Jay Sangani
Jay Sangani is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. At CWRU, Jay received dual BA degrees in Systems Biology and Economics. His interests in research and advocacy in the health services field have fueled his passion for a career focused on increasing access to quality health care that is equitable, efficient, and affordable for all stakeholders and users. Currently, he is working as a Healthcare Consultant at Guidehouse.
Through SUMR, Sangani was a mentee for Dr. Hart’s, Ms. Karen Zhang’s, and Ms. Mei-Lynn Hua’s research projects. As part of Dr. Hart’s project, he obtained data revealing types of choice architecture physicians used when offering health care choices to family members to critically ill patients, and he quantified the frequency with which physicians used certain choice frames. As part of Mei-Lynn Hua and Karen Zhang’s research project, he examined the relationships between health insurance plan benefit design, enrollment decisions, and health care utilization in the setting of ACA exchanges through intensive data analysis using Stata software.
At CWRU, Sangani was the Chair and Founder of the University Wellness Council. He collaborated with wellness groups on campus and the University Wellness Department to improve health education programming and led projects to improve University Health and Counseling services. He served as the Undergraduate Student Lead of the Triple Aim in Higher Education Collaborative for CWRU. He was also a representative of the College of Arts and Sciences for the Undergraduate Student Government, where he worked on campus sustainability and safety initiatives. As an avid student researcher, he worked as a research intern at the Billion Bottle Project, a nonprofit organization that creates affordable dye-based chemical sensors for solar water disinfection users in impoverished communities. In his free time, he enjoys spending time outdoors, playing tennis and basketball, and exploring new foods.