The Texas Policy Evaluation Project has the benefit of working with University of Texas undergraduates every semester. Students gain hands-on experience working in research while continuing their studies. Check out this year’s team!
Pritika Paramasivam
Pritika Paramasivam is an Undergraduate Research Assistant with the Texas Policy Evaluation Project. She has led an independent qualitative research project identifying the obstacles faced by AAPI in Texas when accessing abortions and assisted in several other projects. Pritika’s research passions include reproductive justice solutions in marginalized communities, focusing on the immigrant, queer, and South Asian experience.
Pritika is a senior at The University of Texas at Austin and is pursuing a degree in Neuroscience and Health and Society Honors with a certificate in Reproductive Justice and Asian American Identity. Currently, she is working on zine about hair and the BIPOC mental health experience through the President’s Award for Global Learning. In the future, she aspires to attend medical school and aims to provide community based health care.
Juliette Draper
Juliette Draper is an Undergraduate Research Assistant with the Texas Policy Evaluation Project. She is a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, majoring in Plan II Honors and History Honors, with minors in English and Russian and East European Studies. After graduation, Juliette hopes to attend law school and focus on reproductive and maternal healthcare law.
Eva Strelitz-Block
Eva Strelitz-Block is an Undergraduate Research Assistant with the Texas Policy Evaluation Project. A current fourth year student, she is majoring in Anthropology and Plan II Honors and pursuing certificates in Spanish and the interdisciplinary Bridging Disciplines Program, Patients, Practitioners, and Cultures of Care. She is especially interested in the cultural aspects of reproductive medicine and equity issues related to health care access and delivery. Over the last year, she has deepened these interests by participating in public health research in both Chile and Rwanda.
Eva hopes to pursue advanced degrees in both medicine and medical anthropology and become a physician-researcher with a focus on reducing disparities in family planning services. She is especially excited to continue to cultivate qualitative research skills as a TxPEP team member and hopes to explore the ways in which reproductive health research can have both policy and clinical care delivery implications for the communities of focus.