People

The MatCHES Lab’s research is made possible by a dynamic and dedicated multi-disciplinary team of researchers. Our staff located in several places, including in Madison, Wisconsin, USA and Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Director

Zoua Vang, PhD

Position title: Director, MatCHES Lab

Pronouns: she/her/hers,

Email: zvang8@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-890-0221

Address:
4145 Nancy Nicholas Hall,
1300 Linden Drive,
Madison, WI 53706

Dr Zoua Vang is the founding director of the Maternal Child Health Equity & Safety (MatCHES) Lab. She is a Meta Schroeder Beckner Outreach Professor and holds a joint appointment as a Professor of Civil…

Trainees

Adejumoke Olopade

Position title: Ph.D. Student, Civil Society and Community Research

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: aolopade@wisc.edu

Nilvio Alexander Punguil Bravo

Position title: PhD Student, Teaching Assistant/Project Assistant, MSW

Pronouns: he/him/his/él/pay

Email: punguilbravo@wisc.edu

Carla Rattunde

Position title: Project Assistant

Pronouns: they/them/theirs

Email: crattunde@wisc.edu

Jewel Sherchok

Position title: Biology and Global Health Undergraduate Student

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: jsherchok@wisc.edu

Affiliates

Amy Meinen

Position title: Outreach and Research Program Manager, MPH

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: ameinen@wisc.edu

Marwa Ramadan

Position title: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: marwa.ramadan@mcgill.ca

Hilah Silver

Position title: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: hilah.silver@mail.mcgill.ca

Staff

Michaela Bunakova

Position title: Research Assistant, PhD Candidate

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: michaela.bunakova@mail.mcgill.ca

Phone: 438-630-7980

Mozghan Kohzadi

Position title: Community Research Liaison and Data Coordinator

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: mozhgan.kohzadi@mail.mcgill.ca

Sarah McLeod

Position title: Research Assistant

Email: sarah.mcleod3@affiliate.mcgill.ca