Current HSR Graduate Students

 

Katherine (Kade) Etter

Year Admitted: 2009
Advisor: Linda Resnick, David Dore
Program: PhD Health Services Research
Research Interest: Medical Devices and Patient Safety
Undergrad Institution: University of Connecticut
Graduate Institution: University of Connecticut, MS
Office: 121 S. Main, CGHR 6
Email: katherine_etter@brown.edu

Michael Flores

Year Admitted: 2012
Advisor:   Ira Wilson
Program: PhD, Health Services Research
Research Interest: 
Undergrad Institution: 
Office: 121 S. Main, Box G-S-121
Email: Michael_Flores@brown.edu

Hye-Young (Arian) Jung

Year Admitted: 2007
Advisor: Vincent Mor
Program: PhD Health Services Research
Research Interest: Long term care
Undergrad Institution: University of California Santa Cruz
Office: 121 S. Main, Room 731-G
Email: hye-young_jung@brown.edu

Laura Keohane

Year Admitted: 2011
Advisor:   Vincent Mor
Program: PhD Health Services Research
Research Interest: Long term care for elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities; access to care for individuals with disabilities
Undergrad Institution: Wesleyan University
Graduate Institution:  Harvard School of Public Health
Office: 121 S. Main, Room 242-7
Email: Laura_Keohane@brown.edu

Qijuan (Emily) Li 

Year Admitted: 2012
Advisor:   Amal Trivedi
Program: PhD, Health Services Research
Research Interest: Value-Based Benefit Design, risk adjustment and predictive modeling, and different payment schemes
Undergrad Institution: West China University of Medical Sciences                                                        Graduate Institution: Yale School of Public Health
Office: 121 S. Main, Box G-S-121
Email: Qijuan_Li@brown.edu

Chang Liu

Year Admitted: 2009
Advisor: Amal Trivedi
Program: PhD Health Services Research
Research Interest: Health economics, health insurance policy, decision analysis & cost-effectiveness analysis
Undergrad Institution: Wuhan University
Graduate Institution: Peking University, Master of Finance
Office: 121 S. Main, CGHR 6
Email: Chang_Liu@brown.edu

John McHugh 

Year Admitted: 2012
Advisor:   Vincent Mor
Program: PhD, Health Services Research
Research Interest: Incentive structures in the current healthcare system
Undergrad Institution: University of Pennsylvania                                                                                 Graduate Institution: Duke University
Office: 121 S. Main, Box G-S-121
Email: John_Mchugh@brown.edu

Marissa Meucci

Year Admitted: 2010
Advisor: Susan Allen, Orna Intrator
Program: PhD Health Services Research
Research Interest: Disparities, post-acute and long term care
Undergrad Institution: Boston University
Graduate Institution: Boston University, MSPT
Office: 121 S. Main, Room 440-A
Email: Marissa_Meucci@brown.edu

Chima Ndumele

Year Admitted: 2008
Advisor: Amal Trivedi
Program: PhD Health Services Research
Research Interest: Community health centers, quality of care, disparities
Undergrad Institution: Northeastern University
Office: 121 S. Main, Room 731-A
Email: Chima_Ndumele@brown.edu
.. Shivaani Prakash
Year Admitted: 2010
Advisor: Amal Trivedi
Program: PhD Health Services Research
Research Interest: Health economics, mental health policy & cost-effectiveness analysis
Undergrad Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Graduate Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science
Office: 121 S. Main, Room 253
Email: Shivaani_Prakash@brown.edu

Danya Qato

Year Admitted: 2009
Advisor: David Dore, Amal Trivedi, Vincent Mor
Program: PhD Health Services Research
Research Interest: Pharmaceutical policy, drug use & utilization, Pharmacoepidemiology, health disparities
Undergrad Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Institution: University of Illinois, PharmD; Harvard, MPH
Office: 121 S. Main, CGHR 6
Email: Danya_Qato@brown.edu

Cara Sammartino

Year Admitted: 2010
Advisor: Omar Galarraga
Program: PhD Health Services Research
Research Interest: State Medicaid policy and financing
Undergrad Institution: University of Vermont
Graduate Institution: Emory University, MSPH
Office: 121 S. Main, Room 253
Email: Cara_Sammartino@brown.edu

Lawrence Were

Year Admitted: 2011
Advisor:   Omar Galarraga
Program: PhD, Health Services Research
Research Interest: Health economic theories and methodologies as they relate to health care systems and Health Outcomes Specifically Social Health Insurance (SHI) Systems, program in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa
Undergrad Institution: United States International University, Africa ( USIU-A)                                       Graduate Institution:  Clark University, MA
Office: 121 S. Main, Room 242-4
Email: Lawrence_Were@brown.edu

Andrew Zullo

Year Admitted: 2012
Advisor:   David Dore
Program: PhD, Health Services Research
Research Interest: Pharmaceutical health services research; Pharmacoepidemiology
Undergrad Institution: Rutgers, The State University of NJ                                                                  Graduate:  Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Office: 121 S. Main, Box G-S-121
Email: Andrew_Zullo@brown.edu