2024-2026 Scholars

Joniqua Ceasar, MD

Joniqua Ceasar, MD

Dr. Ceasar specializes in internal medicine and pediatrics. She is interested in using mixed methods to explore the relationship between neighborhoods and health, especially as it relates to structural racism, environmental justice, the built environment and climate change.

Jacqueline Kent-Marvick, BSN, PhD(c)

Jacqueline Kent-Marvick, BSN, PhD(c)

Jacqueline Kent-Marvick is an ortho-spine nurse, and is interested in investigating how characteristics of social networks are associated with postpartum diet, activity, and weight as an important first step in addressing postpartum health behaviors from a multi-level/domain approach.

Joseph A Kern, MD

Joseph A Kern, MD

Dr. Kern specializes in general surgery. He is interested in understanding the economic and policy factors impacting victims of violent injury and developing targeted, sustainable interventions that will improve patient outcomes and ultimately reduce rates of violent injury.

Madeline Perry, MD

Madeline Perry, MD

Dr. Perry specializes in obstetrics and gynecology. She is interested in investigating how state level policies differentially influence perinatal outcomes and utilizing health policy implementation science to challenge obstetric health disparities, especially among people with high risk maternal health conditions.

Sarah Revak, MD

Sarah Revak, MD

Dr. Revak specializes in pediatrics. She is interested in investigating policy and practice-based interventions to improve health-promoting government assistance programs for children and their families living in poverty .

Kristan Scott, MD

Kristan Scott, MD

Dr. Scott specializes in neonatal-perinatal medicine. He is interested in examining the drivers of disparities in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality and establishing strategies and interventions to mitigate these disparities.

Kaustav P. Shah, MD

Kaustav P. Shah, MD

Dr. Shah specializes in internal medicine. He is interested in investigating how medical professionals interface with electronic health records (EHR) and how novel machine learning tools can integrate into the EHR to both improve quality of care and provider wellness.