Post-doctoral Research Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n Yaxiong Ma <\/strong>is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Boston University. Ma earned his Ph.D. at <\/span>the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University. He received his Master\u2019s degree in Environmental Remote Sensing & Geographic Information System from Boston University. His research focuses on the coupled human and natural systems from the spatial perspective using remotely sensed data and GIS.<\/p>\n Research Assistant<\/strong><\/p>\n Taylor Goldman<\/strong> is a current Master’s student at the Boston University School of Public Health studying Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Her interests lie in equity-driven public health and mixed methods research, and she currently serves as a Jr. Research Associate at Rescue Agency, a social marketing group for healthy behavior change. Prior to her Master’s work, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from St. Lawrence University.<\/p>\n Current Lab Members Lab director Dr. Lawrence Were\u00a0is faculty in the Department of Health Sciences at Boston University\u2019s College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College. His research focuses on application of health economics in the estimation of the impact of reforms within healthcare systems and health insurance programs on the outcomes of marginalized and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21038,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"profiles.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ghsriselab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ghsriselab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ghsriselab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ghsriselab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21038"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ghsriselab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ghsriselab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ghsriselab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ghsriselab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"\/ghsriselab\/files\/2022\/08\/were-bio-pic.jpeg\")
Dr. Lawrence Were<\/strong>\u00a0is faculty in the Department of Health Sciences at Boston University\u2019s College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College. His research focuses on application of health economics in the estimation of the impact of reforms within healthcare systems and health insurance programs on the outcomes of marginalized and high-risk populations such as informal traders and HIV+ individuals including pregnant women and their children. He is also interested in Global Health and HIV\/AIDS financing mechanisms and Geo-Spatial aspects of public health. He has research projects in Kenya, Ghana, and Nepal. Were teaches courses in Comparative Healthcare Systems; Global Health; Social Determinants of Health; and Research Methods. He received his PhD in Health Services Research (HSR) \u2013 Health Economics track from the Department of Health Services Policy & Practice (HSPP) at Brown University\u2019s School of Public Health.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/ghsriselab\/files\/2022\/09\/Ma_Y_Headshot-e1664068092871.jpeg\")
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