 | Monisa Aijaz Student Profile Contact Info: monisa_aijaz@unc.edu Research Interests: Monisa Aijaz is a first-year PhD student minoring in Organization and Implementation Science. Her research interests primarily focus on breast cancer care disparities, especially access to treatment for disadvantaged populations in rural areas. Advisor: Christopher Shea |
 | Leah Fiacco Student Profile Contact Info: lfiacco@live.unc.edu Research Interests: Substance use disorders (SUD), serious mental illnesses (SMI), stigma as a barrier to treatment, collaborative health care, low-barrier treatment settings Advisor: Marisa Domino |
 | Hillary K. Hecht Student Profile Contact Info: hkhecht@unc.edu Research Interests: Size inclusive care, sexual orientation & gender identity and expression (SOGIE) minority access to care, accessibility in care-seeking Advisor: Bruce Fried |
 | Sharita R. Thomas Student Profile Contact Info: sharita.thomas@unc.edu Research Interests: Leveraging population-based, sociological, and experimental models to identify and assess community-level drivers of health outcomes in order to inform and support corrective and effective policy. Advisors: Valerie Lewis, Arrianna Planey |
 | Austin R. Waters Student Profile Contact Info: awaters@unc.edu Research Interests: Access to care, quality of care, outcomes of adolescent and young adult (AYA) and LGBTQIA+ patients and caregivers Advisors: Erin Kent |
