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Professional Staff

Director, Health Promotion

(Currently Vacant)

Rebecca Block, MS, CHES, 500 RYT

Manager, Health Promotion Initiatives
Director, the Mindful University Project
Director, the Well-being for Life and Learning Training
Pronouns: she/her/hers 
rblock@uhs.rochester.edu 
Rebecca has a BA in Health, Behavior and Society from the University of Rochester and an MS in Community Health Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), Pain Reprocessing Therapy coach, Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Instructor (500 RYT), Certified Koru Mindfulness Teacher, and completed her College Health and Wellness Professional certificate from the American College Health Association (ACHA). 

Danielle D’Onofrio

Manager, Health Promotion Initiatives
Pronouns: she/her/hers
ddonofrio@uhs.rochester.edu
Danielle has a BS in Psychology and Public Health from SUNY Brockport, and a MS in Higher Education from the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education. She is a Certified Education Specialist (CHES), a certified SafeZone Facilitator and has also completed the Trauma Informed Care certificate program from University of Buffalo. 

Courtney Earle

Manager, Health Promotion Initiatives
Pronouns: she/her/hers
cearle@uhs.rochester.edu
Courtney has a BS in Public Health and Women and Gender Studies from SUNY Brockport. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).

Zoe Black

Department Coordinator
Pronouns: she/her/hers 
zblack@uhs.rochester.edu
Zoe has a BA in Health, Behavior, and Society, as well as a BA in Business from the University of Rochester. She is a certified SafeZone Facilitator and has completed her College Health and Wellness Professional certificate from the American College Health Association (ACHA). 

Graduate Assistants

Jack Earnhart

Prevention Coordinator, University Health Service
jacob_earnhart@urmc.rochester.edu
Jack Earnhart is the Prevention Coordinator at University of Rochester’s University Health Service. 

Sanjana Santhosh Kumar

Graduate Student, Graduate Student Well-being
Dental Resident, Eastman Institute for Oral Health
Pronouns: she/her
sanjana_santhoshkumar@urmc.rochester.edu
Sanjana is a final year dental resident at the Department of General Dentistry at Eastman Institute for Oral Health. 

Zhilin Zhang

Program Assistant, Eastman School of Music Wellness
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Major: Ph.D. in Music Education
Zhilin Zhang is a second-year Ph.D. student in Music Education at the Eastman School of Music.  

Peer Health Advocates

Summer Koltay

Senior Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: she/her/hers
skoltay3@u.rochester.edu
Summer is a senior majoring in Health, Behavior, and Society & Anthropology.  

Simrun Rao 

Senior Peer Health Advocate 
Pronouns: she/her/hers 
srao20@u.rochester.edu 
Simrun is a senior majoring in Health, Behavior, and Society.  

Roni Kirson

Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: she/they
rkirson@u.rochester.edu
Roni is a senior double majoring in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the Political Science, Philosophy, and Economics Program with a minor in dance.  

Samantha Michaud

Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: she/her
smichau3@u.rochester.edu
She is majoring in Psychology and Health, Behavior & Society. 

Aliya Peremel

Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: she/her/hers
aperemel@u.rochester.edu
Aliya is a sophomore majoring in Russian & Health Policy.  

Madison Zeng

Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: she/her/hers
mzeng7@u.rochester.edu
Madison is studying Public Health with a concentration in Health, Behavior, and Society while adhering to the Pre-Medical Track.