Faculty
Megan E. Hamm, PhD
Director of Qualitative, Evaluation, and Stakeholder Engagement Research Services (Qual EASE)
Dr. Hamm specializes in the collection and analysis of interview, focus group, and observational data. Her background in Anthropology is in gender and sexuality, with a focus on sex worker activism in South Asia; as such, she has expertise in collecting data on sensitive and emotionally difficult subjects, which translates well into qualitative data collection in the medical context, particularly with patients suffering social stigma and emotional trauma from their illnesses. As Director of Qualitative, Evaluation, and Stakeholder Engagement Services, she has participated in more than 40 research projects about an array of different topics that frequently fall under one of the following general topics: evaluation of medical educational programming, the formative evaluation of behavioral and programmatic interventions, provider communication, the adoption of new health technologies, sexuality and reproductive health, pain management, substance use in pregnancy, and stakeholder engagement.
Tamar Krishnamurti, PhD
Dr. Krishnamurti has 20 years' experience conducting qualitative research. She has published numerous papers using mental models' methodology, which combines semi-structured, open ended qualitative interviews with other forms of data collection to address gaps between current scientific knowledge and lay understanding of how things work.
José Giovanni Luiggi-Hernández, PhD, MPH
Dr. Luiggi-Hernández specializes in the collection and analysis of varius forms of data, including interviews, focus groups, observational records, documentation, written material, visual content, arts-based data, and online content.
Marie K. Norman, PhD
Dr. Norman's doctorate was in cultural anthropology with a focus on medical anthropology. In addition to ethnographic fieldwork in Nepal, she has conducted qualitative and mixed methods research on a wide range of topics in clinical and translational science, including the working dynamics of research teams, the uses of human centered design for research, and the qualitative evaluation of education and training programs. Dr. Norman co-teaches the qualitative research courses in the Institute for Clinical Research Education with Dr. Hamm.
Holly N. Thomas, MD, MS
Dr. Thomas has experience in conducting phenomenological qualitative research, including interviews and focus groups, in the context of stakeholder engagement and patient-centered outcomes research. She has specialized training in qualitative research and has published multiple qualitative manuscripts, with a particular focus on women's experiences during the menopause transition.