The CHDR Community
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.
Directors
Amy Kind
Credentials: MD, PhD
Position title: Director, Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR) | Associate Dean for Social Health Sciences and Programs (OSHSP)
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)
Nicole Rogus-Pulia
Credentials: PhD, CCC-SLP
Position title: Deputy Director, UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
Administration
Megan Miller
Credentials: MPA
Position title: Chief Administrative Officer, Office of Social Health Sciences and Programs (OSHSP)
Stacie Vik
Credentials: BA
Position title: Executive Assistant to the Associate Dean for Social Health Sciences and Programs (OSHSP)
Greta Petersen
Credentials: MA, MPhil
Position title: Administrative Director, UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
Veronica Rueckert
Position title: Chief Communications Officer, Office of Social Health Sciences & Programs (OSHSP)
Christine Stephenson
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Program Manager: Education, Communication, and Outreach (ECO)
Hana Masri
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Communications Manager: Education, Communication, and Outreach (ECO)
Brittney Lyons Boone
Credentials: MSBA
Position title: Advanced Project Manager, Office of Social Health Sciences and Programs (OSHSP)
Faculty, Scientists, & Trainees
Gina Green-Harris
Credentials: MBA
Position title: Outreach Program Director, OSHSP | Doctoral Trainee
Research Operations
Luis Gonzalez-Quizhpe
Credentials: EdM, MA
Position title: Qualitative & User-Centered Design Researcher (Ketchum Research)
Executive Committee
Amy Kind
Credentials: MD, PhD
Position title: Director, Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR) | Associate Dean for Social Health Sciences and Programs (OSHSP)
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)
Nicole Rogus-Pulia
Credentials: PhD, CCC-SLP
Position title: Deputy Director, UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
Affiliates
Christie Bartels, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Division Chief
Department of Medicine: Rheumatology
Meghan Brennan, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine: Infectious Disease
Marguerite Burns, PhD
Associate Professor
Population Health Sciences
Freddy Caldera, DO, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Scott Chaiet, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery: Otolaryngology
Roomasa Channa, MD
Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Guanhua Chen, PhD
Associate Professor
Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Alexander Chiu, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery: Endocrine Surgery
Ryan Coller, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Division Chief
Department of Pediatrics
Robert (Bob) Dempsey, MD
Manucher Javid Professor; Chair
Department of Neurological Surgery
Beth Drolet, MD
Professor; Chair
Department of Dermatology
Jennifer Edgoose, MD, MPH
Professor, Emeritus
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Elizabeth Felton, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor; Associate Director, MSTP
Department of Neurology: Epilepsy
Luke Funk, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor; Vice Chair, Research
Department of Surgery
Blair Golden, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine: Hospital Medicine
Tiffany Green, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Population Health Sciences; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dana Hayden, MPH, MD, FACS
Professor; Chair, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery; Co-Director, UW Digestive Health Center (DHC)
Department of Surgery
Kara Hoppe, DO, PhD
Associate Professor
Obstetrics & Gynecology: Maternal–Fetal Medicine
Farah Kaiksow, MD, MPP Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine: Hospital Medicine
Ryan Kipp, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine
Mike Koenigs, PhD
Professor (Tenure Track)
Department of Psychiatry
Noelle LoConte, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine: Hematology and Oncology
Katherine Magnuson, PhD Professor; Director,
Institute for Research on Poverty
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work
Elebeoba May, PhD
Associate Professor
Medical Microbiology & Immunology; MIDAS Lab (WID)
Lauren W. Yowelunh McLester-Davis, PhD
Scientist; Director of Indigenous Science Advocacy
Native American Center for Health Professions
Maria Mora-Pinzon, MD, MS, FACPM
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Anand Narayan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor; Vice Chair of Health Equity
Department of Radiology: Breast Imaging and Intervention
Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD
Professor
Department of Medicine: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Irene Ong, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Nicci Owusu-Brackett, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery: Surgical Oncology
Jane Paulsen, PhD
Professor
Department of Neurology
Andrew Ross, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Kathleen Shannon, MD, FAAN, FANA
Detling Professor
Department of Neurology
Judith (Judy) Simcox, PhD Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Dawd Siraj, MD, MPHTM Professor
Department of Medicine: Infectious Disease
Eva Vivian, PharmD, MS, PhD
Professor
School of Pharmacy: Pharmacy Practice & Translational Research Division
Jennifer Weiss, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Ryan Westergaard, MD, PhD, MPH
Professor; Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist for Communicable Diseases
Department of Medicine: Infectious Disease; Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Mary Wyman, PhD
Scientist
Department of Medicine: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Danielle Yancey, MS
Director
Native American Center for Health Professions
Jiwei Zhao, PhD
Associate Professor
Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Xinyu Zhao, PhD
Professor
Department of Neuroscience