# Health & Population ## expand\_more [### Bernadette Blashill ](/people/bernadette-blashill) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Care and Caregiving, Cultural and Political Sociology, Law and Society, Mental Health, Social Policy Bernadette Blashill is a doctoral student in Sociology at Harvard University. Her research investigates why and how people care for... ![Blashill headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-06/Blashil%20headshot.jpg?itok=myoqXTWj) [### Jen-Chen Chao ](/people/jen-chen-chao) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research interests: Economic Inequality, Social Stratification, Education, Gender and Work, Quantitative Methods, Organization, Social Demography Jen-Chen Chao is a PhD student in Sociology at Harvard University and a Doctoral Trainee at the Center for... ![Jen Chen Chao](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/jenchenchao.png?itok=OQGLT9la) [### Nino José Cricco Doldan ](/people/nino-cricco) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Immigration, Inequality and Stratification, Family, Labor Markets, Social Demography, Quantitative Methods Nino José Cricco is a PhD student in Sociology. His research interests include immigration, economic inequality, and family... ![Nino Cricco](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/cricco.jpg?itok=jCnmA-I-) [### Kseniya Dzhala ](/people/kseniya-dzhala) Doctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy Research Interests: Housing, Culture, Social Movements, Social Policy, Relational Inequality, Qualitative Methods Kseniya Dzhala is a doctoral student in Sociology and Social Policy and a Stone PhD Scholar. She received her Bachelor's degree in Sociology... ![Kseniya Dzhala](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-08/Dzhala%20Kseniya%20headshot.jpg?itok=5s4i18jI) [### Major Eason ](/people/major-eason) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Environmental Inequality, Residential Segregation, Stratification, Social Movements, Demography, Mixed Methods Major Eason is a PhD student in Sociology. His research interests are broadly centered around environmental justice and... ![Major Eason](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/eason_major_photo.jpeg?itok=toXINxbe) [### Alexandra Gibbons ](/people/alexandra-gibbons) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Crime and Punishment; Community and Urban Sociology; Race and Ethnicity; Immigration; Class; Inequality; Quantitative Methods Alexandra (Alex) Gibbons is a PhD student in Sociology and a Presidential Scholar in the Graduate School of... ![Alex Gibbons](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Alexandra%20Gibbons.JPG?itok=-EJwRcyU) [### GeorgePatrick (George) J. Hutchins ](/people/george-hutchins) [georgepatrick\_hutchins@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:georgepatrick_hutchins@hms.harvard.edu)Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Crime, incarceration, carceral logic, racial inequity, health and society, medicine, mixed-methods GeorgePatrick (George) Hutchins (he/him) is a Doctoral Student in Sociology and MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. He graduated... ![George Hutchins](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/hutchins_george_photo.jpg?itok=YqCfM9pU) [### Siri Neerchal ](/people/siri-neerchal) Doctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy Research Interests: economic sociology, public policy, work, health, survey methods, quantitative methods, experimental methods, computational methods, mixed methods Siri Neerchal is a Doctoral Student in Sociology and Social Policy at Harvard University... ![Siri Neerchal](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/neerchal_siri.jpg?itok=GYBK3DfF) [### Yoonjae Shin ](/people/yoonjae-shin) Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior Research Interests: Labor market, corporate governance, inequality, culture Yoonjae Shin is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. His... ![Yoonjae Shin](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/shin_yoonjae_photo.jpg?itok=xOuiUaiV) [### Amber Smith ](/people/amber-smith) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Social Determinants of Health; Medical Sociology; Maternal & Reproductive Health; Reproduction; Inequality and Health Disparities; Demography; Social Network Analysis; Quantitative and Mixed Methods Amber Smith is a PhD student in... ![Amber Smith](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/smith_amber_photo.jpg?itok=ulF5ate1) [### Kyle Waldman ](/people/kyle-waldman) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: International Migration & Immigrant Integration; Social Demography; Disparities in Health; Urban & Social Policy; Work, Welfare, & Poverty; Quantitative Methods Kyle Waldman is a Doctoral Student in Sociology. Kyle was born in Los... ![Kyle Waldman](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/waldman_kyle.jpg?itok=YNHmCsaO) [### Samantha Wyman ](/people/samantha-wyman) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: political sociology, environmental sociology, cultural sociology Samantha Wyman is a Doctoral Student in Sociology at Harvard University. During her graduate career, she is eager to explore how a community’s culture, politics, and... ![Samantha Wyman](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/wyman_samantha.jpg?itok=Q0MCVUeE)