Jillian is a nephrologist and aspiring health services researcher. She received her B.S. in neuroscience from McGill University, D.O. from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed internal medicine residency training at University of Illinois Chicago before returning home to the Bay Area to complete nephrology fellowship at Stanford. As a first-year fellow, she was awarded the American Kidney Fund Clinical Scientist in Nephrology grant to study immunologic matching between kidney donors and recipients and its effect on equitable access to transplantation. She hopes her work will inform policy decisions regarding kidney allocation so as to improve access to kidney transplant and transplant outcomes for minority communities and disadvantaged groups.

Eliza Ennis is a Health Policy PhD student in the Decision Sciences track and a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. Previously, she worked on global health strategy at Dalberg Global Development Advisors. There, she designed structures for health financing reform, supported U.S. policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and developed a quantitative model to evaluate iron deficiency reduction approaches in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. She graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in social studies with a focus on international relations and the Modern Middle East and a secondary in Global health and health policy. She was awarded the Stanley H. Hoffman Undergraduate Research Fellowship and also established and led the Women’s Media Center research team in Washington, D.C. She aims to drive equitable health outcomes by scaling effective health system design.

James C. Dickerson, MD is a current oncology fellow at Stanford University, as well as a AHRQ health services research fellow. He is interested in understanding the extent of health disparities in cancer care, both in the United States and in low income countries. His prior research has focused on these domains, working on projects in Belize, Nigeria, and California. He received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University, and then returned home to receive his M.D. from the University of Mississippi. He completed his internal medicine residency at Stanford in 2021 and stayed at Stanford for his hematology/oncology fellowship.

Yat Chun (Wesley) Suen is a Health Policy MS student. His research interests are centered around advancing the translation of healthcare innovations through implementing and improving government programs and regulatory policies. Prior to Stanford, Wesley graduated summa cum laude from the University of Chicago, with a degree in Economics.

Dr. Sheckter is a burn surgeon/intensivist at Stanford Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. He graduated from UCLA with a BS in Anthropology and earned summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors. He attended USC for medical school on an academic scholarship and graduated valedictorian with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. He completed his Plastic Surgery training at Stanford in 2020 and a fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at the University of Washington in 2021. His current research investigates the relationship between healthcare financial structures and the value of healthcare delivery in surgery.

Kelsey Snook supports faculty and staff in the Department of Health Policy. Prior to Stanford, Kelsey worked at San Jose State University in Wellness and Recreation. She got her BA in English from Sacramento State University and her Master's in Kinesiology from San Jose State University.

Soomin Li supports the chair and associate chairs in the Department of Health Policy. Prior to Stanford, Soomin worked as a legal assistant and an executive assistant at Yulchon law firm in South Korea. Soomin received her BA in Hospitality and Hotel Management at KyungHee University in Seoul. Additionally, she obtained a certification in International Accounting from the Graduate School of International Studies at Sogang University, South Korea.

Misty Mazzara is our Senior Associate Director for Administration and Research Development, working closely with leadership to further strategic initiatives and projects in the department.  Additionally, she manages our department administrative associate team and student services staff, and collaborates with the Director of Finance and Administration to oversee aspects of HR and facilities.  Misty received her M.Ed. from Texas A&M University-Kingsville and her BSW from University of Georgia.