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Shubing Cai received her Medical Degree from Shanghai Medical University. She has been involved in several research projects related to the aging population, such as the effect of the work environment on quality of care and costs in nursing homes, the effect of state policy and insurance status on the quality of care in nursing homes, and the effect of race on health outcomes among the nursing home population. Her doctoral research examines the impact of payer status on the probability of hospitalizations of nursing home residents.
Andre Chappel's research interests focus on the effect of organizational factors on the provision of health services. Andre is a doctoral candidate and his dissertation will analyze the impact of sustained reductions in surgical activity on rural hospital financial viability, infrastructure, and quality of care. He has also worked on research related to the cost-effectiveness of supplemental nurse staffing and disease modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as the relative utilization of long-term care services by individuals with MS.
Ellen Cretekos received her B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. She is currently a second year student in the Health Services Research and Policy PhD program. Her research interests include medical outcomes and costeffectiveness associated with medical techonologies.
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Lin Fan is a fourth year PhD student in HSR. He received his Masters degree in Social Medicine from Fudan University (formerly Shanghai Medical University). His interests include healthcare for vulnerable populations, rural health, and health insurance. He has worked on projects focusing on emergency department use among rural elderly, and on urban-rural differences in myocardial infarctions and heart failure prevalence and incidence rates. Currently, he is a research assistant in the Wilmot Cancer Center.
Qinghua Li is a third year PhD student. She works as a research assistant on MADIT project. Her research interests include quality of care and outcomes of mental health services, and the application of quantitative methodologies to health services research.
Xiaolei Li is a first year PhD student in HSR. She received her Bachelors degree in Life Sciences from Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario). Her interest include quality of care and outcomes in primary care, and the effect of patient-physician interaction in primary care settings.
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Jessica Mastalski received B.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Before coming to Rochester, she worked for two years as a process engineer for VLOC, an optics manufacturer in Tampa, FL. Currently, Jessica is a doctoral candidate with research interests in the quality and costs of long-term and end-of-life care, and is working toward formulating her dissertation topic.
Feng (Johnson) Qian is a doctoral candidate and his research interests are outcomes and quality of care research in cardiovascular diseases, physician decision making and behavior study. He received his Medical Degree from Shanghai Medical University and Master of Clinical Science from National University of Singapore. His dissertation examines the impact of drug-eluting stent adoption on quality, cost, disparity, and practice variation in treating coronary heart disease and seeks to explain the phenomena. His professional experiences include being a cardiovascular surgeon, and being involved in research related to physician surveys, cost-effectiveness analysis for new medical technology, and patient decision making.
Nan Qiao is a first year student in the Health Services Research & Policy doctoral program. She received a Master in Management Science degree from Fudan University in China. Her research interests focus on health policy for the elderly, especially long term care insurance. She is also interested in informal care, home care policy, and community health reform in China.
Laura Robinson completed her MPH degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (URSMD), where she won the prestigious 2004 Saward Award for Excellence in Community and Preventive Medicine for her thesis on future care planning for adults with IDD living with older caregivers. Laura is also an employee of the Program in Aging and Developmental Disabilities at URSMD where her primary role is to identify ways to improve the lives of older persons with IDD by researching health status and health outcomes in that population and making new information available and applicable to staff and caregivers.
Matthew Testa-Wojteczko is a doctoral candidate and his research focuses on physician-patient interaction. His dissertation seeks to explain variation in physicians' responses to patients' requests. Matthew earned his BA in economics and political science as an undergraduate at the University of Rochester. His professional experiences include being a summer research associate in health policy for the RAND Corporation, stock brokerage, HIV counseling and testing, and research support for a "smart growth" urban planning advocacy organization.
Patrick G. Walsh received his Masters in Public Health from the University of Rochester. He is a part-time PhD student who matriculated in Spring 2009. His research interests are outcomes and quality of care research with regard to psychiatric emergency and older adult mental health care. Patrick has worked on research related to access to emergency and psychiatric care, suicide prevention, substance abuse and suicidality, and older adult depression involving psychiatric inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department populations.
Ying Xian received his Medical Degree from Beijing Medical University. His research interests are quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. For his dissertation he is evaluating the impact of Designated Stroke Centers on quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness for acute stroke care. This work is funded by an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship. Ying is also a current recipient of an AHA Young Investigator Seed Grant for which he has been examining quality improvement associated with the Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease program. He was named the AHA Founders Affiliate Bertram Scott Research Fellow for 2008-09.
Jingping Xing is a second year PhD student in Health Service Research and Policy. Before comimg to Rochester, she was a physician in Nephrology. Her research interests are quality and costs of dialysis care and reimbursement policy of end-stage renal disease.
N. Tracy Zheng received her B.S. in finance and law from BeiHang University (Beijing, China). In the course of her doctoral studies, she started to work as a research assistant on a project funded by the National Institute of Aging, examining the relationship between work environment, organizational performance and quality of care in nursing homes. N. Tracy Zheng’s primary research interests are focused on the organization of nursing home care, quality of care for end-of-life residents, and the relationships between the two.
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