Students and Trainees
Kanhai Amin
Medical StudentKanhai is a first-year medical student at Yale School of Medicine. He graduated from Yale College in 2024 with a double major in Economics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. Kanhai is passionate about ensuring healthcare policy and regulation—and the market incentives they shape—are aligned with patient wellbeing and outcomes.
Matthew Andersen
Medical StudentMatthew is a medical student at the Yale School of Medicine in the Class of 2027. He completed a dedicated research year at CRRIT, where he focused on evaluating the utilization and downstream effects of cardio‑pulmonary screening modalities. His research experience spans real‑world data analysis, causal inference, and cost‑effectiveness modeling. Before medical school, Matthew studied computational biology and business at the University of Pennsylvania and worked as a medical devices industry consultant at Boston Consulting group.
Shamik Bhat
Medical StudentShamik is a fourth-year medical student at Yale and studied Integrative Biology at the University of Colorado. His research interests in medical school include conflicts of interest in medicine, increasing Americans’ access to health insurance, and investigating barriers patients face in accessing new therapeutics. He explored these issues during his Master of Public Affairs at Princeton and now also works with the Urban Institute to help states navigate health funding challenges.
Angela Casarez
Medical StudentAngela Casarez is a second-year medical student at the Yale School of Medicine. She graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Human Biology, where she focused on genetics and community-engaged research. Prior to medical school, Angela worked as a Quality Improvement Analyst at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, leading projects to improve pediatric healthcare delivery and reduce health disparities. Her current research focuses on the regulation of patient-facing generative AI, with broader interests in health policy, medical education, and implementation science. Outside of medicine, she enjoys embroidery, exploring the outdoors, and spending time with family and friends.
Ashwin Chetty
Medical StudentAshwin is a fourth-year medical student who graduated from Yale University with a B.S. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Philosophy. Prior to medical school, he wrote for a diabetes and obesity newsletter in San Francisco. His research at the Yale School of Medicine has focused on compounded GLP-1RAs, insurance coverage and eligibility for GLP-1RAs, and the epidemiology of obesity and its complications in children and adults.
Asher Cohen
Medical StudentAsher Cohen is a second-year medical student at Yale School of Medicine. He got his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley where he graduated top of his class in 2025. Today, he performs research at CRRIT related to reciprocal approval legislation. He is interested in obstetrics, gynecology, and internal medicine.
Carla Godoy
Medical StudentCarla is a third-year medical student with a degree in Biology from Texas A&M University and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Texas. Her research focuses on the FDA’s drug approval process.
Tiffany Jiang
Medical StudentTiffany is a third-year medical student who graduated from Stanford University with bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Music and a master’s in Epidemiology. Her research investigates drug pricing and healthcare access.
Kushal Kadakia, MD
Resident PhysicianDr. Kadakia is a resident physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. Prior to residency, he worked at organizations including the U. S. Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Academy of Medicine. His research focuses on Medicare payment reforms and FDA regulation.
Kyle King
Medical StudentKyle is a second-year medical student who graduated from Yale University with a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience with distinction in 2024. His research investigates regulation, pharmaceuticals, and public health.
Asuka Koda
UndergraduateAsuka Koda is an undergraduate in Davenport College majoring in Mathematics and Philosophy. At Yale, she serves as editor-in-chief of the Yale Scientific Magazine and as the Science & Technology editor of the Yale Daily News. Outside of the classroom and the lab, she writes about science and health for CNN and will attend the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is a 2026 Truman Scholar focusing on reforming public science communication.
Layo Laniyan
Medical StudentLayo is a second-year medical student at the Yale School of Medicine. He received his bachelor’s degree with honors in English from Stanford University, where he studied African American literature and the history of medical experimentation. After graduating, he worked as a public policy and epidemiology researcher at Acumen/SPHERE Institute, conducting post-market medical product safety surveillance and population health research for the FDA and CDC. At Yale, his research interests center on the history and political economy of medical debt and health insurance, as well as how these phenomena impact patient outcomes, care utilization, and provider behaviors.
Tobias Liu
Postgraduate AssociateTobias is a recent graduate of Yale University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology. Previously, he worked as a health policy analyst at Capitol Street, a consulting firm in Washington, D.C. His research focuses on how incentives and regulatory frameworks shape biopharmaceutical innovation and health outcomes.
Ngoc-Trang Adrienne Nguyen
Medical StudentNgoc-Trang Adrienne Nguyen is a second-year medical student at Yale School of Medicine. She graduated from the University of Houston, where she received her BS in Biology and minors in Medicine & Society and Population Health. Her research interests focus on dermatology; health policy, economics, and healthcare systems; lifestyle factors (e.g., diet and exercise); integrative medicine; and ways to improve equity in education, healthcare, and quality of life.
Maanasa Mendu
Medical StudentMaanasa is a second-year medical student at the Yale School of Medicine, who previously studied Neuroscience and Global Health & Health Policy at Harvard. Her research focuses on real world evidence for newly approved antimicrobials. She is also interested in the social determinants of health, the intersection of HIV and aging, and evaluating the impact of AI on healthcare quality.
Maryam Mooghali, MD, MSc
Resident PhysicianMaryam Mooghali, MD, MSc is an Internal Medicine Resident Physician at Yale New Haven Hospital. She obtained her MD from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, followed by her Master’s in eHealth from McMaster University. Subsequently, she started her research on regulatory science and health policy as a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale/YNHH Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE). Her research aims to improve healthcare outcomes by informing and strengthening regulatory and coverage policies, particularly in oncology. She ultimately aims to pursue a career in academia, leading efforts to optimize the approval and coverage processes to ensure timely and equitable access to safe and effective cancer therapies with the goal of advancing patient outcomes.
Joshua Skydel, MD
Rheumatology FellowJoshua Skydel, MD, is a Clinical Fellow in the Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology at the Yale School of Medicine. Prior to arriving at Yale, he earned his medical degree from the Tufts University School of Medicine and completed residency training in internal medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Dr. Skydel's research interests include US pharmaceutical policy, variation in healthcare service pricing, and the role of real-world evidence for informing the use of new therapies, including disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). With CRRIT, he has published on the US Food and Drug Administration's use of expedited review programs and postmarketing actions, enrollment patterns for clinical trials of new lupus therapies, and US biosimilar policy.
Yimei Wan, MSc
Medical StudentYimei is a third-year medical student at the Yale School of Medicine. She graduated from the University of Toronto with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Biochemistry. Prior to starting medical school, Yimei conducted research at the MaRS Centre and SickKids Research Institute in Toronto on protein dynamics and liquid-liquid phase separation. Her current interests include aging and polypharmacy.
CRRITers: Students and Trainees who previously worked with us
Ayman Mohammad, MD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2026)
Neeraj Patel, MD (Yale School of Medicine, 2026)
Omar Qureshi, MD (Yale School of Medicine, 2026)
Samuel Yoon, MD (Yale School of Medicine, 2026)
Harry Doernberg, MD (Yale School of Medicine, 2025)
Guneet Janda, MD (Yale School of Medicine, 2024)
Sahil Mane (Yale University, 2024)
Osman Moneer, MD (Yale School of Medicine, 2024)
Meera Dhodapkar, MD (Yale School of Medicine, 2024)
Matthew Swanson, MD (Quinnipiac Frank H. Netter School of Medicine, 2024)
Tianna Zhou, MD (Yale School of Medicine, 2024)
James Johnston, MD (Yale School of Medicine, 2022)