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David Jernigan, PhD, Director

David Jernigan is the director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) and an associate professor in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has worked as an advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank on alcohol issues.

He co-authored WHO's recent Global Status Report on Alcohol, as well as Media Advocacy and Public Health: Power for Prevention and Alcohol in the Developing World: A Public Health Perspective, published by WHO and the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies.

He has also authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and has trained thousands of public health advocates in media advocacy and alcohol-problems prevention.

Raimee H. Eck, MPH, MPA, PA-C, Program Coordinator

Raimee Eck is the program coordinator of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is actively engaged on projects relating to alcohol marketing in traditional and new media, alcohol taxes, and outlet density. Prior to her position at CAMY, she worked with SAMHSA on the development of the Sober Truth on Preventing (STOP) Underage Drinking Act report to Congress and consulted on other alcohol issues including alcopops and alcoholic energy drinks.

Raimee is a certified physician assistant and practiced for several years at Boston Medical Center in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery before entering the field of alcohol policy full time. She received her BS and MPA at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA and her MPH at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Alicia Samuels, MPH, Director of Communications

Alicia Samuels is the director of communications for the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She works to raise awareness of CAMY and alcohol marketing to youth as a public health problem through media relations, social media and media advocacy. She also directs communications efforts for the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy.

Ms. Samuels received her MPH from Emory University in 2001 and her BA cum laude from the University of Rochester in 1999.

Samantha Cukier, MA, MBA, Research Assistant

Samantha is a doctoral student at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  Her primary research focus is the normalization of alcohol use through various forms of media, most notably through alcohol portrayals on TV. As a research assistant at CAMY, Samantha is involved with projects analyzing alcohol messages in the media as well as research on alcohol brand associations. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, Samantha worked on social marketing campaigns, alcohol advocacy, and alcohol policy processes and was one of the authors of Canada's first provincial alcohol strategy in Nova Scotia. Samantha has an MA in Health Promotion and an MBA, both from Dalhousie University, in Halifax, NS.

Kaylan Kanakamedala, Research Assistant

As a former tech entrepreneur and project manager at a boutique marketing firm, Kalyan is well-versed in digital marketing and brings an inside perspective to the CAMY team.  At CAMY, Kalyan works closely with center staff to protect children from over-exposure to alcohol marketing in the digital arena while also studying public health and business at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Carey Business School.  Having also completed his undergraduate education at JHU, Kalyan is determined to represent the university well by striving to make the world a better place.