Skip to main content

Meet Our Team

We welcome your questions and comments. If you're interested in becoming a member, please review our membership page.

Center for Computational & Social Sciences in Health (COMPASS)
625 N. Michigan Ave., 15th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
312-503-5338
compass-center@northwestern.edu

Meet Our Team

Leadership

Michelle Birkett headshot

Michelle A. Birkett, PhD
Pronouns: she/they
Center Director
Associate Professor

Patrick Janulis headshot

Patrick Janulis, PhD
Pronouns: he/him
Center Associate Director
Associate Professor

Administration

  Headshot of Kate Banner

Kate Banner
Pronouns: she/her
Center Administrator
Director of Research Operations

Louis Porras headshot

Louis Porras, BA
Pronouns: they/he
Center Administrative Associate
Data Assistant Associate

Core Faculty

Tom Wolff headshot

Tom Wolff, PhD
Pronouns: he/him
Center Core Faculty
Research Assistant Professor

Development Team

Joshua Melville headshot

Joshua Melville, MSc
Pronouns: he/they
Head of Development & Design

Caden Buckhalt headshot

Caden Buckhalt, BA
Pronouns: he/him
Intermediate Software Engineer

Staff

Samantha Stoll headshot

Samantha Stoll, MS
Pronouns: she/her
Temp Research Data Analyst

Mentees

Emily Esposito headshot

Emily Esposito, PhD
Pronouns: she/her
Assistant Professor, Northeastern Illinois University

Sijia Wei headshot

Sijia Wei, PhD, RN, PHN
Pronouns: she/her
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
K99/R00 Awardee

Artur Queiroz headshot

Artur Queiroz, PhD
Pronouns: he/him
Assistant Professor, FSU
NIH FIRST Mentee

Kathryn Risher headshot

Kathyrn Risher, PhD, MHS
Pronouns: she/her
Assistant Professor, Penn State University
K01 Awardee

Joshua Stadlan headshot

Joshua Stadlan, PhD
Pronouns: he/him
NICO/COMPASS Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Interns

 

Former Lab Members

B.R. Slone, Research Data Analyst

Jordan Henry, IMSA Intern

Maya Hardwood, NIDA Summer Research Program Intern

Anika Wilsnack, Network Canvas Intern

Xiaowei Chen, Network Canvas Intern

Tubanji Walubita, Graduate Student

Dylan Felt, Data Assistant Associate

Angela Freeman, Graduate Student

Cate Durudogan, Bias in Big Data Intern

Camile Galles, Graduate Research Assistant

Liz McConnell, Graduate Student, F31 Awardee

Bálint Néray, Postdoctoral Research Fellow