PEOPLE
FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR
JENNIFER J. PRAH
Amartya Sen Professor of Health Equity, Economics, and Policy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice and the Perelman School of Medicine.
CURRENT RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
[BASED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA]
AYANA SHIRAI
Current University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Joseph Wharton Scholar, SNF Paideia Fellow, Class of 2023.
ELIZABETH WEISE
Current University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Joseph Wharton Scholar, SNF Paideia Fellow, Class of 2024
CURRENT DOCTORAL & MEDICAL STUDENTS AND POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS & RESIDENTS
SHELDON AMOO-MITCHUAL
Current University of Pennsylvania medical student.
TERAISA MULLANEY
Current University of Rochester doctoral student.
MARION COSTE
Former Aix-Marseille University doctoral student.
LEYI “JOY” ZHOU
Current UC Berkeley doctoral student. Former University of Pennsylvania graduate student, SP2 Porter Family Student Fellow. Former Geriatric Social Worker at OHEL Children's Home and Family Services.
JORDAN LIU
Columbia University medical student, former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Biochemistry and Health Policy & Law Major, Bioethics Minor, Class of 2022. Projects for Progress 2021 Awardee.
FORMER RESEARCH AND Teaching ASSISTANTS
JARRAD AGUIRRE
Former Yale University undergraduate student. Former Stanford University medical and graduate student. Rhodes Scholar. Former Head of Corporate Strategy and Advocacy at Myovant Sciences. Current Co-Founder and CEO of Miga Health.
JADE AKHRAS
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Economics and Political Science Major, Biology Minor Class of 2022.
AUGUSTINE BENJAMIN
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Benjamin Franklin Scholar, Class of 2021.
GIAN FRANCO BERMUDEZ
Current Senior Strategy Analyst at the School District of Philadelphia. Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate and graduate student, Benjamin Franklin Scholar, Class of 2019.
TAJAN BRAITHWAITE RENDEROS
Former Yale University graduate student. Former Senior Consultant and Director of Center for Health Equity at John Snow, Inc. Current People Management Coach.
LENA BURLESON
Former University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice graduate student, Social Policy major, Class of 2023.
LUCY CLARKE
Former Yale University graduate student. Current Analyst at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
TENDAI CHIZANA
Former Yale University graduate student.
MICHAEL DISTEFANO
Former University of Pennsylvania graduate student. Former Johns Hopkins University doctoral student. Current Assistant Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
KIMBERLY HANNON PARROTT
Former Washington University of St. Louis doctoral student.
BRYANT HUANG
Former University of Pennsylvania graduate student. Former University of Texas San Antonio School of Medicine. Current Division Director at HCA-Methodist Healthcare System and Director, Enterprise Clinic Integrations at Optum.
MEGHANA IYER
Current Case Western Reserve University medical student. Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Bioengineering Major, Philosophy Minor, Class of 2021.
JOHN PAUL JEWELL
Former Yale University graduate student. Current Business Development Manager at ENGIE North America, Inc.
JOSHUA JORDAN
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student. Fulbright Scholar to India. Current Harvard Law School law student, Class of 2023.
EMILY KARSCH
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student. Former Registered Nurse at Children's National Health System. Former Senior Staff Nurse at NYU Langone Health. Current doctoral student at Georgetown University.
NICOLE KEMPER
Former Yale University graduate student. Current director at Clinovations Government and Health.
SARAH KIM
Former Yale University undergraduate student. Former University of Pennsylvania post-baccalaureate student. Current University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine medical student, Class of 2023.
ZACHARY LAWRENCE
Former Yale University research assistant. Current Principal Attorney at Affordable Legal Services, LLC.
CHRISTINA LAZAR
Former George Washington University graduate student. Current Research Associate at Yale University School of Medicine.
MIHAN LEE
Former Yale University undergraduate student. Former Harvard University medical and doctoral student. Former Resident in Radiology at Cambridge Health Alliance. Current Resident at Weill Cornell Medical Center Department of Radiology
RUTH TSUNG-LIN LEE
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Benjamin Franklin Scholar. Perry World House Student Fellow. 2020 Ben Talks Winner.
SHI YING LIM
Former Yale University graduate student. Former University of Texas doctoral student. Current Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore Department of Information Systems and Analytics.
CRAIG LUEKENS
Former Yale University graduate student. Former Pastoral Assistant and current Interim Lead Pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church New Haven.
ANJALI MAHAJAN
Current University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Political Science and Chemistry major, French minor, Class of 2022.
LAURA MANNES
Former Washington University in St. Louis graduate student. Current Chaplain at Arkansas Hospice.
CHELSEA WALKER MAO
Former Yale University graduate student. Former Administrative Manager at the University of California San Francisco Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. Current doctoral student at the Colorado School of Public Health.
MAYOOKHA (TULI) MITRA-MAJUMDAR
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student. Former Research Analyst at the Urban Institute. Former graduate student at Harvard University. Former Research Specialist with the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law (PORTAL). Current Manager at the Commonwealth Care Alliance.
EUNICE MUTHENGI
Former Washington University in St. Louis graduate student. Current Director of Program and Strategic Research at the Mastercard Foundation.
NORA NG
Former Stanford University doctoral student. Current Writing Consultant at Yale University.
RUPA PALANKI
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Benjamin Franklin Scholar, Class of 2021. Current analyst at ClearView Healthcare Partners.
TRUDEL PARE
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student. Former Business Process Consultant at Kaiser Permanente. Current law student at Yale Law School.
YUNG MIN (CHRISTINE) PARK
Former Yale University research assistant. Current General Surgery Resident at Morristown Memorial Hospital.
ANA RANCIC
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student. Current Associate Consultant at Bain & Company.
AKRITI SINGH
Former Yale University graduate student. Current Tufts University doctoral student, senior research assistant and Friedman Fellow.
ALEXANDRA SIWULEC
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Life Sciences & Management Program. 2019 Dean’s Scholar. Former Bain Capital analyst and current Private Equity Associate at Bain and Company.
TAKUDZWA SHUMBA
Former Yale University undergraduate and graduate student. Former Stanford University medical student. Current Family Medicine Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford Health Care.
IKE SWETLITZ
Former Yale University undergraduate student. Former Washington Correspondent at STAT News. Former Investigative Reporter for Searchlight New Mexico. Current Biotech and Health Reporter at Bloomberg News.
RUOCHEN SUN
Former University of Pennsylvania graduate student. Former Yale University graduate student. Current University of Pennsylvania doctoral student, Class of 2025.
CATHERINE WANGUI WACHIRA
Former Yale University graduate student and University of Nairobi graduate student. Former Senior Director, Head of Business Operations & Clinical Compliance, Oncology and Senior Director, Worldwide Regulatory Strategy at Pfizer. Current Clinical Research, Hematology/Oncology.
VICTORIA WU
Current Case Western Reserve University medical student. Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Economics and Biology major, Neuroscience and Health Services Management minor, Class of 2021.
KARA ZHANG
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student. 2020 Elmaleh Essay Prize Awardee. 2020 Politics, Philosophy and Economics College Alumni Society Prize Awardee.
KAZIM ZAIDI
Former Yale University graduate student. Current Managing Director and Partner at the Boston Consulting Group, New York.
NIKKI ZINZUWADIA
Former University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student, Health and Societies Major, Legal Studies and History Minor, Class of 2022.
FORMER DOCTORAL & MEDICAL STUDENTS and post-doctoral fellows & RESIDENTS
FOSTER OSEI BAAH
Former University of Pennsylvania doctoral student. Current Marshal W. Nirenberg Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ERIC NSIAH BOATENG
Current University of Ghana doctoral student and Senior Manager of Policy at the National Health Insurance Authority.
CANDACE FELDMAN
Former Yale University medical student. Former Johns Hopkins University graduate student. Current Rheumatologist at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital.
JASON GERSON
Former Johns Hopkins University doctoral student. Current Senior Program Officer for the Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science program at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
MATTHEW KAVANAGH
Former University of Pennsylvania doctoral student. Current Visiting Professor of Law and Director of the Global Health Policy and Politics Initiative at Georgetown University. Current Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Advocacy, and Knowledge at UNAIDS.
HAK-JU KIM
Former Washington University in St. Louis doctoral student. Former Professor in the Department of Social Welfare at Gyeongsang National University, South Korea. Current Professor at Dongguk University.
SHENGXIAO (ALEX) LI
Former University of Pennsylvania PhD student in City and Regional Planning. Currently Postdoctoral Research at the University of California Riverside.
BENJAMIN MASON MEIER
Former Columbia University doctoral student. Former Cornell Law School student. Current Associate Professor of Global Health Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
KIM NGUYEN
Former Yale University medical student. Current Quality Improvement Project Coordinator at SFGH General Medicine Clinic and Internal Medicine Primary Care Physician at Lifelong Ashby Health Center.
ESTHER NIVASCH TURNER
Former University of Pennsylvania medical and graduate student. Former Columbia University undergraduate student. Current Urology Resident at University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
SARAH PALLAS
Former Yale University doctoral student. Former Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Current Health Economist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Center for Global Health.
CHRISTOPHER RICHTER
Former Washington University in St. Louis medical resident. Former Regional Director at ECI Emergency Consultants, Inc. Former Physician Executive Director of Emergency Medicine at MedStar Health. Current VP of Medical Operations at the MedStar Medical Group.
YUSRA SHAWAR
Former University of Pennsylvania postdoctoral fellow. Current Assistant Scientist in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
ATHEENDAR VENKATARAMANI
Former Yale University doctoral student and Washington University in St. Louis medical student. Current Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.
FATIMA TUZ ZAHRA
Former University of Pennsylvania doctoral student. Former Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. Current Harvard University Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Public Policy and Quantitative Research Methodology.