Meet the scholars in IHPI's Master's Degree Program in Health and Health Care Research:
Kunal Bailoor, M.D., Nephrology
Research Interests: Medical decision-making in end-stage kidney disease, particularly around decisions for dialysis or conservative care in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
Jonathan Cunha, M.D., M.S., General Surgery
Research Interests:Improving surgical quality and evaluating the impacts of social disparities on vascular surgery outcomes, as well as using implementation science to drive policy change.
Rachel Hechtman, M.D., Pulmonary & Critical Care
Research Interests: Improving care of patients with sepsis through enhanced risk stratification and early detection.
Adee Heiman, M.D., Plastic Surgery
Research Interests: Outcomes and policy related to plastic, hand, and peripheral nerve surgery especially the intersection of hand surgery and neurodivergent populations.
Thomas Hunold, M.D., Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Research Interests: Providing effective care for primary liver cancer and personalized screening to improve detection for individual patients.
Shijing Jia, M.D., Pulmonary & Critical Care
Research Interests: Understanding the health outcomes in people with cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis to provide evidence for personalized medicine in these populations.
Sanjhai Ramdeen, M.D., Cardiac Surgery
Research Interests: Clinical research on aortic surgery and cardiovascular surgical disparities, global surgery, and health justice.
Paris Rollins, M.D., Surgery
Research Interests: Verbal communication between surgeons and patients and its implications for surgical outcomes in vulnerable populations.