Principal Investigator
Dr. Gelareh Sadigh
Associate Professor in Residence
gsadigh@hs.uci.edu
Dr. Sadigh is Associate Professor in Residence of Neuroradiology at University of California
Irvine and a health services researcher. All of her work in the last 13 year shares the overarching
theme of healthcare value and decreasing health disparities. Dr. Sadigh research has
encompassed healthcare utilization, comparative effectiveness research, financial hardship,
patient preferences and costs of care discussion, price transparency and financial navigation. Her long-term research goal is to improve patient-centered and evidence-based healthcare delivery while decreasing healthcare costs.
Research Assistants
Dr. Ali Rashidi
Assistant Specialist
rashidi1@hs.uci.edu
Ali is an Assistant Specialist at Sadigh lab and an incoming Radiology Resident at Emory University. He has four years of research experience in radiology at Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University, focusing on 3D and MARS MRI in musculoskeletal MR imaging and hybrid imaging in cancer patients. Currently, he is involved in projects aimed at addressing financial hardship in cancer patients and improving patient awareness of cancer screening
Raymond Kao
Junior Specialist
juiyuk@hs.uci.edu
Raymond is a Junior Specialist at Sadigh lab. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2019 and recently finished UCSF’s Post-Baccalaureate Program. He is involved on team projects addressing financial hardship in patients with cancer and enhancing lung cancer screening uptake. He hopes to continue conducting research aimed at addressing upstream health factors, with the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes for individuals from low-income backgrounds.
Richard Jason Echeverria
Junior Specialist
rjecheve@hs.uc.edu
Richard is a Junior Specialist for Sadigh Lab and a graduate from the University of California, Irvine with a B.S in Biological Sciences. He has had extensive experience with patients with disabilities of all ages, and has a deep passion for patient interaction and understanding their perspectives. Currently, he is involved in multiple projects aligned with helping patients addressing any concerns they may have for LCS, medication adherence, and barriers for different medical screenings.