Welcome to the Center for Healthcare Value and Equity (CHVE) website. CHVE was formed in collaboration with the Louisiana Department of Health to provide education, research, and evaluation regarding healthcare value and health equity in Louisiana and nationally.
CHVE's areas of activity include:
Faculty
- Benjamin F. Springgate , MD , MPH - Director, Center of Healthcare Value and Equity and Professor of Clinical Medicine
- Ashley Wennerstrom , PhD, MPH - Director, Community Health Worker Institute and Associate Professor - Research
- Amanda Dumas, MD, MSc - Associate Medical Director, LA Medicaid and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
- Elyse Stevens, MD, MPH - Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
- Richard Culbertson, PhD, Professor and Director, Health Policy Systems Management, School of Public Health
- Pooja Mehta, MD, MSHP - Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Staff
- Chris Adkins, MSW - Associate Director, Community Health Worker Institute
- Isha Matta, MPH - Program Manager, Education
- Kathleen Murphy, MPH - Transformation Program Manager
- Jordan Paulin, MPH - Program Manager, Policy and Innovation