Current PhD Students
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Teresa Beacham Research Interests: Underrepresented minorities in medical education, racial/ethnic health disparities, and social determinants of health |
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Sravani Chandaka, MS Current Position: Director of Research IT, Office of the Chief Information Officer and Assistant Director of Software Engineering, Kansas University Medical Center Research Interests: The utilization of a strong medical informatics skillset to create theoretical frameworks from social sciences to address pressing health policy and research management questions and examine critical and emerging health issues. |
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Tanner M. Fortney 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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Drennon (Kris) Leverette Research Interests: Neuroeconomics, NHPI and Asian health disparities, and obesity research. |
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Jennifer Oliveira Research Interests: Health policy, racial/ethnic health disparities, population health, social determinants of health, access to healthcare |
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Maggie Padek-Kalman Current Position: Director of Evaluation and Implementation Science, Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Interests: Implementation science, research capacity building, research impact, research evaluation |
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Shea J. Roy 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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Madelyn Verno Current Position: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mueller Lab, KUMC Department of Population Health Research Interests: Drinking water, public health, natural resources, environmental health and environmental justice |
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Emily Wilkinson, MBA Current Position: Business Analyst, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri Research Interests: The development of healthcare policy, process and structural changes in order to sustain operations, improve quality and safety, manage costs, and expand medical services to a broader portion of the population. |