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)
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)
Greta Petersen
Credentials: MA, MPhil
Position title: Administrative Director, UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)
Education, Communication, & Outreach (ECO)
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)
Project Management
Brittney Lyons Boone
Credentials: MSBA
Position title: Advanced Project Manager, Office of Social Health Sciences and Programs (OSHSP)
Scientists
Data Operations
Research 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)
