Goutham Rao, MD (Site Principal Investigator)
Susan Reisberg, RN (Public Health Nurse)
Santosh Kumar, LLB (Site Principal Investigator)
Promila Mehta, MA (Project Manager)
Shrenick (Nick) Dalal (Project Manager)
Himali Bharucha, BA (Community Health Specialist)
Roshita Pandey (Grants Manager)
I supervise all the welfare programs at MAFS to ensure effective implementation as well as bring in the much-needed funds to support these programs. It is a gratifying experience to raise funds for programs and services that empower and transform the lives of countless immigrants from South Asian community!
Apart from work, I am an adventurous fun-loving person and a passionate actor. I also enjoy cooking for my family and friends and going on fun family vacations.
I live by the motto- “if you do good to the world it comes back to you in much greater measure”!
Neiha Dhar, LMFT
Neiha Dhar is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and a new mom. She helps clients learn how to balance independence and connection and find ways to show up in all spaces as their authentic selves. She is the founder of the Chicago Coalition of Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Clinicians which aims to foster a supportive community for BIPOC clinicians in the Chicago area. Living in quarantine and working remotely has created an opportunity for Neiha and her husband to move closer to Neiha's parents in Upstate New York and remain active with the Chicago community.
Nicola Lancki, MPH (Data Analyst)
I am a statistical analyst in the Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics at Northwestern University. My work for SAHELI involves study database design, data monitoring, and data analysis. In my personal life I enjoy jogging, reading, traveling, and spoiling my rescue dog.
Juned Siddique, PhD (Study Statistician)
I am an Associate Professor and Biostatistician in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. My research efforts focus on developing statistical methods for handling incomplete or missing data. I apply these methods to a range of problems including rater bias, participant dropout, data harmonization in individual participant data analysis, and measurement error. I collaborate closely with lifestyle intervention researchers and have particular interests in the analysis of diet and physical activity data.
Bonnie Spring, PhD (Co-investigator)
Ronald Ackermann, MD,MPH (Co-investigator)
Nilay Shah, MD, MPH
Nilay Shah is a cardiologist and faculty at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, whose research focus is on identifying and implementing strategies to preserve cardiovascular health across the life course in communities at high risk, including South Asian Americans.
Jasnoor Kaur, (Research Assistant)
Jasnoor is an undergraduate student at Michigan State University, double-majoring in neuroscience and social relations and policy on the pre-med track.
I am passionate about public health in minority populations and am currently working on investigating underlying factors involved in South Asian cardiovascular health. Coming from an immigrant household myself, I recognize how understudied South Asian health is and hope my work contributes to a more equitable healthcare system.