Meet Our Fellows

Jenny Jia, M.D., M.S.
2nd Year Fellow - MGH
Research Interest
Food environments and preventing chronic disease
Behavioral economic interventions
Global Food Trade
Suzanne Elshafey, M.D.
2nd Year Fellow - BWH
Research Interest
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), metabolic syndrome, and health disparities in liver transplantation.

Roma Bhatia, M.D.
2nd Year Fellow - BIDMC
Research Interest
Modification, evaluation and implementation of primary care health models to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes for chronic diseases targeting specifically communities with socioeconomic disparities.
Karla Kendrick, M.D.
1st Year Fellow - BIDMC
Research Interest
Preventive care, specifically interventions to prevent or reduce the morbidity of cardiovascular disease.
How physicians can use lifestyle modifications to improve outcomes in type 2 DM, hypertension, and other markers of CV disease.
Jessica Himmelstein, M.D., M.P.H
1st Year Fellow - CHA
Research Interest
Health disparities in immigrant and Latino populations
Role of limited English proficiency and health literacy in health outcomes
Community based primary care research development and implementation
Felippe Marcondes, M.D.
1st Year Fellow - MGH
Research Interest
Preventive service utilization and chronic disease management among vulnerable populations
Impact of national and state health policies on health services utilization of under-served populations, especially immigrants.
John Merriman, M.D., M.S.
1st Year Fellow - DPM
Research Interest:
LGBTQ+ health
Obesity medicine
Barriers to care, and health inequities in vulnerable populations