Faculty and Research: Doctoral Students

The Kellogg School has a dynamic doctoral program and each year several PhD students write dissertations about the health industry. Doctoral students interested in the health industry are eligible for Merv Shalowitz Doctoral Fellowships.

Current Merv Shalowitz Doctoral Fellows:

Katherine Heinze
Jie Gong
Pablo Montagnes
Kane Sweeney
Bingxiao Wu
Yang Zhang

Recent doctoral program graduates include:

Amit Nigam
Dissertation: “Transformation of Professional Control: Changes in Medical Work in the Shift to Managed Care” (2006)

Subramanian Ramanarayanan
Dissertation: “Does Practice Make Perfect? An Empirical Analysis of Learning by Doing in Cardiac Surgery” (2007)

Min Chen
Dissertation: “Minimum Quality Standards and Strategic Vertical Differentiation: An Empirical Study of Nursing Homes” (2008)

Feng Susan Lu
Dissertation: “Multitasking, Information Disclosure and Product Quality: Evidence from Nursing Homes” (2008)

Maxim Sytch
Dissertation: "Living in Two Worlds: Exploring the Origins and Consequences of the Dual Social Structure" (2009)