Postdoctoral Research Associates
Postdoctoral Research Associates
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Erica Eliason
Dr. Erica Eliason is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the effects of health policies on maternal, child, and reproductive health, with a particular focus on health disparities and Medicaid policies. She holds a Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Management and a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Policy Analysis and Economics from Columbia University.
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Alan Fossa
Dr. Alan Fossa is a researcher with nearly a decade of experience working in environmental epidemiology, clinical research, and municipal public health. In his current role, he utilizes modern statistical methods and data visualization to understand how exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals affects maternal-child health. In 2023, he completed a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Michigan School of Public Health where he focused on environmental justice and greenspace as a determinant of mental health. Before earning his PhD he lived in Boston, where he worked as an epidemiologist for the Boston Public Health Commission and then a biostatistician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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Neo Gebru
Dr. Gebru develops and tests interventions aimed towards health behavior change. He currently works as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University School of Public Health. His research explores behavioral mechanisms underlying addictive and risky behaviors, specifically in substance use and sexual behaviors. His research applies behavioral economic concepts and technology-based approaches to better understand, and intervene upon, substance use and related negative consequences, particularly among young adults.
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Amber Hall
Amber M. Hall, PhD (she/her) is an environmental epidemiologist, with a strong interest in understanding how exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and toxic metals impacts childhood and adolescent health. Her research utilizes prospective cohort studies such as the MIREC and HOME Studies that contain prenatal maternal biospecimens and follow-up on children through childhood or adolescence. Dr. Hall’s research applies both traditional and mixture-based approaches to understand exposure independently and in the context of mixtures, mainly in relation to joint effects.
To date she has published over 30 peer-reviewed publications as well as co-authored a community health status assessment. She completed her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2022 and her MPH from East Tennessee State University in Public Health. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Epidemiology at Brown University's School of Public Health.
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Bryce Stanley
Dr. Bryce Stanley is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center For Advancing Health Policy through Research (CAPHR) at Brown University's School of Public Health. They completed a Ph.D. in economics at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Stanley's research interests span health, labor, and social policy with a particular focus on how people with disabilities and mental health issues are impacted by public policy. Additionally, they are interested in perinatal health, LGBTQ+ health, and substance use.
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Astrid Van Wilder
Astrid Van Wilder is postdoctoral research associate at the Center for Health System Sustainability (CHeSS) at Brown University School of Public Health. She completed her Ph.D. in health services research on the topic of hospital quality at Leuven University, Belgium. Prior to that, she earned her Master of Public Health and Policy and her Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Leuven University. Her research interests include but are not limited to hospital quality, patient safety, healthcare policy and performance assessment of health and public services.
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Huiying Wang
Dr. Huiying Wang is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research at Brown University School of Public Health. She completed her Ph.D. in health services research at the University of Rochester. Prior to that, she earned her Master of Clinical Medicine in the Psychiatry Residency Program at Central South University.
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Jue Yang
Dr. Jue Yang is a postdoctoral research associate in the Social EPI Lab at the Brown University School of Public Health's Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity. She received a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Georgia and M.A. in Geography from the University of Florida. Her research focuses on associating, understanding, and measuring environment and children's health. Jue is also interested in employing spatial analysis methods to tackle various health-related issues, such as healthcare accessibility; health crisis affecting human mobility; etc. In the Social EPI Lab, she focuses on studying how exposure to green spaces influences children's sleep and mental health using geographical data.