Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship Current and Past Recipients

Kene Orakwue [she/they] is a critical race health scholar, researcher, evaluator, and storyteller grounded in ... Read Bio

Natalie Turner is a social worker, gerontologist, and Ph.D. candidate in the School of Social Work at the Univ... Read Bio

Luca Borah is an M.D.-M.P.H. student at the University of Michigan. Read Bio

Naomi Cruz is a Ph.D. candidate in the Health Systems and Policy concentration at the Rutgers School of Public Health. Read Bio

Geronimo Bejarano is an M.P.H. student at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) and an incoming PhD student in Health Services Research at Brown University. Read Bio

Yi-Wen Shih is a Ph.D. candidate in Health Services Policy and Management at the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on mental health, health disparities, and substance use, particularly opioid use Read Bio

Xin Hu is a PhD candidate in Health Services Research and Health Policy (Health Economics Track) at Emory University. She obtained her bachelor's degree in Public Service Administration from Fudan University, and master's degree in Health Policy and Management from Emory University. Read Bio

Stephanie Loo, Ph.D., M.Sc. is a Research Scientist at Emergency Medicine Network (EMNet), Massachusetts General Hospital. Read Bio

Tianyue Mi is a Ph.D. Candidate in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (HPEB) at the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina (UofSC), and a pre-doctoral research trainee at the South Carolina SmartState Center for Healthcare Quality (CHQ). Read Bio

Wenbo Wu is a Ph.D. candidate in Biostatistics and Scientific Computing in the Department of Biostatistics and the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering at the University of Michigan. Read Bio

Meghna Katta is a medical student at the University of Alabama with undergraduate degrees from Northwestern University. Read Bio

Zoe Lindenfeld is a Ph.D student in Public Health Policy and Management at New York University School of Global Public Health. Read Bio

Amy Bugwadia is a chronic illness patient and advocate and an M.S. candidate at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Read Bio

Alexander is a medical student at Duke University School of Medicine with an interest in research examining the patient experience in oncology care. Read Bio

Yechu Hua is a doctoral candidate in the Health Services Research and Policy program at the University of Rochester Medical Center, with a primary research interest involving the use of economic theory and applied econometrics to understand approaches to improving the value of health care. Read Bio

Vrushabh Ladage is, a doctoral student at The Dartmouth Institute, is interested in exploring dissertation research themes stemming from the intersection of policy evaluations through administrative claims data, systems-level innovations, alternative payment models, and leveraging nudges to drive decision making and transform care delivery toward higher-value. Read Bio

Anton Avanceña (he, him) is an Assistant Professor of Health Outcomes in the College of Pharmacy and of Internal Medicine (by courtesy) in the Dell Medical School of the University of Texas at Austin. He is a previous recipient of the Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship and serves on AcademyHealth's Membership Committee. Read Bio

Elsie Essien, M.P.H. is a doctoral student at the University of Maryland and the winner of an AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship in 2021. Read Bio

Tongtan “Bert” Chantarat is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity, Uni... Read Bio

Tessa Matson is a doctoral student in the Department of Health Services at the University of Washington. Read Bio

Jennifer is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in an interdisciplinary program through Rutgers School of Nursing ... Read Bio

Jacqueline Nikpour is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar and a rising third-year PhD s... Read Bio