Research Team

Senior Team

nitzan arad

Nitzan Arad, LLM

Area Lead for Drug Pricing and Competition Policy

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Beena Bhuiyan Khan, MSc

Research Director for Payment and Coverage Policy

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Brian Canter, PhD

Assistant Research Director

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Stephen Colvill, MBA

Assistant Research Director

MHL

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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Gerrit Hamre, MA

Research Director for Biomedical Regulatory Policy

Dr. Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup, Research Director, Real World Evidence

Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup, DHSc, MSc, MA

Research Director, Real-World Evidence
 Senior Team Member

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Valerie Lehman, MHA

Assistant Research Director

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Frank McStay, MPA

Assistant Research Director

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Valerie J. Parker, MSc

Assistant Research Director

Robert Saunders

Robert Saunders, PhD

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

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Christina Silcox, PhD

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

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Chelsea Swanson, MPH

Assistant Research Director

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Rebecca Whitaker, PhD, MSPH

Research Director, North Carolina Health Care Transformation
 Core Faculty Member
 Senior Team Member

Policy Fellows

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Hilary A. Campbell, PharmD, JD

Area Lead for Institutional Research and Analytics
 Margolis Core Faculty
 Adjunct Assistant Professor

Higgins

Aparna Higgins

Senior Policy Advisor

Postdoctoral Associates & Affiliated Fellows

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Kun Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

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Gabriela Plasencia, MD

Health Equity Policy & Primary Care Fellow

Researchers

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Catie Armstrong, MPH

Policy Analyst

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Alida Austin

Policy Research Assistant

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Wenbo Bai, MPH

Senior Policy Analyst

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Rachel Bonesteel, MS

Senior Policy Analyst

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Beth Boyer, MPH

Policy Research Associate

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Kylie Brown, MPH

Policy Analyst

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Madi Cordle

Policy Research Assistant

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Matt D'Ambrosio

Policy Analyst

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Sara Debab

Policy Analyst

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Nora Emmott, MPH

Policy Research Associate

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Audrey Ford, MS

Policy Research Associate

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Hannah Graunke, MPP

Senior Policy Analyst

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Nicholas R. Harrison, MPH, MA

Policy Research Associate

Katie Huber

Katie Huber, MPH

Policy Research Associate

Cameron Joyce

Cameron Joyce, MPA

Senior Policy Analyst

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Inga Morken

Policy Research Assistant

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Maryam Nafie

Policy Analyst

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Kristin Podsiad, MPH

Senior Policy Analyst

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Emily Proehl, MPH

Policy Analyst

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Samantha Repka, MS

Research Associate

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Thomas Roades, MPP

Policy Research Associate

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Patrick Rodriguez, MA

Policy Analyst
 2024 Margolis Intern

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Molly Shields

Policy Research Assistant

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Montgomery Smith, MPH

Policy Research Associate

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Sabine Sussman, MPH

Senior Policy Analyst

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Brianna Van Stekelenburg, MPP

Research Associate

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Mia Williams, MPH, CHES

Policy Analyst