Marne Decker

Marne Decker joined the Human Nature Laboratory as a research assistant in February 2024. She is simultaneously completing her Master of Public Health in Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Yale University School of Public Health and is expected to graduate in May 2025. Before coming to Yale, Marne was an undergraduate student at Cornell University, earning her BS in Global & Public Health Sciences while minoring in Biometry & Statistics and Fashion Studies. She graduated with Honors and Distinction after completing a senior honors thesis on how neighborhood environments and collective efficacy impact self-perceived and real-time health outcomes. As a research assistant in the lab, she works with others on the HNL team on data analyses and publication development, particularly on research questions relating to public health and the lab’s Honduras intervention data. Currently, Marne assists with publications concerned with village size and knowledge, human flourishing in the Honduran village context, and village built environments and perceived health. Generally, she is interested in researching how units of place – like neighborhoods or villages – structure our social relationships and health.