Meet our Team
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.
Dedicated to the examination of social-biological interactions, multi-level analytics, and mechanistic-focused system innovations, the CHDR team works to deliver resources, a health disparities-focused research infrastructure, and a depth and breadth of expertise to effectively span from cells to communities.
Directors
Amy Kind
Credentials: MD, PhD
Position title: Director, Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
Andrea Gilmore Bykovskyi
Credentials: PhD, RN
Position title: Deputy Director, UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
Barbara Bendlin
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Deputy Director, UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
Ann Sheehy
Credentials: MD, MS
Position title: Deputy Director, UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
Administration
Megan Miller
Credentials: MPA
Position title: Chief Administrative Officer, Office of the Associate Dean for Social Health Sciences and Programs | Executive Administrative Director, Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) and Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
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)
Scientists
Ryan Powell
Credentials: PhD, MA
Position title: Director of Data Science, Center for Health Disparities Research | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics & Gerontology
Research Operations
Data Operations
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, UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
Barbara Bendlin
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Deputy Director, UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
Ann Sheehy
Credentials: MD, MS
Position title: Deputy Director, UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
