Teresa Beacham
MBA, Concentration: Health Care Administration, Baker University
BS, Major: Sociology; Minor: African American Studies, University of Kansas

Current Position: Program Director, Phase I, Office of Medical Education, KUMC School of Medicine

Research Interests: Underrepresented minorities in medical education, racial/ethnic health disparities, and social determinants of health

Sravani Chandaka
MS, Computer and Information Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University, AP, India

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.

Tanner M. Fortney
MPA (City/County Budgeting and Finance), University of Kansas-Lawrence
BA (Political Science/US Political Institutions/Public Policy and Administration), 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

Drennon (Kris) Leverette
MS (Finance and Economics), West Texas A&M University (Canyon, TX)
BS (Health Sciences), University of Missouri-Kansas City

Research Interests: Neuroeconomics, NHPI and Asian health disparities, and obesity research.  

Nabila Jashim Nuha
MPH, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh MBBS, Medicine and Surgery, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant, Leavens Lab, KUMC Department of Population Health

Research Interests: Health promotion and disease prevention, Health policy and advocacy, Tobacco-related morbidity and mortality, and Community-based interventions

Jennifer Oliveira
BS, Health Administration and Policy, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
BA, Medical Anthropology, Creighton University

Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant, Mueller Lab, KUMC Department of Population Health

Research Interests: Health policy, racial/ethnic health disparities, population health, social determinants of  health, access to healthcare

Maggie Padek-Kalman
MPH, MSW, Washington University in St. Louis
BA, History & International Relations, Tulane University (New, Orleans, LA)

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

Shea J. Kampsen
MPH, Texas A&M University (College Station)
BS (Kinesiology), Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
BA (Modern Languages/Spanish, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant, Smith Lab, KUMC Department of Population Health

Research Interests: Understanding health disparities through community health development and capacity building; Disability health and policy advocacy; Community‐based participatory research

Kelsey Stock
MSW, Master’s in Social Welfare, University of Kansas 
BS, Community Health, University of Kansas

Current Position: Communication Access Sesrvice Program Manager, Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Research Interests: Improvement of healthcare literacy, accessibility and service delivery to patients who are deaf and/or hard of hearing; prevention of language deprivation syndrome among children who are Deaf and/or Heard of Heraing

Madelyn Verno
MS, Geography and Environmental Sustainability, concentration: Environmental Systems, University of Oklahoma-Norman
BS, Geography, Penn State University-University Park, PA

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

Emily Wilkinson
MBA, Executive, University of Missouri-Kansas City
BS, Respiratory Care, University of Missouri-Columbia

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.

Jemema Zaman
MPH (concentration: Health Policy and Management), University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA
MS, Bioinformatics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BPharm, BRAC University, Mohakhali, Dhaka

Current Position: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Scheuermann Lab, KUMC Department of Population Health

Research Interests: Maternal and child health, health policy, differences in health outcomes, social determinants of health, and data‐driven approaches to improving interventions that support healthier outcomes for mothers and children