Current PhD Students
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Teresa Beacham MBA, Concentration: Health Care Administration, Baker University Research Interests: Underrepresented minorities in medical education, racial/ethnic health disparities, and social determinants of health |
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Gayle M. Brekke MBA, Health Care Leadership, Rockhurst University Research Interests: Health economics, patient engagement and empowerment, disruptive innovation, measurement and communication of quality and outcomes, impact of insurance benefit design on health care expenditures, and modeling and simulation techniques |
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Tanner M. Fortney MPA (City/County Budgeting and Finance), University of Kansas-Lawrence Research Interests: Healthcare economics, social determinants of health, population health, data management and analysis, mental health, categorical data analysis, longitudinal data analysis |
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Jordyn Gunville MPH, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Interests: Tribal Health policy around Maternal, Infant and Child Health; Impacts of using Indian Health Service among American Indian Populations Download More Information |
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Leah Lambart MPH, Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Interests: Exploring equity, access to care, behavioral change, removing barriers to healthcare, economic burden, and what altruism means in our culture |
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Drennon (Kris) Leverette MS (Finance and Economics), West Texas A&M University (Canyon, TX) Research Interests: Neuroeconomics, NHPI and Asian health disparities, and obesity research.
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Charley S. Lewis MPH, Environmental Health, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Interests: Health disparities and working with American Indian communities; environmental health, tobacco cessation, mental health and suicide, cancer eduation; development of culturally-tailored health interventions |
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W. Todd Moore MPS, Public Service/Public Policy, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service Research Interests: Linking academic researchers and clinicians with the health needs of the community, building strong relationships between health institutions and community, and improvement of research readiness of community organizations and members |
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Jennifer Oliveira BS, Health Administration and Policy, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska Research Interests: Health policy, racial/ethnic health disparities, population health, social determinants of health, access to healthcare |
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Alicia O'Neal M.Ed, Higher & Post-Secondary Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Research Interests: Sociobehavioral research, including 1) health inequities affecting select populations: people of color (POC), women, children, and people with mobility disabilities (PMD); and 2) preventative chronic disease(s) investigation |
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Shea J. Roy MPH, Texas A&M University (College Station) Research Interests: Understanding health disparities through community health development and capacity building; Disability health and policy advocacy; Community‐based participatory research |
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Jessica Sand MPH, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Interests: Primary care, Dissemination and implementation, Patient-centered outcomes resaerch, Community-based participatory research |
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Joi Wickliffe MPH, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Interests: Health outcomes among previously incarcerated persons; Sexual health among women with histories of incarceration, preventable illness and disease; Developments of jail-based interventions; Participatory action research. |
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Sharon A. Fitzgerald-Wolff MPH, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Interests: Improving preventive services with a particular interest in smoking cessation, vaccinations, diabetes management, use of information technology in healthcare settings, home health nutrition and cardiovascular health; Database design, implementation, data management and analysis |