PhD Students
PhD Students Who Passed Their Qualifying Exams
| Student | Area of Emphasis | Research Interests | Advisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Anyatonwu | Health Economics | Population Health Outcomes, Long-Term Care, Emergency Department Use, Health Literacy, Financial Literacy, Legal Epidemiology | Dr. Hye-Chung Kum |
| Judith Beverly | Health Policy | Health Care Access and Delivery, Disability Policy, Children and Youth with Special Needs, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Population Health, GIS and Spatial Analysis Methods, Mixed Methods Research | Dr. Robert Ohsfeldt |
| Laura Benavides | Health Economics | Population health outcomes, payment reforms, health services utilization, primary care services delivery, health policy, health disparities | Dr. Hye-Chung Kum |
| Kesler Brock | Health Economics | Health Insurance, Health Outcomes, Transportation Law, Medical Factors Research, Demographics | Dr. Gerard E. Carrino |
| Morgan Kassabian | Health Economics | Rural health, rural hospital closures, health outcomes, antimicrobial resistance, maternal-child health, spatial health economics, behavioral economics | Dr. Robert Ohsfeldt |
| Nikita Sandeep Wagle | Health Economics | Cancer prevention, care delivery, and outcomes, health disparities, social epidemiology, telemedicine, sexual and reproductive health, health policy, survey design, and analysis | Dr. Hye-Chung Kum |
PHD STudents Preparing For Their Qualifying Exams
| Student | Area of Emphasis | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Susmita Chakraborty | Health Economics | Value-based healthcare, health services utilization, outcomes research, health insurance, health technology assessment, telebehavioral health, global health. |
| Wen Hsin Chen (Minnie) | Health Policy | Telehealth, primary care, healthcare delivery and outcomes, rural health, health disparities. |
| Gogoal Falia | Health Policy | Public health policy, healthcare disparities, financing rural health, healthcare access, cost-effectiveness interventions in elderly care, minority health and health disparities, mixed-method research, experimental and quasi-experimental research, qualitative research. |
| Jing (Alice) Jin | Health Economics | |
| Ryan C. Rigby | Health Policy | Veteran’s rural health, access to care, health outcomes. |
| Aakriti Shrestha | Health Policy | Maternal and child health, minority maternal health outcomes, reproductive health, rural health, immigrant health, Medicaid expansion, minority health disparities, government welfare expansion, primary interventions, global health. |
