Affiliate Members

Affiliate members are faculty, postdocs, or researchers outside of the University of Minnesota. 

  • Theresa Andrasfay — Assistant Professor, Public Health, California State University San Marcos
  • Zachary Baker — Assistant Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University
  • Duygu Basaran Sahin — Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RAND Center for the Study of Aging
  • Taylor Bucy — Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, University of Kansas
  • Ruijia Chen — Postdoctoral Associate, Epidemiology, Boston University
  • Steve Cole — Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
  • Dylan Connor — Associate Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
  • Quinton Cotton — Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh
  • Michelle A. Eilers, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Texas Tech University
  • Shekinah Fashaw-Walters — Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
  • Jessica M. Finlay  Assistant Professor, Geography, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Thomas Gill — Professor, School of Medicine, Yale University
  • Renada M. Goldberg — Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Simmons University
  • Frank Heiland — Professor, Economics, City University of New York (CUNY)
  • Jonas Helgertz — Professor, Department of Economic History, Lund University
  • Youhung Her-Xiong — Mental Health Therapist, Crescent Meadows Mental Health Services
  • Yeonjung Jane Lee — Associate Professor, Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
  • Sharon Long — Visiting Fellow, Urban Institute
  • Yifan LouAssistant Professor, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Rae Anne Martinez, Assistant Professor, Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado - Denver
  • Colleen Peterson — Assistant Research Scientist, Center for the Management of Information for Safe and Sustainable Transportation, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
  • David Rigby Lecturer, Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Maria Roche-Dean Assistant Professor, Bronson School of Nursing, Western Michigan University
  • Joseph Saenz — Assistant Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University
  • Connor Sheehan — Associate Professor, Institute for Social Science Research Affiliated Faculty, Arizona State University
  • Aaron Sojourner — Senior Researcher and Labor Economist, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
  • Naomi Thyden — Research Consultant, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families
  • Nathaniel Tran — Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois Chicago
  • Cindy Vang — Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, California State University Chico
  • Jiao Yu — Postdoctoral Associate, School of Public Health, Yale University
  • Emma Zang — Assistant Professor, Sociology, Yale University