I am an MD/PhD candidate studying how neighborhood contexts perpetuate systemic racism and ableism by shaping child physical, mental, and behavioral health. My aim is to be a pediatrician scientist … Continue reading “Logan Nicole Beyer”
Student Profiles
Laura Chen
I’ve worked on projects surrounding immigration, stress, and health, cancer inequities in AI/AN populations, and state-level midwifery policy and birth outcomes. Currently, I’m interested structural and political determinants of health, … Continue reading “Laura Chen”
Jen Cruz
Research/Practice Interests: Social epidemiology; Implementation science; Cancer prevention; Health equity; Community Engagement
Matlin Gilman
Matlin uses population-level data to solve economic and social problems related to health disparities over the life course. His dissertation focuses on quantifying the effects of recent abortion bans and postpartum … Continue reading “Matlin Gilman”
Sirad Hassan
I am interested in refugee health, maternal and child health, reproductive health, substance use, community based participatory research, and mixed methods.
Thanh Mai K’taaya Bercher
I am interested in LGBTQ+, migrant, refugee, and Indigenous health access in low-resource settings; collective memory, emotional coping mechanisms, trauma-informed care; intergenerational support, traditional methods, plant medicine, survival adaptations, decolonization; … Continue reading “Thanh Mai K’taaya Bercher”
Melinda Mastan
I work on shaping interventions and regulations that facilitate positive behavior change through the application of behavioral economics principles, particularly in the areas of maternal and child health, and nutrition … Continue reading “Melinda Mastan”
Soroush Moallef
My research aims to generate evidence—using multi-level theoretical frameworks and its application in social and spatial epidemiology—to advance equity-oriented public health scholarship and practice in pursuit of human rights and … Continue reading “Soroush Moallef”
Sakurako S. Okuzono
My research focuses on understanding 1) how upstream (e.g., neighborhood, policies) and individual-level (e.g., characteristics) factors could interact to buffer long-term health impact of childhood adversity, and 2) cultural difference … Continue reading “Sakurako S. Okuzono”
Even Paglisotti
My research focuses on social and structural determinants of transgender and nonbinary adolescent mental health disparities, quantitative intersectional methods, and demographic measurement.
