Center for Health Policy Team
Gregory L. Alexander, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FIAHSI, FGSA
- Centennial Professor of Health Policy
- Director, Center for Health Policy
- Chair, International Medical Informatics Association’s Nursing Informatics (IMIA NI)
Ashley Chastain, DrPH, MPH, CIC
- Senior Project Director
Bridget Morse-Karzen, MPH
- Project Director
Uduwanage Gayani Perera, PhD, MS
- Senior Data Manager
Current Predoctoral Fellows
Victoria Winogora MSN, NP, BS, RN, BA
Victoria Winogora MSN, NP, BS, RN, BA is a T32 predoctoral trainee for Systems Science and Comparative and Cost-Effectiveness Research Training for Nurse Scientists (S2CER2). Her background includes a BA in history and philosophy of science from The University of Chicago. Prior to starting the program, she worked as a nurse practitioner in the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her research focuses on improving healthcare delivery models to reduce health disparities in vulnerable populations.
Current Postdoctoral Fellows
Christine DeForge, PhD, RN, CCRN
Christine DeForge is a postdoctoral research fellow whose program of research aims to improve end-of-life care for patients and families who experience critical illness. Under the mentorship of Dr. Patricia Stone, her current work focuses on exploring variations in discharge disposition and hospice utilization for seriously ill hospitalized older adults.
Soojeong Han, PhD, AGNP-BC, RN
Dr. Soojeong Han is a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Nursing, where she is supported by the T32 Reducing Health Disparities Through Informatics (RHeaDI) program. With a deep commitment to improving the quality of care for older adults with dementia and their families, Dr. Han is dedicated to driving transformative changes in the healthcare system to ensure that older adults with dementia receive the care they need in more integrated and compassionate environments.
Faculty
Mary Mundinger, DrPH
- Dean Emerita, Edward M. Kennedy Professor of Health Policy in the Faculty of Nursing
Patricia W. Stone, PhD, RN, FAAN, CIC
Advisory Board & Internal Leadership
Stephen Ferrara, DNP, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FNAP, FNAM
- Associate Dean & Associate Professor at CUIMC, President Elect at American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice
Ross Frommer, JD
- Vice President for Government and Community Affairs and Associate Dean, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Sorcha Brophy, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
Dr. Brophy is an organizational sociologist who explores the challenges organizations face as they create ethics policies. Her current research agenda focuses on politics within professional medical associations and on global health worker protests. Dr. Brophy is also conducting research on state politics around the provision of health care for foster youth. Her work has been published in management, policy, and sociology outlets including the Journal of Professions and Organization, Health Affairs, Sociology of Religion, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law.
Andréa Sonenberg, PhD, CNM-BC, FNYAM, FAAN, FNAP
- Policy Faculty Fellow-AACN Clinical Professor, Columbia University | Professor Emeritus, Pace University
Dr. Sonenberg is a Certified Nurse-Midwife, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, and Health Services Researcher, improving access to care and health outcomes for vulnerable and underserved populations through practice; policy research & advocacy; and nursing education. She founded public health midwifery practices serving ethnically, racially, and socio-economically diverse communities. Dr. Sonenberg’s research focuses on policies as upstream determinants of health, with international publications and presentations on the impacts of policies on equity, health disparities, and social justice. She was Professor of graduate nursing at Pace University, as well as being a Registered Lobbyist and appointed as its Coronavirus Coordination Officer (2020-2021); a volunteer faculty for Promoting Health International and Universidad do Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil); an invited member of the Rise to Health Coalition; serves on the Board of Directors of the NYS Public Health Association, is Chair of its Maternal-Child Health Committee, and serves on its Policy Advocacy Committee; and served as co-editor for the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration-Symposium on Member Health. She has established partnerships with nursing programs in Brazil, Colombia, and Chile, supporting introduction of the APN role in the PAHO region, as well as in Haiti and, more recently, in Cameroon, Africa, as a member of Promoting Health International.
Dr. Sonenberg has BS Degrees from Cornell and Syracuse Universities, an MS in Midwifery from Georgetown University, and a PhD from Columbia University. She is a Clinical Professor at Columbia University, School of Nursing and Professor Emerita of Pace University; a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Nursing; and a Distinguished Policy Fellow of the National Academies of Practice.
