Qualitative Research

Faculty

Timothy Anderson, MD, MAS

Dr. Anderson is a primary care physician and health services researcher with expertise in retrospective studies, prospective cohort studies, and interventional trials.

Flor de Abril Cameron, PhD, MPH

As a qualitative methodologist, Dr. Cameron specializes in the collection and analysis of data forms, including interviews, focus groups, observational records, documentation, and written materials. 

Megan E. Hamm, PhD

Director, Qualitative Research Services, CBQM

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 CBQM's Qualitative 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, women's health, pain management, substance use in pregnancy, and engagement.

Tamar Krishnamurti, PhD

Dr. Krishnamurti’s research employs mixed-methods approaches combining qualitative interviews, focus groups, and community-partnered participatory research methods to understand patient perspectives and inform intervention development.

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 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.