Dr. Zhivan came to Tulane in 2009 after the completion of her PhD in Economics at Boston College. At Tulane, Dr. Zhivan became a Healthcare Quality Scholar and received financial support from the Network for Multicultural Research on Health and Healthcare funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to examine race and ethnic health care utilization and health disparities. As a BIRCWH Scholar, Dr. Zhivan will examine sex differences in the utilization of health care related to cardiovascular disease. Dr. Zhivan's research interests focus on health disparities, women's health, research on aging, and efficiency of health care systems.