Celeste Romano
Epidemiology
Celeste Romano is a PhD candidate in Epidemiology. Her research uses administrative health data to advance understanding of maternal health from pre-pregnancy through the late postpartum period, as well as infant and early childhood health. Her current work examines persistent postpartum pain and pain treatment, the effects of postpartum leave duration on use of therapeutic approaches for pain management, and perinatal mental health and substance use disorders.
Anoushka Patel
Sociology
Anoushka Patel is a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Sociology. Her research focuses on education and health outcomes among populations in Nepal. Patel’s current scholarship examines how paternal migration in Nepal affects primary school enrollment across private and public institutions, including how migrant households use remittances to support private school enrollment and school choice.
Reid Dickerson
Economics
Reid Dickerson is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Economics. He studies how technology, media, and institutions shape men’s economic outcomes, health, and behavior. Dickerson’s current research combines administrative data, large-scale text data, and quasi-experimental methods to investigate why men are underrepresented in the healthcare workforce and how podcasts impact men’s actions and beliefs.
Keri Lintz
Social Welfare
Keri Lintz is a fifth-year graduate student in Social Welfare and a continuing Trainee. Her research interests are social policy, children and families, and structural disadvantage. Her current work examines whether public programs reach their intended families and how their resources shape children’s health and development. Lintz also manages the UCLA Practical Causal Inference Lab, co-directed by CCPR Faculty Affiliates Professors Chad Hazlett and Onyebuchi Arah.