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Brittney Francis

Bell Fellow
HCPDS

Brittney Francis holds a doctorate in epidemiology from The Ohio State University. She also holds an MPH from Washington University in St. Louis. Brittney’s research investigates anti-Black structural racism as a risk factor for Pregnancy Induced Hypertensive Disorders (PIHDs) among Black women. During her fellowship, she is building on her work by exploring neighborhood-level determinants, and will incorporate new theoretical frameworks and empirical methods through didactic training and interdisciplinary faculty…

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Aashish Gupta

Bell Fellow
HCPDS

Aashish Gupta is a demographer. He holds a PhD in demography and sociology from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MA in development studies from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. His research uses demographic and field methods to examine interrelations between health, environment, and inequality in developing countries. His published work has documented the negative externalities of solid fuels used for cooking and coal burning power plants; the barriers…

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A. Nicole Kreisberg

Bell Fellow
HCPDS

A. Nicole Kreisberg is a sociologist who studies immigrant inequalities in educational institutions and the labor market. Nicole holds a PhD in sociology from Brown University, and an AM in social policy from the University of Chicago. Her dissertation uses an original field experiment, a national survey experiment, and in-depth interviews to understand whether and why employers screen out Latino male college graduates from entry-level employment based on nativity and…