Ellen Compernolle, PhD

Postdoctoral Affiliate, Sociology

ecomper@uchicago.edu
Degree: PhD, Sociology – University of Michigan
Research Interests: Family Demography; International Migration; Social Change, Gender

Sarah Garver, PhD

Postdoctoral Affiliate, Sociology

sgarver@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): PhD- Ohio State University; MA- Ohio State University; BS – Penn State University
Research Interests: Demography; Fertility; Contraception; Family; Economics; Stratification

Jeehoon Han, PhD

Postdoctoral Affiliate, Public Policy

jeehoon@uchicago.edu
Degree: PhD, Economics – University of Notre Dame
Research Interests: Welfare and budgetary consequences of low-income individuals’ and families’ responses government generated incentives.

Alexis Howard

Predoctoral Affiliate, Comparative Human Development

alhoward@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): BS, Neuroscience & BA Spanish- Indiana University Bloomington
Research Interests: Health disparities in old age; Trends in disability among aging Latinos in the US; Impact of social context on health outcomes; Mixed methods research

Jerry Kaufman, PhD

Predoctoral Affiliate, Sociology

jckaufman@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MA, Sociology- University of Chicago; MA, Sociology- University of Central Florida; MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary; BA, Educational Ministries- Huntington University
Research Interests: Race; Racialization; Health; Aging

Johanna Oh

Postdoctoral Affiliate, Sociology

jhoh0819@uchicago.edu
Degree: AB, Africana Studies & Sociology- Cornell University
Research Interests: Demography in Sub-Saharan Africa; Sociology of Health; Economic Sociology

David Press

Predoctoral Affiliate, Public Health Sciences

djpress@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MPhil, Public Health- University of Cambridge; BS, Health Promotion Disease Prevention- University of Southern California
Research Interests: Cancer Epidemiology; Neighborhoods; Health Disparities

Alicia Riley

Predoctoral Affiliate, Sociology

arriley@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MA, Sociology- University of Chicago; MPH, Epidemiology/ Biostatistics- Johns Hopkins University; MA, Latin American Studies- Stanford University; BA, Human Biology- Stanford University
Research Interests: Sociology of health inequalities and social epidemiology: How population health distributions respond over time to the patterning of structural racism (i.e. residential segregation, incarceration, immigration policy, local policies, historical legacies). Longitudinal data from multiple sources to study how local policy environments shape racial variation in premature death.

Amelia Sancilio, PhD

Postdoctoral Affiliate

asancilio@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): PhD, Anthropology- Yale University; BA, Anthropology & Biology- Lawrence University
Research Interests: Senescence; Women’s Health; Reproduction; Human variation & adaption

Winnie Tong

Predoctoral Affiliate, Sociology

witong@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MSc, Criminal Justice Policy- London School Economics; BS, Psychology- Yale University
Research Interests: Social Support and Health; Motivation and Happiness; Older Adult’s Health and Sexuality

Patrick Ward

Predoctoral Affiliate, Economics

prw@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): BS- United States Air Force Academy
Research Interests: Health Economics, Law, and Organization

Mai See Yang, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology

msyang@uchicago.edu 
Degree(s): PhD, Gerontology- University of Massachusetts, Boston; MS, Gerontology- University of Massachusetts, Boston; MS, Therapy in Aging and Adult Development- California State University, Sacramento; BS, Human Development- University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Mental Health Issues in Older Minorities; Subjective Wellbeing in Aging Veterans; Applied Research; Age-Friendly Communities; Demography of Aging; Survey Methods

Dani Adams

Predoctoral Fellow, School of Social Service Administration

daniadams@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): AM, Clinical Concentration, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago; BA, Psychology (minor in Philosophy), Roosevelt University
Research Interests: Improving affordability, accessibility, and effectiveness of behavioral health services in low-income neighborhoods: Dissemination and implementation science; Child and adolescent mental health; Recovery-oriented system transformation; Trauma-informed practice and policy; Child welfare

Nicole Boyer, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

nboyer@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Degree(s): PhD & MPH, University of Glasgow; BS, Unversity of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Research Interests: Health economics; Cost-effectiveness analysis; Economic evaluation in broader non-health settings such as the community or school; Decision analytic modeling
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Alex Brewer

Predoctoral Fellow, Sociology

aebrewer@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MA, University of Chicago; BA, Barnard College
Research Interests: Medical sociology, gender, qualitative methods

Carlos Cardenas-Inguez

Predoctoral Fellow, Psychology

cardenas@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): BA, Brain & Cognitive Sciences (Minor in Psychology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Greenspace and health, poverty, and neighborhood factors and brain development and cognitive function, perception of social status

Emily Claypool

Predoctoral Fellow, School of Social Service Administration

eclaypool@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): AM, University of Chicago; BA, University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Deinstitutionalization, clinical interventions, the social life and historical emergence of evidence-based practices and programs

Grant Gannaway

Predoctoral Fellow, Economics

gwg@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): BA, Economics and Math, Brigham Young University
Research Interests: Health economics

Rebecca Gorges

Predoctoral Fellow, Harris School of Public Policy

rjgorges@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MA, Economics, Hunter College; BS, Chemical Engineering and Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Interests: Impacts of long-term care policy on families, health disparities

Wan-Zi Lu

Predoctoral Fellow, Sociology

wanzilu@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MA, Sociology, University of Chicago; BA, Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University
Research Interests: Regulations and practices of organ transplants with a focus on comparative development of donations policies in a number of East Asian policies

Hannah MacDougall

Predoctoral Fellow, School of Social Service Administration

hmacdougall@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MSW, Columbia University; BA, Saint Olaf College
Research Interests: Health services, social determinants of health, hospital community benefits

Bikki Smith

Predoctoral Fellow, School of Social Service Administration

bikki@uchicago.edu
Degree(s): MSW, Social Work & MA, Psychology, New York University; BS, Psychology, Virginia Tech
Research Interests: Intersections of race/ethnicity, place and health

Nina Gao

yngao@uchicago.edu
PhD Program: Harris School of Public Policy
Research Interests: Mental healthcare, healthcare provider supply and incentives, public economics

Jennifer Ghandi

jghandhi@uchicago.edu
PhD Program: Harris School of Public Policy
Research Interests: Home care medicine, health care labor markets, transitions of care, demography of aging

Afia Khan

afia@uchicago.edu
PhD Program: Harris School of Public Policy
Research Interests: Health economics, antimicrobial resistance, social determinants of health and well-being

Joseph Krongold

jkrongold@uchicago.edu
PhD Program: Public Health Sciences- Health Services Research
Research Interests: Quality measurement, end of life care

Maya Lozinski

mayalozinski@uchicago.edu
PhD Program: Harris School of Public Policy
Research Interests: Health economics, risk adjustment, machine learning

Ellen Richmond

erichmond@uchicago.edu
PhD Program: Anthropology
Research Interests: Anthropology of development, human rights law, mobile clinics

Steven Server

sserver@uchicago.edu
PhD Program: Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science and History
Research Interests: Public Health & Social Medicine in 1930s Mexico

Andrew Schram, MD, MBA

Faculty Scholar, Hospital Medicine

aschram@uchicago.edu

Andrew’s research interests focus on increasing the operational efficiency of caring for hospitalized patients with the goal of optimizing the utilization of limited healthcare resources. He is also developing innovative hospitalist staffing models to facilitate increases coordination of care between inpatient and outpatient settings. He received his BA from Yale University; his MD and his MBA from the University of Chicago; and completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Rush University Medical Center. Originally Andrew is from Wellesley, Massachusetts, and in the summer, he loves to sail on Lake Michigan.

Sarah Sobotka, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

ssobotka@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu

Sarah sees patients with delays and disabilities. Her mixed methods approach focuses on studying trends and improving health systems to support families of children with medical complexity and disabilities, especially those with technology dependency. She is interested in creating efficient and effective healthcare service models to minimize hospitalizations, provide support for families, and to enable children with severe disabilities to reach their developmental potentials. She received her MD and MPH from the University of Chicago. Her clinical training includes a pediatric residency at Children’s Memorial Hospital/Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, and fellowship training in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Chicago.

Veena Sriram, PhD, MPD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine

vsriram@uchicago.edu

Veena is a Postdoctoral Fellow affiliated with the Department of Medicine. Her current research interests include health policy; health sector governance; medical specialization; human resources for health; and systems research in low– and middle-income countries, particularly India.; and global health. She completed her PhD as Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and her MPH at Columbia University. Veena’s hometowns include Chennai, India, and Chicago, Illinois. She is a mom to two children and loves to bake.

Elizabeth Tung, MD, MSA

Instructor of Medicine

eliztung@uchicago.edu

Elizabeth completed her undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, her MD at New York Medical College, her residency in Internal Medicine at Brown University, and her MPH at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on disparities in chronic disease management, with a special interest in race, place, and poverty. Her experience participating in community-based strategies to improve chronic disease have led to a vested interest in addressing the social determinants of health and a commitment to eradicating health disparities. Elizabeth is currently examining the relationships between race, poverty, and access to healthcare in adults with chronic disease, and the intersection between community violence and chronic disease. She is also applying geospatial analytical tools to bridge the worlds of violence epidemiology and health.

Justin Cirone, MD

Fellow, Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine

cironejm@uchicago.edu
Previous Degrees: MD, Rutgers University; BS, Biology & BA, Spanish, East Steoudsburg University
Research Interests: Reducing instances of violent trauma

Michael Cui, MD

Fellow, Internal Medicine & Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine

michael.cui@uchospitals.edu
Doctoral Degree: MD, University of Chicago; BS, Biology & BA, Biochemistry, Indiana University
Research Interests: Leveraging technology to improve clinical workflow, mobile health, hospital medicine

Pooja Gala, MD

Fellow, Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine

pgala@uchicago.edu 
Doctoral Degree: MD, Weill Cornell Medical College; BS, Emory University
Research Interests: Strengthening health systems in low- and middle- income countries to better manage chronic diseases; quality improvement within primary care

Vivian Lee, MD

Hospitalist Scholar and Postdoctoral Fellow, Hospital Medicine

vivianlee@uchicago.edu
Doctoral degree: MD, Chicago Medical School
Research Interests: Interaction between the gut microbiome and virome in the context of human disease.

Kendra Royston, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Hematology/ Oncology

kroyston@bsd.uchicago.edu
Doctoral degree: PhD in Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 
Research interests: Cancer disparities, nutrition, epigenetics, bio-markers, and prevention. 

Alexandra Tate, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Hospital Medicine

atate@uchicago.edu
Doctoral degree: PhD in Sociology, UCLA
Research interests: Medical Sociology, end-of-life care, the doctor-patient relationship, health communication, cancer care, U.S. healthcare systems
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Aachal Devi, MD, MPH

Oral Health Fellow

aachald@uchicago.edu
Previous Degrees: MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Residency in Dental Public Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD; MA, Social Sciences, University of Chicago
Research Interests: Oral health, social determinants of health, health behavior change, communication, older adults.

Sivan Spitzer-Shohat, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

spitzershohat@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu 
Doctoral degree: PhD in Sociology and Health Services Research, University of Haifa Israel
Research interests: Organizational healthcare disparities reduction strategies, quality improvement and health care disparities, transition in care and organizational change, social network analysis, qualitative methods

Ali Thaver, MD

Hospitalist Scholar

athaver@uchicago.edu
Doctoral degree:  MD, Aga Khan University
Research interests: Pharmaceutical economics, hospital medicine