Harvard-wide Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship | Meet Our Fellows

2024-2026 fellows

Alyssa Coffin, MD

Alyssa Coffin, MD, is a pediatric hospitalist interested in research focused on addressing healthcare disparities for hospitalized patients and families who use languages other than English. Specifically, she hopes to utilize a community-based participatory research framework to facilitate safe transitions of care from the inpatient to outpatient setting.

Catherine Coughlin, MD, FAAP

Catherine Coughlin, MD, FAAP, is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow. Her research interests include infant morbidity and mortality, provision of equitable care in the emergency department, and identification of barriers and facilitators of access to healthcare.

Nisha Dalvie, MD

Nisha Dalvie, MD, is a Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow. She is interested in inequities in NICU follow up and clinical outcomes, and methods to improve family engagement in the NICU.

Neha Kwatra, MD

Neha Kwatra, MD, a Boston Children’s Health Equity Fellow, is a staff radiologist and Assistant Professor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School. She is interested in variation and inequities in the utilization of nuclear medicine examinations such as bone scans, FDG PET/CT scans, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations in pediatric patients with osteomyelitis.

Kenneth (Kenny) Softness, MD

Kenneth (Kenny) Softness, MD, is a pediatric urology fellow who specializes in the care of children with conditions of the genitourinary tract. His research is focused on outcomes specific to the transition of care in congenital patients who leave pediatric centers for adult care.

2025-27 Fellows

Haritha Aribindi, MD

Haritha Aribindi, MD, was raised in Atlanta, Ga., and completed her undergrad at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. She then went to the Medical College of Georgia to complete her MD. She returned to the north to complete her pediatrics residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program and stayed to join the Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship. She is heavily invested in advocacy work, and her academic interests lie in infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome.

Katherine Douglas, MD

Katherine Douglas, MD, grew up in Connecticut and attended Washington University in St. Louis for medical school. She returned to New England for residency in the Boston Combined Residency Program before continuing in fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and pursuing her master’s degree in public health through the Pediatric Health Services Research fellowship. She is excited for a career melding PEM and research, investigating barriers to access to high-quality care for children, and policy solutions that can help to promote health equity.

Ashley Saint-Fleur, MD

Ashley Saint-Fleur, MD, is a pediatric pulmonary fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital. Her research focuses on barriers to care and healthcare utilization, particularly within pediatric asthma and among vulnerable populations. She is also interested in how geospatial and neighborhood-level factors shape health outcomes and inform opportunities for advocacy. Outside of work, she enjoys painting, pottery, and exploring new restaurants around Boston.