Christina Kamis Kamis will begin as an Assistant Professor at University of Illinois in Fall 2023. What are your research interests and current research projects? I have a few different streams within my research, with the mainstream being life course health research, specifically mental health. I’m interested in how early life trauma, adversities and relationships …
Name: Won-tak Joo Department: PhD Student, Sociology Hometown: Seoul, South Korea Educational background: BA and MA in Sociology, Yonsei University Can you describe your research interests? Current research projects and/dissertation? My research interests are in the areas of aging, health, family, and social networks. Specifically, I study how social relationships evolve in the context of …
Name: Eva Vasiljevic Educational background: BA French and Biology, certificate in Global Cultures Master of Public Affairs, expected 2019 Can you describe your research interests? Current research projects? I study the genetic basis of disease at a population level and environmental factors that can change a person’s genetic predisposition to disease. For example, I ask …
Name Ankit Rastogi Hometown Silver Spring, MD Educational background BA, Biology, Dartmouth College; MSc, Biostatistics, Harvard University Can you describe your research interests? Current research projects? I study racial residential integration in the suburbs. It’s an exciting time to study the suburbs because they are experiencing unprecedented racial diversification. As shares of populations of color …
Name Leah Foltman Hometown Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Educational background BA, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, sociology Can you describe your research interests? Current research projects? My current research interests revolve around racial disparities in physical and mental health outcomes, as realized through place. My current project uses the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) to …
Name Julia Goodwin Hometown Cabin John, MD Undergraduate education/other graduate degrees BA, University of Wisconsin–Madison, sociology/CAR; certificate in education policy studies Expected graduation date 2022 Research interests? Current research projects? My research interests are around how social environments throughout the life course influence health disparities by race and/or SES. Currently, my research on health disparities …