Our multi-disciplinary team of scientists, scholars and physicians strive to improve home care work. We are experts in labor relations and employment, medicine and healthcare, computer science and human-centered design.
Leadership
Ariel Avgar, PhD
- David M. Cohen ’73 Professor of Labor Relations, ILR School
- Senior Associate Dean for Outreach and Sponsored Research
- Director, Center for Applied Research on Work (CAROW)
Ariel Avgar is a Professor at the ILR School at Cornell University and Senior Associate Dean for Outreach and Sponsored Research.
Madeline Sterling, MD, MPH, MS
- Associate Professor, Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
- Director, Initiative on Home Care Work
Dr. Madeline Sterling is a board certified general internist and a health services researcher in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Nicki Dell, PhD
- Associate Professor, Information and Computer Science, Cornell Tech
- Director of Technological Innovation, Initiative on Home Care Work
Nicki Dell is an Associate Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and in the Information Science Department at Cornell University.
Team
Michelle Shum
- Research Program Manager, Weill Cornell Medicine
Daniel Spertus
- Assistant Research Coordinator, Weill Cornell Medicine
Kiran Abraham-Aggarwal
- Undergraduate Student, ILR School
Heeeun Jang
- Post-Doctoral Associate, ILR School
Ian Solano-Kamaiko
- PhD Student, Cornell Tech
Abigail Shilvock
- Medical Student, Weill Cornell Medicine
Jennifer Sugijanto
- Medical Student, Weill Cornell Medicine
Joy Ming
- PhD Student, Cornell Tech
Russell Weaver
- Director of Research - Buffalo Co-Lab, ILR School
Alumni and Key Collaborators
Deborah Estrin
- Professor, Cornell Tech
Geoffrey M. Gusoff
- Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, UCLA
Peggy Leung
- Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine
Johnnie Kallas
- Assistant Professor, University of Illinois
Cisco Espinosa
- Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Alex Zarska
- Medical Student, University of Michigan
“I want to change the way we think about providing care to people at home. I would love to see home care workers valued and compensated in the way they should. As a physician, I have the privilege of being a part of patients’ lives, and I really see what's important to them. Often what matters most to them is being able to stay at home, get the care they need, and feel good. Our research is helping to get them to that goal — and that really fulfills me.”
- Dr. Madeline Sterling, Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine
“We're not providing the kind of care that we're capable of providing as a national healthcare system. Our system doesn't invest in workers as a core part of delivering the kind of care that we should be delivering, given the investments that we make. And so, the work focuses on a slice of that. How do we make sure that we're providing the kind of care we should be providing, focused on one segment of the healthcare workforce: home care.”
- Ariel Avgar, David M. Cohen ’73 Professor of Labor Relations Senior Associate Dean for Outreach and Sponsored Research Director, Center for Applied Research on Work