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
Victoria "Tori" Gemme, MS, 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
Morgan Romine, MPA
Chief of Staff
Senior Team Member
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
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
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 Research Assistant
Nora Emmott, MPH
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
Valerie Parker, MS
Policy Research Associate
Kristin Podsiad, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst
Emily Proehl, MPH
Policy Analyst
Samantha Repka, MS
Research Associate
Thomas Roades, MPP
Policy Research Associate
Montgomery Smith, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst
Sabine Sussman, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst
Brianna Van Stekelenburg, MPP
Research Associate
Mia Williams, MPH, CHES
Policy Analyst