West Health Accelerator at Duke-Margolis

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.
Duke-Margolis Project Team
Nitzan Arad, LLM
Area Lead for Drug Pricing and Competition Policy
Alida Austin
Policy Research Assistant
Wenbo Bai, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst
Beena Bhuiyan Khan, MSc
Research Director for Payment and Coverage Policy
Rachel Bonesteel, MS
Senior Policy Analyst
Kylie Brown, MPH
Policy Analyst
Sara Debab
Policy Analyst
Audrey Ford, MS
Policy Research Associate
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
Valerie Lehman, MHA
Assistant Research Director
Veronica Marshall-Kirk
Policy Research Assistant
2024 Margolis Intern
Frank McStay, MPA
Assistant Research Director
Inga Morken
Policy Research Assistant
Montgomery Smith, MPH
Policy Research Associate
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
Sabine Sussman, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst