Our team brings together university faculty, developers, staff assistants, fellows, and students from a variety of fields, including behavioral science, public health, medicine, and psychology.
We think this gives us a unique perspective when tackling most problems.
Tyler Wray, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Wray joined the faculty at Brown University in 2015, and co-founded SMASH Labs with other faculty that year. His interests are in ways that technology can be used to improve sexual health across the spectrum of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Read more here.
Mark Celio, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Research)
Dr. Celio is a clinical psychologist who joined the Brown University faculty in 2016 and helped co-found SMASH Labs. His work primarily involves studying how social and contextual factors influence the decisions people make about their sexual health. Read more here.
Erik (Simpanen) Ocean
Project Coordinator & Public Health Graduate Student
Erik joined our team in 2015 after graduating from the University of Rhode Island's international engineering program with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and a B.A. in Spanish. His interests are in global and minority health, including sexual and gender minorities and immigrant populations. In 2018 Erik was accepted into the Masters in Public Health program, which he is completing part-time with a generalist concentration. His theses are looking at alcohol use norms among MSM and barriers and facilitators to PrEP adherence.
Daniel Carr, MS
Senior Research Assistant
Daniel joined SMASH Labs in 2017 after earning his Master's degree in Health Psychology from Cardiff Metropolitan University. Daniel's areas of interest include proactive and preventative healthcare, and more widely, the use of qualitative approches in health research. In his free time, Daniel loves botany, ornithology, and all things nature!
John Guigayoma, MPH
Public Health Doctoral Student
John joined our team in 2019 with a master of public health degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Before joining SMASH Labs, John coordinated HIV testing programs at various community based organizations in California as well as worked in HIV behavioral health research for the San Francisco Department of Public Health. John's research interests include pre-exposure prophylaxis use among men who have sex with men and the development and implementation of behavioral health interventions via smartphone technologies.
Zarimir Read
HIV Phone Test Counselor
Zarimir joined our team in March 2020, right at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, after graduating from Johnson & Wales University with a BS in Health Science. Zarimir is currently enrolled in a MS program in Management at Lasell University.
Siddhi Nadkarni
Undergraduate HIV Phone Test Counselor
Siddhi joined our team in 2020 and is a senior at Brown University, concentrating in Health and Human Biology with a focus on Global Health. She is especially interested in culturally competent community health, health disparities, and preventive healthcare. In her free time, you can find Siddhi roaming around Providence in search of the best coffee shops and bookstores.
Lab alumni.
Ashley Pérez
Public Health Graduate Student
Ashley graduated from Brown University with an ScM in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences. Her interests are in sexual health among racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities. She recently finished up her Master's degree with us, and moved on to start working on her PhD at the University of California - San Francisco!
Elliott Liebling
Public Health Graduate Student
Elliott joined SMASH Labs as a phone HIV test counselor in 2016, and graduated in May 2017 with his Master's in Public Health from Brown. His interests are primarily in healthcare administration. After graduating, Elliott accepted a position at RTI International.
Laura Allison Woods
Public Health Graduate Student
Laura joined our group after beginning the Master's in Public Health program at Brown in 2016. She received her bachelor's degree in Community Health & Health Education from George Mason University in 2016. Her interests are in LGBT health, HIV prevention, and intervention development. After graduating, Laura accepted a position at Teach for America.
Alexander Aida
Undergraduate/Graduate Research Assistant
Alex is a rising senior at Brown, concentrating in public health. His interests are in health policy, service delivery, and the social impact of HIV. In his free time, you'll find Alex drinking tea, reading, or watching soccer.
Camila Salazar
HIV Phone Test Counselor
Camila joined the SMASH Labs team in 2018 after moving to RI from Los Angeles, CA. She graduated from Brown University in 2015 with a degree in Biology. She is passionate about addressing health disparities in Latinx populations. For the eTest project, she looks forward to using her native Spanish-speaking skills to reach out to this demographic. In her free time, Camila enjoys reading new books on her Kindle.
Barbara Pereira Vera
Undergraduate HIV Phone Test Counselor
Barbara joined our team in Fall 2019 as a senior concentrating in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Barbara’s areas of interest include minority health, addressing health disparities, and HIV prevention. In her free time, Barbara enjoys cooking and watching medical dramas on television.
Employment Opportunities
Interested in technology and health? Want to join our team?
We’ll post info about paid opportunities with our team here. But, we’re always looking for passionate students and volunteers with similar interests to help advance our mission and learn new things! So, if you’re interested in helping out, get in touch with us anytime!