Faculty

Disparities

Yen-Tyng Chen, Ph.D., M.S.

Yen-Tyng Chen, Ph.D., M.S.

Dr. Chen is a social epidemiologist and a behavioral scientist committed to examining how individual-, network-, and neighborhood-level characteristics shape health care delivery and health behaviors, independently and jointly. She uses epidemiological methods and...

Céu Cirne-Neves, FACHE

Céu Cirne-Neves, FACHE

Cirne-Neves is board-certified in health administration and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE); she served on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners from 2016 – 2022; as a past president and officer of ACHE’s New...

Brandon McKoy, M.C.R.P.

Brandon McKoy, M.C.R.P.

Brandon McKoy is the Vice President of State Partnerships on the State Fiscal Policy team. He helps support member organizations of the State Priorities Partnership (SPP) network by connecting them with vital resources as they research and promote policies that...

Derek DeLia, Ph.D.

Derek DeLia, Ph.D.

Derek DeLia, PhD is an Associate Professor at the Bloustein School. He is a Health Economist with research interests that include healthcare markets & reform and the use of econometric methods to answer questions in public health & health policy. Dr. DeLia’s...

Irina Grafova, Ph.D.

Irina Grafova, Ph.D.

Irina Grafova, Ph.D. joined the Bloustein School as an Associate Professor in 2023. Trained as a health economist, Dr. Grafova’s research aims to bring new evidence to socio-economic inequalities in health and health disparities. She has conducted research on family...

Carmelo Ignaccolo, Ph.D.

Carmelo Ignaccolo, Ph.D.

Carmelo Ignaccolo, Ph.D. joined the Bloustein School in 2024/2025 as an Assistant Professor, specializing in urban design, technology, heritage, and climate resilience. He received his Ph.D. in Urban Planning from MIT DUSP, where he was also affiliated with the Civic...

Sharifa Z. Williams, Dr.P.H.

Sharifa Z. Williams, Dr.P.H.

Sharifa Z. Williams, MS, DrPH, joined the Bloustein School in September 2022. Her research interests include biostatistical methods applied to identifying and quantifying health disparities that arise from exposure to structural adversity (i.e., discrimination and...