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.

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

Anna Singh

Position title: CORE Communications Intern

Edwin Elizabeth Thomas

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

Alan Tipple, BS

Position title: MPA Student, Public Affairs

Mar Ventura, MHS

Position title: PhD Student, Consumer Behavior & Family Economics

Emma Wathen

Position title: PhD Student, History and History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

Brooke Whitfield, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Reproductive Equity Action Lab

Brittanni Wright, PhD, MDiv, MPH

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Disparities Research Scholars Program

Iris Zhao

Position title: PhD Student, Sociology, Demography Training Program

CORE Lab Alumni

Guadalupe Aguilera, PhD

Position title: Honorary Research Associate

Sandra Aldama Barreto

Barbara Alvarez, PhD, MLIS

Sarah Bass, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

Lindsay Cannon, PhD, MPH, MSW

Position title: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Florida State University

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

Frania Mendoza Lua, PhD, MSW

Position title: Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, California State University, Fullerton

Kendall Newman

Morgan Robinson, MS, PhD

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

Position title: CORE Research Scientist

Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW

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

Taryn Valley, MD, PhD

Position title: Family Medicine Resident, UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

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

Shimin Zhao, PhD

Position title: Postdoc Fellow, Pittsburgh Center for Philosophy of Science