • contact us
    • press page
    • social media toolkit
    • social media challenges
  Wearing is Caring
  • home
  • mental health guides
    • mask anxiety
    • mask communication
    • seeking help
    • get better sleep
    • older adults with anxiety
    • covid long term effects
    • covid and stroke
    • covid affects all ages
  • mask guides
    • why wear masks?
    • masks work!
    • fit is important
    • good vs bad mask fits
    • fit-check your mask
    • improve your mask fit
    • best mask materials
    • best wearing practices
    • best mask for YOU
    • put on your mask safely
    • take off your mask safely
    • face shields vs masks
    • proper mask storage
    • safe voting
  • covid-19 information
    • covid-19 misconceptions
    • more covid-19 questions
  • literature database
  • about
    • contact us
    • press page
    • social media toolkit
    • social media challenges

Our Team

We are a team of researchers at Columbia University who seek to draw upon our scientific backgrounds to contribute to the fight against COVID-19. Our goal is to keep everyone informed on how to wear masks properly based on current research. 
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Ana Pinharanda

MASK PROJECT MANAGER

Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Andolfatto Lab working in fruit fly population and speciation genomics
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ap3815@columbia.edu
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Tiffany Chen

PPE GUIDELINES MANAGER

Post-bachelor researcher studying the neural basis of motor learning at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute in the lab of Dr. Rui Costa​

​tc3064@columbia.edu
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Jaeseung Hahn

OUTREACH MANAGER

Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Danino Lab and Leong Lab studying nanotechnology and synthetic biology for cancer treatments

jh4120@columbia.edu
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Elaine Lee

WEBMASTER, ILLUSTRATOR, AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Rising sophomore in Columbia College, research assistant for the Bendesky Lab studying Betta fish aggression

​el3031@columbia.edu
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Lydia Wu

SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS MANAGER

Rising sophomore in Columbia College from Princeton, NJ; interested in biology and computer science
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lw2892@columbia.edu
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Keiko Yasuma

MASK DECONTAMINATION PROJECT MEMBER

Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Ivanov lab in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology

ky2444@cumc.columbia.edu
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Carolina Ramos

MENTAL HEALTH GUIDELINES MANAGER

Pre-Medical student in Columbia's School of General Studies and Licensed Master Social Worker focusing on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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cr3024@columbia.edu
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Arooba Ahmed

SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE REVIEWER

​Sophomore in Columbia College, Undergraduate Researcher in Gautier Lab studying DNA interstrand crosslink repair.

aa4497@columbia.edu
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Tony Kim

SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE REVIEWER

Sophomore in Columbia College studying event scripts and segmentation at the Dynamic Perception and Memory Lab.

​tjk2141@columbia.edu 
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Kailin Huang

GRAPHICS AND LAYOUT DESIGNER

Sophomore in Columbia College interested in studying biochemistry and economics from Venice, FL.

​kh3011@columbia.edu
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Maura Boldrini

FACULTY ADVISOR

Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia Medical College; Director of the Human Neurobiology lab at Columbia's Irving Medical Center

mb928@columbia.edu
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Elizabeth Hillman

FACULTY ADVISOR

Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology; Principal Investigator at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute
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eh2245@columbia.edu
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Gaganpreet Sidhu

VIROLOGY LITERATURE REVIEWER

Associate Research Scientist in Gautier lab at Columbia University Medical Center's  Institute for Cancer Genetics
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gs2732@cumc.columbia.edu
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Matt Sachs

MENTAL HEALTH LITERATURE REVIEWER

Presidential Scholar in Neuroscience; uses machine learning and neuroimaging to understand brain activity in experiences and emotions

​ms5924@columbia.edu
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Angela Rasmussen

FACULTY ADVISOR

Affiliate at Georgetown's Center for Global Health Science and Security; incoming principal investigator at University of Saskatchewan
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alr2105@columbia.edu

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to these wonderful people for your unwavering support. This project couldn't have happened without you!
Olivia Lee
​Simon Guillot
Sophie Colombo
Andreacarola Urso
Amir Momen Roknabadi
​Chiara Bertipaglia
Alice Mosberger
Ulkar Aghayeva
Morgane Moss
Paula Croxson
Tessa Montague
Lawrence Lin
Barbara Noro
Isabella Canal Delgado
​Gizem Efe
Natalie Steinemann
Panos Oikonomou
Gabi Martins
Sara Abalde
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These guidelines are our interpretation of scientific literature and published guidelines. Please follow links to learn more about the science behind our infographics.
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