Research Team
Senior Team

Nitzan Arad, LLM
Area Lead for Drug Pricing and Competition Policy

Beena Bhuiyan Khan, MSc
Research Director for Payment and Coverage Policy

Stephen Colvill, MBA
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, Real-World Evidence
Senior Team Member

Trevan Locke, PhD
Assistant Research Director

Frank McStay, MPA
Assistant Research Director

Valerie Parker, MS
Assistant Research Director

Robert Saunders, PhD
Senior Research Director, Health Care Transformation
Adjunct Associate Professor
Executive Team Member
Margolis Core Faculty

Christina Silcox, PhD
Research Director, Digital Health
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Senior Team Member
Margolis Core Faculty

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
Margolis Core Faculty
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Aparna Higgins
Senior Policy Advisor
Postdoctoral Associates & Affiliated Fellows

Kun Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate

Gabriela Plasencia, MD
Health Equity Policy & Primary Care Fellow
Researchers
Catie Armstrong, MPH
Policy Analyst
Alida Austin
Policy Research Assistant

Wenbo Bai, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst

Rachel Bonesteel, MS
Senior Policy Analyst

Beth Boyer, MPH
Policy Research Associate

Kylie Brown, MPH
Policy Analyst

Brian Canter, PhD
Policy Research Associate

Madi Cordle
Policy Research Assistant

Matt D'Ambrosio
Policy Analyst

Sara Debab
Policy Analyst

Nora Emmott, MPH
Policy Research Associate
Audrey Ford, MS
Policy Research Associate

Hannah Graunke, MPP
Senior Policy Analyst

Nicholas R. Harrison, MPH, MA
Policy Research Associate

Katie Huber, MPH
Policy Research Associate

Cameron Joyce, MPA
Senior Policy Analyst

Inga Morken
Policy Research Assistant

Maryam Nafie
Policy Analyst

Kristin Podsiad, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst

Emily Proehl, MPH
Policy Analyst

Samantha Repka, MS
Research Associate

Thomas Roades, MPP
Policy Research Associate

Patrick Rodriguez, MA
Policy Analyst
2024 Margolis Intern
Molly Shields
Policy Research Assistant

Montgomery Smith, MPH
Policy Research Associate

Sabine Sussman, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst

Brianna Van Stekelenburg, MPP
Research Associate

Mia Williams, MPH, CHES
Policy Analyst