Elise Vandersteen Bailey, PhD, MPP, is a Research Scientist for the TORCH lab. She holds a PhD in Population Health Sciences and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Utah. Her background is in health services research, health care disparities and social determinants of health, health geography, health policy, health economics, and mental health. Before joining TORCH, Dr. Bailey served as a research assistant for the Department of Population Health Sciences and, earlier, the Program of Public Affairs at the U. She researched immigration-based health care disparities, early childhood nursing programs, COVID-19 vaccine uptake, and mental health care.