Current HSOP Student Profiles

Molly Bachmann
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Implementation science, bioethics of maternal/reproductive/pelvic health care, health equity, anti racism, immigration, incarceration, patient safety, injury risk reduction, policy implications for physical therapy services, pelvic pain, birth injury reduction 
Contact: [email protected]

Katherine (Katie) Cooney
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: Comparative politics and the intersection of welfare states, women, and health system resilience. Regional interest in the Nordic states
Contact: [email protected]

Roopa Darwar
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Research interests: Cost-effectiveness analysis, immunization campaigns, vaccine introductions, vaccine-preventable disease surveillance systems
Contact: [email protected]

Emma Gould
Cognate: Political Science
Contact: [email protected]

Zeynep Hasgul
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Contact: [email protected]

Rachel Kulikoff
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: Health politics and policy, infectious disease models, local governance, science and technology studies, big health data
Contact: [email protected]

Neeti Kulkarni
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Research interests: Cost-effectiveness, equity-based outcomes, public insurance policy, simulation modeling
Contact: [email protected]

Hannah Lang
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Social determinants of health, organizational interventions to address health-related social needs, health equity, rural health, telehealth and remote patient monitoring
Contact: [email protected]

Sarah Mcnally
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Indigenous health policy, Indigenous research methodologies, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations, health data equity
Contact: [email protected]

Claire Mellott
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Research interests: Health policy decision analysis, pharmaceutical and medical device regulation, diagnostic testing and disease surveillance, implementation science, mixed methods, LGBTQIA+ health
Contact: [email protected]

Morgen Miller
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Health economics, labor economics, value of health insurance, women's health, health workforce, health equity
Contact: [email protected]

Morgane Mouslim
Cognate: Finance
Research interests: Healthcare price transparency, hospital finance, pharmacoeconomics, disparities in access to care, Medicaid policy 
Contact: [email protected]

Maira Owais
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Health economics, Pharmaceutical policy, Insurance design, Family health decision-making 
Contact: [email protected]

Jonathan Palisoc
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Health economics, payment and delivery reform, medicaid and medicaid financing, industrial organization, value based purchasing, health care pricing, universal coverage
Contact: [email protected]

Morgan Perry
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Aging and the life course, home and community-based services, health disparities & equity, health policy, person-centered care, care coordination
Contact: [email protected]

Chloe Qi
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Opioid use disorder, pharmaceutical policy, health disparities, policy evaluation
Contact: [email protected]

Corwin (Corey) Rhyan
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Research interests: Health prevention, social determinants of health, cost-effectiveness, healthcare payment models
Contact: [email protected]

Olivia Rockwell
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: Comparative health policy, comparative health policy in intersectoral decision-making, rural health governance strategies, health care workforce, and the intersections between rural health and political economy
Contact: [email protected]

Aarushi Rohila
Cognate: Political Science
Research interests: US health politics/policy, public opinion, political communication, misinformation, social media, tobacco industry marketing 
Contact: [email protected]

David Suh
Cognate: Operations Research & Decision Science
Contact: [email protected]

Praneetha Vissapragada
Cognate: Political Science; Dual PhD in Comparative Political Science
Research interests: Misinformation, populism, democratic theory, comparative health politics, developing countries, health systems governance
Contact: [email protected]

Mengjie Wang
Cognate: Economics
Contact: [email protected]

Mira Wang
Cognate: Sociology & Organizational Studies
Research interests: Behavioral health policy, access to mental health services, substance use, implementation science, qualitative and mixed methods
Contact: [email protected]

David Wehrly
Cognate: Economics
Research interests: Industrial organization, health economics, casual inference
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