Changwei Li earned his medical degree in preventive medicine from Peking University Health Science Center in 2007, an MPH in global health from Emory University in 2011, and a PhD in genetic epidemiology from Tulane University in 2015. Before joining Tulane, he was a tenure-track assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Georgia at Athens. His research focuses on the interplay between external environment and the human body using multiple omics approaches.

Caryn Bell’s research focuses on the unique impacts of socioeconomic status (SES) and place on cardiovascular disease risk factors in Black Americans and racial disparities. Her work explores the nuanced ways in which SES is associated with obesity and related behaviors in Black women and men by examining the role of place and sociocultural factors. She uses varied techniques including spatial statistics and mapping approaches. She also examines how place shapes structural racism in the United States and the implications for Black health and racial health inequities.

Brigham Walker’s research focuses on how providers, payers and patients behave in response to new information or incentives. Recent papers, focused on discrimination and equity in health and labor settings, have been published in JAMA and Labour Economics. He will teach the Health Services Research Methods doctoral course this year.

Andrew C. Anderson is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. His work aims to identify the social, behavioral and environmental drivers of health outcomes to inform the development of policy that supports high-quality, equitable health care. Prior to Tulane, Anderson was a research scientist and Phyllis Torda Health Care Quality Fellow at the National Committee for Quality Assurance and a director of quality measurement at the National Quality Forum.