Who We Are

At the core of the Center for Health Disparities Research is an interdisciplinary community of researchers, scientists, analysts, scholars, educators, clinical innovators, and organizational leaders committed to the elimination of health disparities.

CHDR brings together individuals with a diversity of expertise, experience, and talents to effectively bridge basic, clinical, social science, and health policy research. As a next-generation collaborative research center, CHDR strategically complements existing cross-campus strengths in research, clinical, and educational domains.

Amy Kind

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Director
Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)

Andrea Gilmore Bykovskyi

Credentials: PhD, RN

Position title: Deputy Director
Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)

Barbara Bendlin

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Deputy Director
Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)

Nicole Rogus-Pulia

Credentials: PhD, CCC-SLP

Position title: Deputy Director
Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)

Administration

Megan Miller

Credentials: MPA

Position title: Chief Administrative
Officer
Office of Social Health Sciences and Programs

Greta Petersen

Credentials: MA, MPhil

Position title: Administrative
Director
Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)

Jenny Yuan

Credentials: MBA

Position title: Finance & Grant Administration Manager
Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)

Veronica Rueckert

Position title:
Chief Communications Officer
Office of Social Health Sciences and Programs

Christine Stephenson

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Program Manager: Education, Communication, and Outreach (ECO)

Hana Masri

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Outreach Specialist: Education, Communication, and Outreach (ECO)

Education, Communication, & Outreach (ECO)

Scientists

Tobey Betthauser

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Director of Neuroimaging Analytics

Will Buckingham

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Director of Geospatial Operations

Grace George

Credentials: MPA, PhD

Position title: Research Scientist

Sarah Keller

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Research Scientist

Ryan Powell

Credentials: PhD, MA

Position title: CHDR Associate Director: Social Science

Research Operations

David LaBeause

Credentials: BS

Position title: Project Manager

Natalie Kozitzky

Credentials: BS

Position title: Project Manager

Ceri Jenkins

Credentials: MPA

Position title: Research Program Manager

Samantha Mergen

Position title: Research Program Manager

Abbie Steinback

Credentials: MA

Position title: Research Analyst

Abby Rudd

Credentials: BS, MS

Position title: Research Analyst

Angel Hammond

Credentials: BS

Position title: Health Research Analyst

Colleen Baldwin

Credentials: MA, MLIS

Position title: Research Specialist

Jonathan Eng

Credentials: BA

Position title: Research Analyst

Julia Olson

Credentials: MS

Position title: Research Analyst

Maxwell Qian

Credentials: BA

Position title: Research Analyst

Meghan Majors

Credentials: MPH, MSW

Position title: Research Analyst

Nicholas Faulkner

Credentials: BS, MM

Position title: Research Analyst

Rachel Otte

Credentials: BS, MPH

Position title: Research Analyst

Ruvini Navaratna

Credentials: MS

Position title: Data Scientist

Samriddhi Dube

Credentials: BS

Position title: Research Intern

Sarah Lim

Credentials: BS

Position title: Research Analyst

Taylor Moker

Credentials: BS

Position title: Research Analyst

Yoli Martin

Credentials: BA

Position title: Graduate Research Assistant

Jenna Auth

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Alice Honigman

Credentials: BS

Position title: Historical Research Data Specialist

KJ LeFave

Credentials: BA

Position title: Historical Research Data Specialist

Ritika Punathil

Credentials: BS

Position title: Graduate Student Researcher

Ben Schultz

Credentials: BA, MA

Position title: Historical Research Data Specialist

Megan Reetz

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Lael Warren

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Data Operations

Amanda DeWitt

Credentials: BS, MLIS

Position title: Research CI Manager

Brittney Lyons Boone

Credentials: MSBA

Position title: Advanced Project Manager, Office of Social Health Sciences and Programs (OSHSP)

Dave Lyons

Credentials: BS, MBA

Position title: DevOps Engineer

Kristjan Gudjonsson

Position title: DevOps Engineer

Aaron Ward

Credentials: MS

Position title: Data Engineer

Joe Kramer

Credentials: MA

Position title: Data Engineer

Aly Pfaff

Credentials: MS

Position title: Research CI Specialist

Yixuan Cheng

Credentials: MA, MPH

Position title: Data Scientist

Cassie Sanford

Credentials: BS

Position title: GIS Specialist

Luke Chamberlain

Credentials: MS

Position title: GIS Specialist

Nyla Thursday

Credentials: MS

Position title: GIS Specialist

Executive Committee

Amy Kind

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Director
Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)

Andrea Gilmore Bykovskyi

Credentials: PhD, RN

Position title: Deputy Director
Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)

Barbara Bendlin

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Deputy Director
Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)

Jomol Mathew

Credentials: PhD

Position title: CHDR Associate Director for Informatics

Ryan Powell

Credentials: PhD, MA

Position title: CHDR Associate Director: Social Science

Manish Shah

Credentials: MD, MPH

Position title: CHDR Associate Director: Faculty Development

Zhengzheng Tang

Credentials: PhD

Position title: CHDr Associate Director: Biostatistics

Corrine Voils

Credentials: PhD

Position title: CHDR Associate Director: Patient-Centered Research

JP Yu

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: CHDR Associate Director: Basic and Translational Science