West Health Accelerator at Duke-Margolis

West Health Accelerator at Duke-Margolis


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The West Health Accelerator at Duke-Margolis is committed to tackling today's most persistent health system challenges, with a focus on strengthening Medicare accountable care, improving care for older adults, advancing brain health, and integrating transformative therapies. The Accelerator is powered by interconnected policy and learning hubs that operate a feedback system where evidence from the field informs policy, and policy guides practice. The policy hub translates complex issues into actionable, consensus-driven reforms, while the learning hub generates real-world evidence and facilitates implementation. Together, they forge a new path to transform care delivery, reduce costs, and improve health outcomes nationwide.

The Accelerator transforms insights into action by strengthening the infrastructure, evidence, and alignment needed to scale accountable care models that improve outcomes for patients and reduce costs across the health system.

Duke-Margolis Project Team

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Nitzan Arad, LLM

Area Lead for Drug Pricing and Competition Policy

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Alida Austin

Policy Research Assistant

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Wenbo Bai, MPH

Senior Policy Analyst

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Beena Bhuiyan Khan, MSc

Research Director for Payment and Coverage Policy

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Rachel Bonesteel, MS

Senior Policy Analyst

Kylie Brown

Kylie Brown, MPH

Policy Analyst

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Sara Debab

Policy Analyst

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Audrey Ford, MS

Policy Research Associate

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Marianne Hamilton Lopez, PhD, MPA

Senior Research Director, Biomedical Innovation
Faculty Director of the Duke-Margolis Postdoctoral Associates & Affiliated Fellows Program
Adjunct Associate Professor
Senior Team Member
Margolis Core Faculty

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Valerie Lehman, MHA

Assistant Research Director

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Veronica Marshall-Kirk

Policy Research Assistant
2024 Margolis Intern

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Frank McStay, MPA

Assistant Research Director

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Inga Morken

Policy Research Assistant

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Montgomery Smith, MPH

Policy Research Associate

Corinna Sorenson

Corinna Sorenson, PhD, MHSA, MPH

Faculty Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
Senior Advisor and Founding Director, Margolis Scholars Program
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences and Public Policy
Margolis Core Faculty

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Sabine Sussman, MPH

Senior Policy Analyst