Marisol De Ornelas
Graduate Student Researcher
Marisol is a DrPH student focused on studying novel interventions aimed at improving MCAH and health equity. Marisol helps lead research efforts with the Wallace Center's research partners at Alameda Health System.
Leilani Hernandez
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Leilani is working on an evaluation of Highland Hospital's BEloved Birth Black Centering project.
Edwina Malmberg
Graduate Student Researcher
Edwina is an MPH HSB student working with Dr. Cassie Marshall and Ashley Nguyen in collaboration with SisterWeb San Francisco Community Doula Network. They are evaluating the "Champion Dyad Initiative," a quality improvement program that promotes equitable care for pregnant and birthing individuals in SF. Edwina's role involves analyzing program data and contributing to research on doula-provider partnerships to improve perinatal care for BIPOC communities.
Grace Rajan
MPH Summer Intern 2024
Grace worked with Irth App, leading projects to develop a data dissemination strategy and create a monitoring and evaluation framework for hospital partners. She collaborated with app developers to enhance UI/UX functionality, aiming to improve healthcare equity for Black and Brown families. Read more here.
Julia Piccirillo-Stosser
MPH Summer Intern 2024
Julia led the development of the Blossoming Birth Doula Training in collaboration with SisterWeb and the Tulsa Birth Equity Initiative, creating a scalable, community-rooted curriculum to enhance doula care for Black and Indigenous families across the U.S. Read more here.
Samantha Tapia
2025 MPH Summer Intern
Samantha Tapia is an MPH student in the Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) program at UC Berkeley. She is working with Dr. Lindsay Parham and Marisol De Ornelas on the Quality Improvement for Health Equity in Reproduction Initiative (QI4HER+). This initiative is a research collaboration between the Wallace Center, Alameda Health System’s Department of Obstetrics, Midwifery, and Gynecology, and the Alameda County Public Health Department. Samantha’s work focuses on evaluating the Spanish Centering program and the Lullaby Project.
Serena Wang
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Serena is a current third-year studying Public Health and Data Science. She is working with Dr. Sylvia Guendelman to investigate maternity provider and patient practices/priorities in the postpartum.
Leanna Yu
Undergraduate Health Communications Assistant
Leanna is a current senior studying public health and working with the Wallace Center on their communications strategy (social media, newsletter, and website).
Danni Yang
Graduate Student Researcher
Danni is an MBA/MPH student working with Dr. Kim Harley and Dr. Lindsay Parham on a big data collaboration between the Wallace Center and the period tracking app Clue. Together, they are analyzing large population-based survey data to better understand the timing, predictors, and characteristics of perimenopause.