I am a primary care physician who works with community partners to improve health in immigrant and minority communities. My research, funded by the National Institutes of Health, is on understanding and reduce cardiovascular disease disparities in South Asian immigrants. In my free time, I enjoy hiking, bicycling, and reading fiction.
Kathy Maczka (Research Administrator)
I am a research administrator in the Center for Community Health, IPHAM who helps manage the study funds. I work closely with the subcontractor sites and facilitate the timely payment of the invoices.
Emily Anderson, MA (Research Project Manager)
Emily holds a Master’s degree in Psychology and is a Research Project Manager in the Feinberg School of Medicine, Center for Community Health at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on how people make decisions about engaging in health-related behaviors and ways to improve health and healthcare through the efficient coordination of health promotion and disease prevention activities across healthcare and community settings. Her additional interests include advancing health equity, eliminating health disparities, and healthcare quality improvement.
Hema Naik (Research Project Coordinator)
I am a Research Project Coordinator at Northwestern University. I completed my Masters in Public Health from Benedictine University. My passion to work for Public health was driven from my past experience of working in medicine. It gives me immense satisfaction to work for the South Asian community as they are very often underrepresented in the field of research. In my free time, I like to read, listen to music and spend time with my family.
Nicola Lancki, MPH (Data Analyst)
I am a statistical analyst in the Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics at Northwestern University. My work for SAHELI involves study database design, data monitoring, and data analysis. In my personal life I enjoy jogging, reading, traveling, and spoiling my rescue dog.
Juned Siddique, PhD (Study Statistician)
I am an Associate Professor and Biostatistician in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. My research efforts focus on developing statistical methods for handling incomplete or missing data. I apply these methods to a range of problems including rater bias, participant dropout, data harmonization in individual participant data analysis, and measurement error. I collaborate closely with lifestyle intervention researchers and have particular interests in the analysis of diet and physical activity data.
Bonnie Spring, PhD (Co-investigator)
Ronald Ackermann, MD,MPH (Co-investigator)
Nilay Shah, MD, MPH
Nilay Shah is a cardiologist and faculty at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, whose research focus is on identifying and implementing strategies to preserve cardiovascular health across the life course in communities at high risk, including South Asian Americans.