Alexander Adia
PhD Student
Alexander Adia is a Health Policy PhD student (Population and Data Science track) interested in topics of health equity, specifically focusing on racial and ethnic health disparities and aging and the social safety net programs aimed at ameliorating such challenges. Prior to graduate school, Alexander was a Senior Consultant at Precision Advisors working on pricing and market access challenges for life sciences firms and is a member of the board of directors for the Filipinx/a/o Community Health Association. Alexander received a bachelor's degree and MPH from Brown University.
Alex Schulte
PhD Student
Alex is a Health Policy PhD candidate in the Organizations and Management track. She is interested in applying quantitative methodologies to better understand how organizational, market, and policy changes impact reproductive healthcare access and quality. Prior to starting her PhD, Alex worked as a healthcare consultant at Deloitte and later as a program officer at the Deloitte Health Equity Institute. She has bachelors degrees in Economics and Health Policy & Management from UNC Chapel Hill.
Christine Lo, MPH
PhD Student
Christine Lo is a Health Policy Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley with a focus on Organizations and Management. Her research interests include Medicaid delivery and policy, healthcare safety nets, and health and social care integration. Christine previously worked with health systems to develop and scale programs aimed to improve clinical effectiveness and address patients' social needs. Christine holds a MPH from Yale University and bachelor's degree from University of Washington.
Cindy Alvarez, MPH
PhD Student
Cindy Alvarez is a Health Policy Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley with a focus on Organizations and Management. Her research interests include primary care, Medicaid policy, and health workforce issues. Prior to graduate school, Cindy was a researcher at Mathematica, working on projects related to primary care, health equity, and public health interventions. Cindy received a bachelor’s degree and MPH from Yale University.
Ishika Sachdeva
PhD Student
Ishika Sachdeva is a first year Health Policy PhD student with CHAMP and a UC Berkeley Public Health (B.A.) graduate. She is passionate about improving population health outcomes and increasing access to healthcare through health services research and policy evaluation. At CHAMP, Ishika contributes to quantitative and qualitative analyses to evaluate initiatives, including Contra Costa County's Community Connect, A3, and Enhanced Care Management programs. Previously, she researched naturalistic MDMA use at the School of Public Health and analyzed healthcare service utilization trends in the Population Health department at Alameda Health System. Ishika is from Southern California and is an avid learner, traveler, and foodie.
Jeremy Rodriguez
PhD Student
Jeremy Rodriguez is a PhD student in Health Policy on the Population Health Sciences track. His research interests include health care inequities, intergenerational health, and examining the effects of structural racism and colonization on health care access and utilization. Prior to joining the program, Jeremy was a program supervisor at a federally qualified health center, where he oversaw the volunteer and clinical student program, developed clinic support services, and facilitated learning opportunities for health professionals in training. His interest in research began at his undergraduate years, where he worked on projects concerning the impact of U.S. federal colonial policies on Puerto Rican maternal health outcomes, food insecurity, and examined the potential environmental and health effects of neonicotinoids (pesticide) legislation. He holds a B.A. in Anthropology modified with Public Health and Public Policy from Dartmouth College.
Linden Lovett
MPH Student
Linden Lovett is a first-year MPH candidate in the Health Policy and Management concentration. She is originally from Nevada City, CA and graduated with her BA in Public Health from UC Berkeley in 2025. Linden has worked with several nonprofit healthcare organizations in rural Northern California, where she focused on adolescent health education, advocacy, and administrative operations. She currently serves as a Graduate Student Researcher at the Center for Health Management and Policy Research, contributing to projects on healthcare system mergers and acquisitions, language access in California primary care settings, lean management in health systems, and evaluations of insurance quality initiatives. Outside of her academic and research work, Linden enjoys traveling, practicing pilates, and spending time with her family in the mountains!
Stacy Chen, MPH
PhD Student
Stacy Chen is a Health Policy Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley in the Organizations and Management track. Her research interests include patient access to safety-net providers and government health programs, specifically among immigrants and low-income individuals. Prior to graduate school, Stacy was a senior healthcare economist at the MITRE Corp supporting government-funded research and development projects such as income mobility in Census and optimizing virtual care for federally-qualified health centers in HRSA. Stacy received an MPH and BA in economics from Tufts University.