CORE Lab

Our CORE Lab includes graduate students and postdocs who are conducting CORE-funded or aligned research. They also contribute to CORE’s research infrastructure by preparing briefs on priority topics, inventorying and obtaining data, and documenting reproductive health-related policies and events in Wisconsin. Click on names or photos for more information.

Sarah Bass

Position title: PhD Student, Economics

Isobel Bloom, MPhil

Position title: PhD student, History, George L. Mosse LGBTQ+ History Fellow

Lindsay Cannon, MPH, MSW

Position title: PhD Student, Sociology, Demography Training Program

Corinne Hale

Position title: PhD Student, Anthropology

Dana Johnson, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Disparities Research Scholars Program

Taehyun Kim, PhD

Position title: CORE Postdoctoral Scholar

Frania Mendoza Lua, PhD, MSW

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Disparities Research Scholars Program

Morgan Robinson, MS

Position title: PhD Student, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Edwin Elizabeth Thomas

Position title: PhD Student, Gender and Women's Studies

Alan Tipple, BS

Position title: MPA student, Public Affairs; CORE Project Assistant

Taryn Valley, PhD

Position title: MD Student

Brittanni Wright, PhD, MDiv, MPH

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Disparities Research Scholars Program

Iris Zhao

Position title: PhD Student, Sociology, Demography Training Program

Shimin Zhao, MA

Position title: PhD Student, Philosophy

CORE Lab Alumni

Guadalupe Aguilera, PhD

Position title: Honorary Research Associate

Sandra Aldama Barreto

Barbara Alvarez, PhD, MLIS

Emma Carpenter, PhD, MSW

Position title: Director of Research and Evaluation, Power to Decide

Alexa DeBoth, MPH, MPA

Position title: Health Policy Analyst, Congressional Research Service

Celina Doria, PhD, MSW

Position title: Assistant Professor of Social Work

Rachel Dyer, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Lawrence University

Lily Gould

Sydne Jenkins

Renee Kramer, PhD, MPH

Position title: Epidemiologist, Food and Drug Administration

Laurie Lapp, MD, MPH

Position title: Obstetrics and Gynecology resident, Prisma Health - University of South Carolina

Katelyn Matkin, PhD, CRC

Position title: Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Health Services, University of North Texas

Kendall Newman

Emma Romell, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford and University of Wisconsin-Madison

Leigh Senderowicz, ScD, MPH

Position title: Assistant Professor of Gender & Women's Studies and Obstetrics & Gynecology

Jane Seymour, PhD, MPH

Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW

Position title: Senior Research Scientist, Reproductive Equity Action Lab, Department of Population Health Sciences

Joanna Venator, PhD, MSc

Position title: Assistant Professor, Boston College

Fiona Weeks, PhD, MSPH

Position title: Research Survey Methodologist, RTI International

Natalie Weill, BSN-RN, MPA

Position title: Public Health Policy Advisor, Vermont Department of Health

Kate Westaby, PhD

Position title: Research Associate, Urban Institute