Center for Health Policy Team
Ashley Chastain, DrPH, MPH
- Senior Project Director
Bridget Morse-Karzen, MPH
- Research Manager
Khadra Dualeh, MPH
- Research Coordinator
Tenzin Trinley, MPH
- Project Coordinator
Uduwanage Gayani Perera, PhD, MS
- 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 interests include improving healthcare delivery models to reduce health disparities in vulnerable populations, and health equity.
Current Postdoctoral Fellows
Ji Won Lee, PhD
Ji Won Lee, PhD is a postdoctoral research fellow under the mentorship of JingJing Shang, PhD, FAAN. Her program of research aims to reduce health disparities among vulnerable populations undergoing total hip/knee replacements.
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.
Kimberlee Grier PhD, BSN, RN, CHPPN
Kimberlee Grier is a postdoctoral research fellow. She has worked with both chronically ill adults and children, finding her passion in pediatric hospice and palliative care, specifically community-based care. She was dually nationally certified as a Certified Hospice and Palliative Pediatric Nurse and a Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse. Through her experience at work, she became highly motivated to contribute to the research of priority populations, including pediatric patients and families. She has published in the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing as well as presented at both US and international conferences. Her interest in health policy and passion for advocating for vulnerable pediatric populations led her to the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy where she was chosen as a Margolis Honors Scholar.
Faculty
Advisory Board Members
Darlene J Curley, EdD, RN, FAAN
- Advisor | Policy & Philanthropy; Adjunct, Columbia Nursing
Darlene J Curley, EdD, RN, FAAN is a trusted health policy advisor to State Governors, U.S. Senators, federal & state agencies, association executives, and philanthropists to advance health for vulnerable populations. Since 2018, she has been an advisor and adjunct professor at the Center for Health Policy at Columbia University School of Nursing, a public policy consultant, board member, and volunteer, including the Utah Medical Reserve Corps, and Governor’s Commission on Aging.
From 2009-2018, Curley was CEO of Jonas Philanthropies to nursing doctoral education, vision research, veteran’s healthcare, and environmental health. Signature accomplishments: supporting 1,200 doctoral nursing scholars and future educators in all 50 states, developing a public private partnership with the U.S. Veterans Administration (2016-21), and collaborating with 25 national/global funders.
Elected to the Maine State Legislature in 2002, she served on both the Joint Committee on Appropriations, charged to negotiate and balance the 8 billion-dollar state budget, and the Health & Human Services Committee, responsible for combining and reorganizing the Dept. of Human Services and Dept. of Behavioral and Developmental Services into one HHS Agency. Curley co-chaired the State Long Term Care committee, Blue Ribbon Commission on Medicaid, and was appointed to the Health Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Darlene has given over 20 keynote presentations, published articles in the LA Times and Politico, and served on the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professions Education at the National Academies of Sciences. She has been recognized for healthcare policy leadership by the New York Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Nursing, the University of Maryland, and Columbia University.
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.
Janice Grady
- Assistant Dean, Development and Alumni Relations
Internal Leadership Team
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
Janice Grady
- Assistant Dean, Development and Alumni Relations
