Our Team

We are an ever-growing coalition of health students and providers focused on political education and power building.

  • An Internal Medicine physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine, his research and education initiatives focus on the intersection of health and carceral systems. His own primary care practice is dedicated to patients transitioning home from jail or prison. Dr. Spencer’s work centers community based partnerships that emphasize prevention of harm and alternatives to punitive systems.

SCOOP Fellows

  • Andrea Abi-Karam, MFA

    MD Class of 2028

    (he/they)

    Links to military, protest, impact on LGBTQ health, racial and surgical inequities, harm reduction

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  • Stephen Agyepong, MS

    MD Class of 2028

    (he/him)

    Narratives of incarcerated people/patients, dismantling carceral humanism, carceral land use and urban planning

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  • Kusum Basnet

    MD Class of 2028

    (she/her)

    Policing alternatives and abolition, gendered and racial discrimination, mental health crisis intervention, structural violence

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  • Shrutikona Das

    MD Class of 2028

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  • Supriya Jain

    MD/MPH Class of 2027

    (she/her)

    Incarcerated women, criminalization and incarceration of pregnancy.

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  • Vida Lugo

    MD Class of 2027

    (she/her)

    Racial disparities, women’s health, CV intersection with incarceration, harm reduction 

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  • Marin McCoy

    MD Class of 2028

    (they/them)

    LGBTQ health, pregnancy and incarceration, harm reduction, racial disparities, policing alternatives, juvenile incarceration

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  • Karissa McCright

    MD Class of 2027

    (she/her)

    Criminalization of substance use disorders, harm reduction, incarcerated women, criminalization and incarceration of pregnancy.

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  • Zizi Ohamadike

    MD Class of 2027

    (she/her)

    Juvenile incarceration

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  • Madison de los Reyes

    MD Class of 2027

    (she/her)

    Carceral systems intersection with pediatrics health.

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  • Nora Singh, MPH

    MD Class of 2028

    (she/her)

    Mental health, carceral medical services, substance use, adverse childhood outcomes related to policing

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  • Grace Tate

    MD Class of 2028

    (she/they)

    Harm reduction, LGBTQ rights, pregnancy and incarceration, interdisciplinary organizing for sociopolitical change.

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  • Olivia Veira, MPH

    MD Class of 2026

    Policing/carceral alternatives and abolition, post-incarceration medical care, intersection between carceral systems and psychiatric/mental healthcare

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  • Shubha Verma

    MD Class of 2028

    (she/her)

    Privatized carceral healthcare, parental incarceration, familial impacts

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  • Kamron Woods

    MD/PhD Class of 2032

    (He/They)

    Infectious Diseases, Stigma, LGBTQ+, Health literacy

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