Research Team
Senior Team
Nitzan Arad, LLM
Assistant Research Director
Beena Bhuiyan Khan, MSc
Research Director for Payment and Coverage Policy
William K. Bleser, PhD, MSPH
Research Director, Health Care Transformation for Social Needs and Health Equity
Senior Team Member
Anti-Racism and Equity Committee Member
Stephen Colvill, MBA
Assistant Research Director
Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, MPAff
Assistant Research Director
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
Gerrit Hamre, MA
Research Director for Biomedical Regulatory Policy
Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup, DHSc, MSc, MA
Research Director
Senior Team Member
Dure Kim, PharmD
Assistant Research Director
Trevan Locke, PhD
Assistant Research Director
Frank McStay, MPA
Assistant Research Director
Morgan Romine, MPA
Chief of Staff
Senior Team Member
Robert Saunders, PhD
Senior Research Director, Health Care Transformation
Adjunct Associate Professor
Senior Team Member
Margolis Core Faculty
Christina Silcox, PhD
Research Director, Digital Health
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Senior Team Member
Margolis Core Faculty
Erin Soule, PhD
Assistant Research Director
Chelsea Swanson, MPH
Assistant Research Director
Rebecca Whitaker, PhD, MSPH
Research Director, North Carolina Health Care Transformation
Core Faculty Member
Senior Team Member
Anti-Racism and Equity Committee Member
Policy Fellows
Hilary A. Campbell, PharmD, JD
Area Lead for Institutional Research and Analytics
Aparna Higgins
Senior Policy Advisor
Andrea Thoumi, MPP, MSc
Area Lead, Community Health and Equity
Faculty Director of Health Equity Educational Programming
Senior Team Member
Anti-Racism and Equity Committee Member
Core Faculty Member
Adjunct Assistant Professor
2020 Intern Mentor
Postdoctoral Associates & Affiliated Fellows
Kun Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Sandra E. Yankah, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Gabriela Plasencia, MD
Health Equity Policy & Primary Care Fellow
Researchers
Rachel Bonesteel, MS
Senior Policy Analyst
Beth Boyer, MPH
Policy Research Associate
Christina Bush, MPH
Policy Analyst
Brian Canter, Ph.D.
Policy Research Associate
Matt D'Ambrosio
Policy Analyst
Sara Debab
Policy Research Assistant
Nora Emmott, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst
Victoria "Tori" Gemme, MS, MBA
Research Associate
Hannah Graunke, MPP
Senior Policy Analyst
Nicholas R. Harrison, MPH, MA
Policy Research Associate
Grace Hoover
Policy Research Assistant
Katie Huber, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst
Greeshma James, MPH
Policy Analyst
Mark Japinga, MPAff
Research Associate
Cameron Joyce, MPA
Senior Policy Analyst
Maryam Nafie
Policy Research Assistant
Valerie Parker, MS
Policy Research Associate
Kristin Podsiad, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst
Yolande Pokam Tchuisseu, MSc
Senior Policy Analyst
Emily Proehl, MPH
Policy Analyst
Samantha Repka, MS
Research Associate
Thomas Roades, MPP
Senior Policy Analyst
Montgomery Smith, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst
Sabine Sussman, MPH
Policy Analyst
Kate Tsiandoulas, MBE
Policy Analyst
Brianna Van Stekelenburg, MPP
Research Associate
Asher Wang
Policy Research Assistant
Mia Williams, MPH
Policy Analyst
Max Yates, MPhil
Policy Analyst