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Board of Directors

Our 2026 AcademyHealth Board of Directors.

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Board Member

Shekinah A. Fashaw-Walters, Ph.D.

Professor in Assistant Medical Ethics & Health Policy - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Shekinah A. Fashaw-Walters, PhD, is an Professor in Assistant Medical Ethics & Health Policy at the Perelman S... Read Bio

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Board Member

Bianca Frogner, Ph.D.

Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Family Medicine - School of Medicine at University of Washington

Bianca K. Frogner, Ph.D., is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Family Medicine (DFM) in the Sch... Read Bio

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Board Member, Co-Chairs, Committee Member

Andrew M. Ibrahim, M.D., M.Sc.

Chief Clinical Officer - Viz.ai AcademyHealth Board Secretary

Andrew M. Ibrahim, M.D., M.Sc. is the Chief Clinical Officer at Viz.ai and a practicing surgeon and scientist ... Read Bio

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Board Member, Presenter

Ali Khan, M.D., M.P.P., FACP

Chief Medical Officer, Medicare - Aetna

Ali Khan, M.D., M.P.P., FACP is a practicing general internist and the Chief Medical Officer, Medicare at Aetna. Read Bio

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Board Member, Committee Member, Presenter

Danielle A. Lloyd, M.P.H.

Senior Vice President, Private Market Innovations and Quality Initiatives - America’s Health Insurance Plans CAPP Chair

Danielle A. Lloyd is the senior vice president of private market innovations and quality initiatives for AHIP,... Read Bio

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Board Member, Committee Member, Member

Nir Menachemi, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Dean & Professor, Fairbanks Endowed Chair - Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health

Dr. Nir Menachemi is the Dean, Fairbanks Endowed Chair, and Professor at the Indiana University (IU) Richard M... Read Bio

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Board Member

Ming Jack Po, M.D., Ph.D.

CEO and Founder - Ansible Health AcademyHealth Board Treasurer

Ming Jack Po, M.D., Ph.D., is the CEO and founder of Ansible Health, a tech enabled healthcare practice caring... Read Bio

Lusine Poghosyan
Board Member, Committee Member, Member

Lusine Poghosyan, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., F.A.A.N.

Stone Foundation and Elise D. Professor of Nursing - Columbia University School of Nursing

Lusine Poghosyan, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is the Stone Foundation and Elise D. Professor of Nursing at Columbia Un... Read Bio

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Board Member, Member

Ninez A. Ponce, Ph.D., M.P.P.

Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research - UCLA Fielding School of Public Health AcademyHealth Board Vice Chair

Ninez A. Ponce, Ph.D., M.P.P., is Director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and Professor and Fre... Read Bio

Lucia Savage
Board Member, Member, Presenter

Lucia Savage, J.D.

Chief Privacy and Regulatory Officer - Omada Health CAPP Past Chair

Lucia Savage is a nationally-recognized thought leader on using HIPAA to advance digital health while protecti... Read Bio

Lucy Savitz
Board Member

Lucy A. Savitz, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Professor - University of Pittsburgh, Department of Health Policy and Management AcademyHealth Past Board Chair

With nearly 40 years of experience in healthcare delivery and health services research, Lucy A. Savitz, PhD MB... Read Bio

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Board Member, Committee Member

Rasu Shrestha, M.D., M.B.A.

Enterprise Executive Vice President & Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer - Advocate Health AcademyHealth Board Chair

Rasu B. Shrestha, M.D., M.B.A., is Enterprise Executive Vice President & Chief Innovation and Commercializatio... Read Bio

Board Member, Committee Member, Member

Andrea Thoumi, M.P.P., MSc

Ph.D. Student - Duke University- AcademyHealth Student Representative

Andrea Thoumi, M.P.P., MSc is a doctoral student at the Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke Univers... Read Bio

Board Member

Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Economics - University of New Mexico

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Economics at the University of New... Read Bio