Masami Tabata-Kelly is a Sr. Research Manager at the CSPH and a doctoral candidate at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. She is an interdisciplinary health services researcher trained in medical anthropology, business administration, health policy. Her research focuses on health equity and justice in serious illness care for aging populations with a specific focus on healthcare workforce. In 2024, she completed a workforce studies fellowship at the Association of American Medical Colleges. Masami earned her MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology, her MA in medical anthropology from Boston University School of Medicine, and her BA in cultural anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles.