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Yolande Pokam Tchuisseu, MSc
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MSc in Global Health, Duke University
BA in Cognitive Science with concentrations in Neuroscience & Linguistics, University of Virginia
Yolande is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Duke-Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy. She helps coordinate the Center’s work on value-based care delivery and payment reform efforts in global health as well as state-related projects on health care transformation and health equity.
Yolande previously worked as a graduate research assistant for the NIH-funded Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training program and has engaged in research projects in St. Kitts and Nevis, Nicaragua, Uganda and Brazil. She holds a Master of Science in Global Health from Duke University and a B.A. in Cognitive Science with concentrations in Neuroscience & Linguistics from the University of Virginia.
Policy Brief
Redesigning Maternity Care for the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
Yolande Pokam Tchuisseu, Rebecca Whitaker, Jeremy Jacobs, Susan Dentzer, Robert Saunders
2021
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A Case Study of the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities
Duke-Margolis Center For Health Policy Center, National Governors Association For Best Practices, Yolande Pokam Tchuisseu, Andrea Thoumi, Hemi Tewarson, Lauren Block, Sweta Haldar
2021
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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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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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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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