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Andrea Thoumi, MPP, MSc
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MPP, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
MSc, Health Policy, Planning and Financing, London School of Economics & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
BA, Community Health, International Relations, Tufts University
Andrea Thoumi, MPP, MSc is a health policy researcher with over 15 years of experience focused on reducing health inequities through health policy, health financing and community health. Currently, she is the Community Health and Equity Area Lead and Faculty Director of Health Equity Education, as well as a Core Faculty Member and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy. She is also a Consulting Associate with the Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. Currently, she serves as Vice Chair, Health Equity Interest Group, AcademyHealth.
Her research interests include identifying health policies to mitigate structural and social determinants of health that lead to health inequities among Latine/x communities in the US. She is leading projects related to community-based COVID-19 testing and vaccination strategies, expanding insurance enrollment among Latine communities including Medicaid post-partum coverage, and linking community-engaged research to policy changes in collaboration with interdisciplinary partners. She is also an instructor for Bass Connections courses at Duke University and is a research collaborator with the NIH's Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics-Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) Coordination Center. She is the recipient of AcademyHealth’s Disparities Interest Group Early-Stage Distinguished Investigator Award (2021) for her leadership, mentorship, and research, recipient of AcademyHealth's Honorable Mention, Alice S. Hersh Emerging Leader Award (2023), and recipient of the Duke Presidential Award (2020) for exceptional service to the Duke community along with other LATIN-19 team members.
Previously, she oversaw Duke-Margolis’s global health portfolio spanning value-based care, universal health coverage, primary health care, reproductive health and innovations to increase access to health services. Prior to joining Duke-Margolis, she was a Research Associate at the Brookings Institution and Senior Analyst at PwC. She has consulted for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, and the World Bank. She is published in leading journals including American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Managed Care, Annals of Global Health, BMJ Global Health, Brookings Future Development, Health Affairs, Health Research Policy and Systems, The Lancet, and Vaccine. She holds a MSc in Health Policy, Planning, and Financing from the London School of Economics and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a Master in Public Policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, and a BA in Community Health and International Relations from Tufts University.
Policy Brief
Opportunities to Enhance Health Equity by Integrating Community Health Workers into Payment and Care Delivery Reforms
Kamaria Kaalund, Ethan Phillips, Brandy Farrar, Krista Perreira, Monica Taylor, Magdalene Wellman, Gaurav Dave, Warren Kibbe, Michael Cohen-Wlkowiez, Andrea Thoumi
2023
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Redressing Systemic Inequities: Five Lessons For Community-Based COVID-19 Testing From The RADx-UP Initiative
Andrea Thoumi, Kamaria Kaalund, Ethan Phillips, Gretchen Mason, Gabrielle Harris, Walker Gabriel Carrillo, Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez, Warren Kibbe, Giselle Corbie
Health Affairs, 2022
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How To Motivate Drug Development For Infectious Diseases
Beth Boyer, Adam Kroetsch, Andrea Thoumi, David B. Ridley
Health Affairs, 2022
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ACO REACH And Advancing Equity Through Value-Based Payment, Part 2
William Bleser, Yolande Pokam Tchuisseu, Humphrey Shen, Andrea Thoumi, Deborah Kaye, Mark McClellan, Robert Saunders
Health Affairs, 2022
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ACO REACH And Advancing Equity Through Value-Based Payment, Part 1
William Bleser, Yolande Pokam Tchuisseu, Humphrey Shen, Andrea Thoumi, Deborah Kaye, Mark McClellan, Robert Saunders
Health Affairs, 2022
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Scaling Up Equitable Access to Community-Based COVID-19 Testing: Strategies from the RADx-UP Initiative
Andrea Thoumi and Kamaria Kaalund
2022
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Testing as an Alternative to Quarantining: Key Considerations and Best Practices for Implementing Test to Stay
Andrea Thoumi, Thomas Roades, Christina Silcox, Mark McClellan
2022
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Maximizing the Benefit of COVID-19 Therapeutics: Considerations for State Public Health Officials
The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
2022
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Data Brief: Widened Racial Inequities in Underutilized Medicare Beneficiary COVID-19 Claims Files Illustrate Lifelong Structural Racism Exposure
Will Bleser, Hannah Crook, Andrea Thoumi, Rushina Cholera, Jay Pearson, Robert Saunders, Rebecca Whitaker, Mark McClellan
2022
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Bridging The Health Equity Gap: Strategies To Create An Equitable Health System For Latinx Communities
Andrea Thoumi, Keren Hendel, Sebastian Gutierrez, Nikhil Chaudhry, Viviana Martinez-Bianchi
Health Affairs, 2021
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Championing Health Equity: Experiences from State COVID-19 Health Equity Task Forces
National Governors Association, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the National Academy for State Health Policy
2021
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Achieving Progress Toward Health Equity Using Race and Ethnicity Data: State Strategies and Lessons Learned
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, National Academy for State Health Policy, National Governors Association
2021
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Hyperlocal Covid-19 Testing and Vaccination Strategies to Reach Communities with Low Vaccine Uptake
Andrea Thoumi, MPP, MSc, Kamaria Kaalund, BA, Christina Silcox, PhD, Katie Greene, MPP, Nikhil Chaudhry, Jeremy Jacobs, Kirk Williamson, MPH, Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
2021
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Prioritizing Equity in COVID-19 Vaccinations: Promising Practices from States to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities
This publication was developed by Andrea Thoumi and Hemi Tewarson at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, in partnership with Kate Johnson formerly with the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices.
2021
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State and Local Testing Strategies for Responding to Covid-19 Outbreaks in Communities
Elaine Chhean, Katie Huber, Andrea Thoumi, Christina Silcox, Hemi Tewarson, David Anderson, Mark McClellan
2021
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Supporting an Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines: Key Themes, Strategies, and Challenges Across State and Territorial COVID-19 Vaccination Plans
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and National Governors Association
2020
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Blog Entry
The Coronavirus is a Siren for the Health-Related Sustainable Development Goals
Kushal Kadakia and Andrea Thoumi
2020
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New hope for fixing health system failures to prevent and treat cervical cancer
Andrea Thoumi, Lillian Zhu, Rachel Mundaden, and Karina Moreno Bueno
2020
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COVID-19: maintaining essential rehabilitation services across the care continuum
Janet Prvu Bettger, Andrea Thoumi, Victoria Marquevich, Wouter De Groote, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Marta Imamura, Vinicius Delgado Ramos, Ninie Wang, Karsten E Dreinhoefer, Ariane Mangar, Dorcas B C Ghandi, Yee Sien Ng, Kheng Hock Lee, John Tan Wei Ming, Yong Hao Pua, Marco Inzitari, Blandina T Mmbaga, Mathew J Shayo, Darren A Brown, Marissa Carvalho, Mooyeon Oh-Park, Joel Stein
2020
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Achieving Health Gains on the Way to Universal Health Coverage in Africa
Andrea Thoumi and Shashika Bandara
2019
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Universal Health Coverage is Possible. We Just Need to Focus on Outcomes
Mark McClellan, Lucas Scherdel, Andrea Thoumi, Krishna Udayakumar
2019
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Achieving Universal Health Coverage through Value-Based Care and Public-Private Collaboration
Mark McClellan, Lucas Scherdel, Andrea Thoumi, and Krishna Udayakumar
2019
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Progressing toward Universal Health Coverage: Perceptions, Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation
Andrea Thoumi and Nicole Davis
2018
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Improving Care and Lowering Costs: Evidence and Lessons from a Global Analysis of Accountable Care Reforms
Mark McClellan, Krishna Udayakumar, Andrea Thoumi, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Kushal Kadakia, Natalia Kurek, Mariam Abdulmalik, and Ara W. Darzi
Health Affairs, 2017
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Accountable Care Reforms Improve Women’s and Children’s Health in Nepal
Duncan Maru, Sheela Maru, Isha Nirola, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Andrea Thoumi, Prajwol Nepal, Pushpa Chaudary, Indira Basnett, Krishna Udayakumar, and Mark McClellan
Health Affairs, 2017
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Implementing Accountable Care to Achieve Better Health at a Lower Cost: Report of the 2016 Accountable Care Working Group
Mark McClellan Andrea Thoumi Krishna Udayakumar Hannah Patel Abdul Badi Abou Samra
2016
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A plan to sustain and scale the new care models
Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Kushal Kadakia, Andrea Thoumi, Krishna Udayakumar, Mark McClellan
2018
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Advancing Integrated Care in England: A Practical Path for Care Transformation
Mark McClellan, Krishna Udayakumar, Andrea Thoumi, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Kushal Kadakia
2018
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The Difficult Journey to Success in Outcomes-Based Commissioning: Is There an Easier Path?
Mark McClellan and Andrea Thoumi
2015
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Adapting Promising Innovations to Meet the Needs of High-Need, High-Cost Populations
Kushal Kadakia, Mark McClellan, Krishna Udayakumar, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Nicole Davis, Greg Kotzbauer, and Andrea Thoumi
2019
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Accountable Care Around the World: Lessons and Policy Implications for the U.S
Mark McClellan, Krishna Udayakumar, Kushal Kadakia, Andrea Thoumi, and Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith
2017
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Strengthening the United States Government's Role in Product Development for Global Health
Gavin Yamey, Andrea Thoumi, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Cynthia Binanay, Ipchita Bharali, Zeena Johar, David Ridley, Nick Chapman
2017
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Real-World Evidence to Increase Value in Health Care
Mark McClellan, Gregory Daniel, Andrea Thoumi, Morgan Romine
2018
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Better Together: United Kingdom
Amanda Sullivan, Lucy Dadge, Krishna Udayakumar, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Kushal Kadakia, Andrea Thoumi
2016
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Zio Integrated Care Network: Netherlands
Hubertus J.M. Vrijhoef, Anna Huizing, Krishna Udayakumar, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Kushal Kadakia, Andrea Thoumi, Mark McClellan
2016
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Gesundes Kinzigtal: Germany
Alexander Pimperl, Helmut Hildebrandt, Oliver Groene, Krishna Udayakumar, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Kushal Kadakia, Andrea Thoumi, Mark McClellan
2016
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Possible: Nepal
Duncan Maru, Indira Basnett, David Citrin, SP Kalaunee, Dhruva Kothari, Ryan Schwarz, Krishna Udayakumar, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Kushal Kadakia, Andrea Thoumi, Mark McClellan
2016
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