Meet the members of our diverse and collaborative team who are working towards closing the health disparities gap in the care of kidney patients.
Samuel Swift, PhD - Former CHEK-D Postdoctoral Fellow; Current role: Assistant Professor at UNM College of Population Health
C. Graham Ford, PhD - Former CHEK-D Graduate Student Research Assistant; Current role: VA Quality Scholars Psychology Fellow at Durham VA Health Care System
Hannah Wesselman - CHEK-D Graduate Student Collaborator; Current role: PhD Candidate at University of Notre Dame - College of Science
Dr. Larissa Myaskovsky has more than 20 years of experience as a researcher, educator, and mentor. With multidisciplinary training in social psychology & clinical epidemiology, she has pursued a research career focused on bringing social & behavioral science to bear on the field of health services research. Her federally funded research focuses on the social determinants of health and using a multi-method and multi-disciplinary approach to identify and understand disparities in healthcare processes and outcomes; and to develop interventions to reduce health disparities in people with kidney disease and other chronic conditions. She has taught courses on healthcare disparities, research design, medical writing, and grant writing, and mentors junior faculty, fellows, and graduate students.
Areas of specialty are:
1. Healthcare Disparities Research
2. Health Services Research
3. Treatment of Kidney Disease
4. Kidney Transplantation
5. Organ Donation
The CHEK-D is committed to significantly and positively impacting research, education and outreach activities to increase healthcare equity and reduce disparities by partnering with dedicated faculty, staff and community leaders.