Ye Shen is a PhD candidate in the Decision Sciences track of the Health Policy program at Harvard University. She is interested in using disease simulation modeling, decision analytic, and policy evaluation methods to better inform health policy topics intersecting the social safety net for under-served and vulnerable populations. Ye is currently applying these methods to evaluate policies that address oral health disparities in the United States, such as medical-dental integration, school-based oral health services, and dental workforce in shortage areas.

Mike Eber studies health care consumer decision-making and applies this knowledge to inform social choices and improve policy design. Mike is particularly interested in exploring heterogeneity in individual capabilities and preferences to make policy interventions more targeted. Prior to entering the Harvard Health Policy PhD Program, Mike was a director at Precision Health Economics, a research consultancy, where his work focused on measuring and communicating value in health care.

Soren is a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse (CORAL) at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute supported by an American Diabetes Association and Thomas O. Pyle Fellowship. She investigates the role of dietary habits on diabetes risk markers from early childhood to late adolescence in Project Viva Cohort using causal inference methods, under the supervision of Drs. Marie-France Hivert and Jessica Young.