© HealthValueLab 2024
WHO WE ARE
The HealthValueLab is a student-led endeavor, created by pre-medical and medical students under the guidance of faculty attendings. Our team consists of undergraduate students at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), medical students at UCSD and Emory Schools of Medicine, and faculty at UCSD and Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine. We are united in our vision to create a free and interactive educational tool for pre-clinical and clinical medical students to learn and practice principles of high-value care. By exposing students to these principles early in their training, we hope to foster greater attention to principles of resource stewardship and more effectively integrate high-value care—care that is effective, patient-centered, and efficiently delivered—into clinical culture.
If you are interested in joining our team, please email info.healthvaluelab@gmail.com.
CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS
Case Development
Michelle Chen (co-lead)
Emma Williams (co-lead)
Team members / Kiersten Gabaldon, Nicole Xu
Site Development
Karthik Ramesh (co-lead)
Austin Collins (co-lead)
Grace Ortiz (web liaison)
Team members / Matt Allen, Kenneth Nguyen, Kate Jackson, Sahil Patel, Stephanie Wu
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Greg Seymann
Rebekah Scott - Lead Author
Dell Medical School at UT Austin ’23
Master of Science in Health Care Transformation ’23
Rebekah graduated from Dartmouth College in 2013, majoring in Biology and minoring in Anthropology of Global Health. She worked with the New America Foundation as a Health Policy Fellow in 2013, then for Compass Professional Health Services (now Alight) as a patient advocate and health care consultant from 2014-2019. She is interested in transforming health care toward prioritizing prevention both systemically and through reimbursement reform. With Christina, she is Dell Medical School’s Choosing Wisely STARS representative for the Class of 2023.
Christina Shields - Lead Author
Dell Medical School at UT Austin ’23
Master of Science in Health Care Transformation ’23
Christina graduated from Rice University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. She worked with the Baker Institute for Public Policy as a Biosciences Policy Analyst, then for Deloitte as a Strategy and Operations Consultant from 2017-2019. She is interested in furthering high value care through process improvements that promote equity while minimizing costs of care. With Rebekah, she is Dell Medical School’s Choosing Wisely STARS representative for the Class of 2023.
Dr. Chris Moriates - Faculty Advisor
Dr. Chris Moriates leads the U.S. Choosing Wisely STARS program and co-chairs the International Choosing Wisely Medical Education group. He is a hospital medicine physician, Assistant Dean for Healthcare Value, Associate Chair, and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Deepak Agrawal - Faculty Advisor
Dr. Deepak Agrawal is the Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Dell Medical School and is very interested in implementing high value care in education and clinical practice. He believes educating and empowering patients is essential in making high value care a reality.
Adam Zeiner - Design Advisor
Adam is a strategic Senior/Lead Designer, Facilitator, and Organizer focused on socially created “soft” systems, networks, integrating futures literacy into design practice, information architecture & visualization, and engaging with intimate communities of practice. Adam works as a Designer at the Design Institute for Health, a radical collaboration between Dell Medical School and the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin.