SUMR Scholars | SUMR Mentors | Special Guests & Staff
Attendees - SUMR Scholars
Lorraine Dean, ScD
SUMR Cohort Year: 2001
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/drltdean
Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE
SUMR Cohort Year: 2002
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Ahmed Whitt, PhD
SUMR Cohort Year: 2004
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor at the University of Texas, Austin
Naomi Adaniya, PhD
SUMR Cohort Year: 2005
Current Position/ Organization: Director at the U.S Department of Justice
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/naomi-adaniya-phd-7bb3aab/
Gadareth Higgs, MS
SUMR Cohort Year: 2006
Current Position/ Organization: Graduate Student Researcher at Yale University
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/gadarethhiggs/
Derek Mazique, MD
SUMR Cohort Year: 2006
Current Position/ Organization: Associate Chief Quality Officer at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Jasmine Davis, PhD
SUMR Cohort Year: 2006
Current Position/ Organization: Public Health Advisor at the DC Department of Health
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/jasmine-davis-59393271/
Victoria Perez, PhD
SUMR Cohort Year: 2007
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor at Indiana University
Sudha Meghan, MD
SUMR Cohort Year: 2007
Current Position/ Organization: CEO of RozieAl
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/sudha-meghan
Sunita Desai, PhD
SUMR Cohort Year: 2007
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor NYU School of Medicine
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/sunita-desai-5b970024
Victoria Perez, PhD
SUMR Cohort Year: 2007
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor at Indiana University
Christina Lomax
SUMR Cohort Year: 2009
Current Position/ Organization: Manager of Quality Management at VNSNY Choice
Halloran Cope, MCHI
SUMR Cohort Year: 2009
Current Position/ Organization: Patient Experience Manager at Northwell Health
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/hcope1
Jessica Clymer
SUMR Cohort Year: 2011
Current Position/ Organization: Nurse Practitioner at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/jessica-clymer-91391537
Elorm Avakame, MD, MPP
SUMR Cohort Year: 2011
Current Position/ Organization: Resident Physician at Children's National Medical Center
Leah Taylor, MPH, PMP, CSM
SUMR Cohort Year: 2011
Current Position/ Organization: Principal of Leah Taylor Consulting Services, Inc.
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/leah-taylor-mph-pmp-csm-00a63937
Eric Tejeda
SUMR Cohort Year: 2011
Current Position/ Organization: Research and Insights at ESPN
Makeda Carroll-Walelo, MPH
SUMR Cohort Year: 2012
Current Position/ Organization: Research Analyst in Medical Policy/Technology Evaluation at Independence Blue Cross
Christine Dancey
SUMR Cohort Year: 2012
Current Position/ Organization: Audience Services Manager at the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Aaron Landrum, MA
SUMR Cohort Year: 2013
Current Position/ Organization: Senior Policy Analyst at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/aaronnlandrum/
Cjloe Vinoya-Chung, MPH
SUMR Cohort Year: 2013
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant to the Deputy Secretary for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Pennsylvania Department of Health
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/cjloevinoyachung
Randall Burson
SUMR Cohort Year: 2013
Current Position/ Organization: MD/PhD Student at the University of Pennsylvania
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/randallburson
Maximilian Pany
SUMR Cohort Year: 2013
Current Position/ Organization: MD/PhD Student at Harvard University
Pearl Eni
SUMR Cohort Year: 2013
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/pearleni
Christina Nguyen
SUMR Cohort Year: 2013
Current Position/ Organization: Senior Research Analyst at the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/christinaangienguyen/
Alisha Reginal, MHA
SUMR Cohort Year: 2013
Current Position/ Organization: Consultant at Manatt Health
Mounika Kanneganti
SUMR Cohort Year: 2014
Current Position/ Organization: Medical Student at Perelman School of Medicine
Hillary Bonuedie, MPH
SUMR Cohort Year: 2014
Current Position/ Organization: Graduate Student at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/hillary-bonuedie-85975a111/
Anuvrat Jha, MBA
SUMR Cohort Year: 2015
Current Position/ Organization: Senior Associate at PwC
Francisca Bermudez
SUMR Cohort Year: 2015
Current Position/ Organization: Research Technician at CHOP
Kelly McClure
SUMR Cohort Year: 2015
Current Position/ Organization: Law Student at Yale Law School
Omar Mansour
SUMR Cohort Year: 2015
Current Position/Organization: Consultant Epidemiologist at Monument Analytics, PhD Student in Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University
Enrique Torres-Hernandez
SUMR Cohort Year: 2015
Current Position/ Organization: Neuroscience Research Fellow at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Mei-Lynn Hua
SUMR Cohort Year: 2015
Current Position/ Organization: PhD Student in Healthcare Management in Wharton
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/lynnhua/
Tammy Jiang
SUMR Cohort Year: 2015
Current Position/ Organization: PhD student in Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/jiangtammy
Chris Koilor
SUMR Cohort Year: 2016
Current Position/ Organization: Research Coordinator at the University of Pennsylvania
Ana Bonilla Martinez
SUMR Cohort Year: 2016
Current Position/ Organization: Program Coordinator at RWJ University Hospital / Cancer Free Economy Network
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/anabonillam
Carlos Carmona
SUMR Cohort Year: 2016
Current Position/ Organization: Data & System Manager at the Wistar Institute
Kehinde Oyekanmi
SUMR Cohort Year: 2016
Current Position/ Organization: Clinical Research Coordinator at the University of Pennsylvania
Kenya Wright
SUMR Cohort Year: 2016
Current Position/ Organization: Management Fellow at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/kenya-wright-89039798
Helen Fetaw
SUMR Cohort Year: 2017
Current Position/ Organization: MPH Student at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Liqhwa Ncube
SUMR Cohort Year: 2017
Evanie Anglade
SUMR Cohort Year: 2017
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/evanie-anglade-b58610102/
Robin Wang
SUMR Cohort Year: 2017
Current Position/ Organization: Medical Student at the University of Pennsylvania
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/robin-wang-102647122
Toluwa Omole
SUMR Cohort Year: 2018
Current Position/ Organization: Research Fellow
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/toluwa-omole-8330b3b9/
Zara Wermers
SUMR Cohort Year: 2018
Current Position/ Organization: Research Assistant at CHOP
Jiaxuan (Grace) Nie
SUMR Cohort Year: 2018
Current Position/ Organization: Research Assistant for Wharton Health Care Management
Chidinma Wilson
SUMR Cohort Year: 2018
Fatoumata Barry
SUMR Cohort Year: 2018
Francesco DeMayo
SUMR Cohort Year: 2018
Current Position/ Organization: Dental student at PDM
Nahnsan Guseh
SUMR Cohort Year: 2018
Current Position/ Organization: Master’s Student at Syracuse University
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/nahnsan-guseh
Risha Sheni
SUMR Cohort Year: 2018
Current Position/ Organization: National Institutes of Health Postbac Intramural Research Training Awardee
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/rishasheni/
Tim Wang
SUMR Cohort Year: 2018
Current Position/ Organization: DMD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania
Joanna Ferguson
SUMR Cohort Year: 2018
Current Position/ Organization: DMD/MPH Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania
Khalida Saalim
SUMR Cohort Year: 2018
Obaidah Bitar
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Josephine (Josie) Carrier
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Jessica Davis
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Saskhia Dieudonné
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Kayla Dunn
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Khalid El-Jack
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Emma Britez Ferrante
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Abeselom Gebreyesus
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Kaliya Greenidge
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Nitika Gupta
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Bryson Houston
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Aminata Jalloh
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Yu-Tien (Margaret) Lee
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Jonathan Delgadillo Lorenzo
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Phiwinhlanhla (Phiwie) Ndebele-Ngwenya
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Phuong (Victoria) Pham
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Caleb Rogers
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Jay Sangani
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Tilaye Seblework
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Brittany-Diana Wiafe
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Yinuo (Shirley) Zhang
SUMR Cohort Year: 2019
Attendees - SUMR Mentors
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA
Current Position/ Organization: PIK Professor of Population Health and Health Equity
Eve Higginbotham, SM, MD
Current Position/ Organization: Vice Dean for Inclusion and Diversity, Perelman School of Medicine
Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE
Current Position/ Organization: Associate Professor of Medicine at Perelman School of Medicine
Justin Bekelman, MD
Current Position/ Organization: Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology and Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
Julia Lynch, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania
Molly Candon, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Research Assistant Professor at Penn Center for Mental Health, LDI
Mark Pauly, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Professor of Health Care Management and Business and Public Policy at The Wharton School
Ashley Swanson, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor at Columbia Business School
Arnold "Skip" Rosoff, JD
Current Position/ Organization: Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies & Healthcare Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Douglas Wiebe, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine
J. Sandford Schwartz, MD
Current Position/ Organization: Professor of Medicine and Health Care Management at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School
Blanca Himes, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor of Informatics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Lisa Lewis, PhD, RN, FAAN
Current Position/ Organization: Associate Professor/Assistant Dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Austin Sarah Green, MPH
Current Position/ Organization: Research Manager at the University of Pennsylvania
Peter Groeneveld, MD, MS
Current Position/ Organization: Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Scott Harrington, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Professor of Healthcare Management at the Wharton School
Judith Long, MD
Current Position/ Organization: Division Chief Division of General Internal Medicine at Penn Department of Medicine
David Mandell, ScD
Current Position/ Organization: Professor and Director at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Rachel Werner, MD, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Meeta Kerlin, MD, MSCE
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
Irene Hung, MPH
Current Position/ Organization: Administrative Director at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research
Li Shen, PhD, FAIMBE
Current Position/ Organization: Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/shenli/
Mary Regina Boland, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/mary-regina-boland-8aa45b49
Sean McElligott, MS
Current Position/ Organization: Director at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Rinad Beidas, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
Sara Jacoby, MPH, MSN, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Carolyn Cannuscio, ScD
Current Position/ Organization: Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Evan Anderson, JD, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Fellow at the Center of Public Health Initiatives at Penn
Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/lanefall/
Nancy Hodgson, RN, PhD, FAAN
Current Position/ Organization: Associate Professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Health
Salama Freed, PhD, MA, MS
Current Position/ Organization: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine
Krisda Chaiyachati, MD, MPH, MSHP
Current Position/ Organization: Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine and Clinical Innovation Manager at Penn's Center for Health Care Innovation
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/krisda-chaiyachati-7b87407
Attendees - Special Guests and Staff
Morgan Eilers
Matthew Eilers
Gail Eilers
Julianna Smith
John Jackson, Jr., PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Dean of Annenberg School for Communication
Charles Gray
Current Position/ Organization: PhD Student in Wharton Healthcare Management
Susan Schwartz
Current Position/ Organization: Director of Career Services at Penn Dental Medicine
Carolyn Asbury, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Senior Consultant at the Dana Foundation
Lilton Taliaferro, JD, MBA
Current Position/ Organization: Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Independence Blue Cross
Travis Reginal
Current Position/ Organization: Research Analyst at the Urban Institute
Jade Avelis
Current Position/ Organization: Senior Research Coordinator at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Matthew Cohen
Current Position/ Organization: Senior Director at Wharton Research Data Services
Myoung Kim, MA, MBA, MIBS, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Vice President, US Real World Value & Evidence (formerly Health Economics & Outcomes Research) at Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Anita Henderson, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Senior Fellow in the Office of the Deputy Dean at the Wharton School
Mark Wolff, DDS, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Dean of Penn Dental Medicine
Benjamin Chartock
Current Position/ Organization: Wharton PhD Student and LDI Associate Fellow
Meggie McCarthy-Alfano
Current Position/ Organization: Project Manager at the University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/mmaprofile/
Utsav Schurmans, PhD
Current Position/ Organization: Director of Research and Scholar Programs of the Wharton Undergraduate Division
LinkedIn Page: linkedin.com/in/utsavschurmans/
Puja Upadhyay
Current Position/ Organization: Policy Coordinator at the University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Susan Salkowitz, MA, MGA
Current Position/ Organization: Principal, Health Information Systems Consultant and Owner of Salkowitz Associates LLC
Melissa Ostroff, MPH
Current Position/ Organization: Associate Director for Health Policy at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Julie Szymaszek, MA
Current Position/ Organization: Associate Director, CICADA