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MEET THE RESEARCH TEAM

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Lisa M. Meeks, PhD, MA

Founder and Executive Director of the Initiative, Principal Investigator

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Rylee Betchkal, BA

Research Assistant, Meeks Lab

Program Coordinator, DWD Initiative

Podcast Production Assistant

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Neera Jain, PhD

Co-I, AAMC Project

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Christopher Moreland, MD, MPH

Co-PI, AAMC Project, Workforce Project, DHOH Project

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Jasmine Marcelin, MD, FACP

Co-I, Disability Disclosure and Accommodations

in GME

Karina Pereira-Lima, PhD

Co-I, AAMC Project

Intern Disability Project Co-Lead

Erene Stergiopoulos, MD

Co-I, AAMC Project

Psychological Disabilities Research Team

Michael Kim, MD

Co-PI Pathways Project

Psychological Disabilities Research Team

Melissa Plegue, MA

Co-I, Pathways I and II

Co-I, AAMC Project

Co-I, Prevalence Study

Ben Case, MPH

Co-I, Prevalence Study

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Nichole Taylor, DO

Team member, AAMC Project

Co-Lead GME Project

Co-lead DIGME

Zoie Sheets, MPH

Meeks Lab Student

Current projects:

AAMC Data Evaluation

Psychological Disabilities Research Team

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Lydia Smeltz

Meeks Lab Student

Current Projects:

GME Policy Evaluation

Curricular Items

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Maher Budron, MPH

Meeks Lab Student

Current Projects:

Legal Review

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Zina Jawadi, BS, MS

Meeks Lab Student

Current Projects:

International Council Report

Swathi Mettela

Meeks Lab Student

Jacob Lowy

Meeks Lab Student

Katy Staufffer, MS

Meeks Lab Student

Current Projects:

AAMC Data Evaluation

COLLABORATORS

Bonnielin Swenor, PhD, MPH

Director, Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center

Satendra Singh, MBBS, MD

Physician, Disability Rights Activist

Peter Poullos, MD

Director, StanfordStanford Medicine Alliance For Disability Inclusion And Equity

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Michael McKee, MD, MPH

MDisablity Program University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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Chiquita Collins, PHD, MPH

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Christopher Moreland, MD, MPH

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Neera Jain, PhD, CRC, MS

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Diana Cejas, MD

Zoie Sheets, MPH

Justin Bullock, MD, MPH

Organizational Collaborators

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