Research Team
Previous research assistants have gone on to top PhD and joint MD-PhD programs, many with prestigious national fellowships (Hertz, 3 with NSF). Placements include programs in health policy (3 at Harvard), medicine and health care management (Penn), economics (Berkeley, Harvard, Michigan), business economics (Chicago Booth, Harvard, Michigan), policy economics (Michigan), and computer science (Carnegie Mellon).
After completing their PhDs, former members of the team have accepted faculty positions at Boston University, MIT, UCLA, University of Sydney, and UT Austin.
I am currently looking to hire several full-time research assistants to start immediately or in summer 2027.
Please read the full posting here.
I am also currently looking to hire one or more postdoctoral research fellows to start immediately or in summer 2027.
Please read the full posting here.
Spring 2026 Research Team at Michigan (from left):
Amanda Kowalski, John Ayanian, Avi Goldberg, Brendan Moore, Lai Wei, Neil Christy, Griffin Shufeldt, Wakuma Yebasse, Alayna Tisch, Darion Phan, Shuheng Zhang, Adin Hammond, Ryan Fraser (not pictured: Zoey Chopra).
Summer 2025 Research Team at Michigan (from left):
Griffin Shufeldt, Darion Phan, Lai Wei, Ryan Fraser, Shuheng Zhang, Alayna Tisch, Neil Christy, Amanda Kowalski, Avi Goldberg, Zoey Chopra, Wakuma Yebasse.
Spring 2024 Research Team at Michigan (from left):
Neil Christy, Albert Kong, Louis McKinnon, Ryan Fraser, Katie Laursen, Amanda Kowalski (not pictured: Zoey Chopra).
Summer 2023 Research Team at Michigan (from left):
Ryan Fraser, Amanda Kowalski, Katie Laursen, Louis McKinnon (not pictured: Neil Christy).
Summer 2022 Research Team at Michigan (from left):
Amanda Kowalski, Ryan Fraser, Katie Laursen, Neil Christy.
Summer 2021 Research Team at Michigan (from left):
Katie Laursen, Srajal Nayak, Simon Essig Aberg, Neil Christy, Amanda Kowalski (not pictured: Ryan Fraser).
Summer 2021 Research Team 10 Year Reunion (from left):
Srajal Nayak, Katie Laursen, Amanda Kowalski, Simon Essig Aberg, Ryan Fraser, Neil Christy, Dominik Piehlmaier, William Bishop (not pictured: Ljubica “LJ” Ristovska).
Summer 2020 Research Team at Michigan (from left):
Simon Essig Aberg, Srajal Nayak, Neil Christy, Amanda Kowalski, Sukanya Sravasti.
Summer 2019 Research Team at Michigan (from left):
Amanda Kowalski, Neil Christy, Sukanya Sravasti, Srajal Nayak, Simon Essig Aberg.
Fall 2018 Research Team at Michigan (from left):
Sukanya Sravasti, Bailey Flanigan, Neil Christy, Amanda Kowalski, Srajal Nayak.
Summer 2018 Research Team at Princeton (from left):
Amanda Kowalski, Bailey Flanigan, Pauline Mourot, Matthew Tauzer, Anastasiya Karpova, Sukanya Sravasti.
Summer 2017 Research Team at Princeton (from left):
Tory Do, Bailey Flanigan, Pauline Mourot, Matthew Tauzer, Ljubica “LJ” Ristovska, Amanda Kowalski.
Summer 2016 Research Team at NBER Summer Institute (from left):
Jennifer Wu, Yen Tran , Rebecca McKibbin, Matthew Tauzer, Samuel Moy, Ljubica “LJ” Ristovska, Rae Staben, Amanda Kowalski.
Summer 2015 ISPS Health Research Team at Yale (from left):
Amanda Kowalski, Edward Kong, Megan Wilson, Cindy Zheng, Samuel Moy, Rebecca McKibbin, Maggie Zhou, Jennifer Wu, Stuart Craig (not pictured: Zack Cooper, Aigerim Kabdiyeva, Saumya Chatrath).
Summer 2013 Research Team at Yale (from left):
William Bishop, Martin Hackmann, Kate Archibald, Tiffany Fan, Amanda Kowalski, Gerardo Ruiz Sanchez.