Sonal Parasrampuria, M.P.H., Ph.D., is Director of the Division of Data Analytics at the CMS Innovation Center, where her team’s work focuses on analytics to help develop new advanced payment models across the CMS portfolio. Previously, she was an economist in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) who served as the FDA team lead and drug pricing co-lead, focusing on research related to drug development and pricing. She was also an economist at the CMS Innovation Center focusing on Part B and Part D drug models. Her research has centered on ensuring access to health care services through adequately generous government programs. Sonal received a PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She also holds an MPH from Columbia University’s School of Public Health and a BA with Honors from Swarthmore College.