2023 HDP

AcademyHealth once again hosted Health Datapalooza as a standalone conference in 2023. Unique among other data or health policy offerings, this event embodied the ethos of Datapalooza’s beginnings with a renewed focus on the partnership between the public and private sectors to collaborate, innovate, and disrupt the industry.   

Attendees gathered on February 23-24, 2023 in Arlington, VA for one of AcademyHealth's most exciting meetings. Great minds across multiple sectors learned from each other to leverage data and policy for action that transforms health and health care.  

This meeting was a vaccine-required event.   

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2023 Program


Patient Scholarship Recipients


Congratulations to all patient scholarship and complimentary registration recipients for the 2023 Health Datapalooza!

  • Reginald Barnes 
    Autoimmune Registry 
  • Rosie Bartel 
    PFANetwork and PFCC 
  • Kenneth Baxter 
    Prisma Health 
  • Linda Bergofsky 
    Montgomery County Public Schools 
  • Desiree Collins Bradley 
    PPIC, Patient Partner Innovation Community 
  • Sneha Dave 
    Generation Patient  
  • Andrea Downing  
    The Light Collective 
  • Lauren Ghazal 
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 
  • Loretta Herring 
    Cancer Awareness Network 
  • Yvonne McLean-Florence 
    Drexel University 
  • Greg Merritt 
    Patient is Partner 
  • Michael Mittelman 
    American Living Organ Donor Fund, The Light Collective 
  • Janet Panoch 
    Indiana University 
  • Casey Quinlan 
    Mighty Casey Media Inc  
  • Valencia Robinson 
    Women of Color Wellness Alliance 
  • Laurie Rozgonyi 
  • April Tan 
    Home, Health & Wealth (H2W) 
  • Marybeth Tiberio 
    Patients Like Me Alumni  
  • Janice Tufte 
    PCORI Ambassador 
  • Danny van Leeuwen 
    Health Hats 
  • Grace Vinton 
    Amendola Communications 

Featured Speakers


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Presenter

Allison Arwady, M.D., M.P.H.

Commissioner - Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH)

Dr. Allison Arwady, M.D., M.P.H., is the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), charg... Read Bio

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Presenter

Anita Bajaj, M.D., M.P.H.

Medical Officer - FDA

Anita Bajaj, M.D., M.P.H., is a Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist who has been working as a Medical Off... Read Bio

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Presenter

Jonathan Blum, M.P.P.

Principal Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Jonathan (Jon) Blum currently serves as the Principal Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer at the ... Read Bio

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Presenter

Robert M. Califf, M.D.

Commissioner of Food and Drugs - U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Dr. Robert M. Califf was confirmed earlier this year as the 25th Commissioner of Food and Drugs.  Read Bio

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Presenter

Stacie Carney, M.D.

Chief Medical Information Officer - OCHIN

Stacie Carney, M.D., is the Chief Medical Information Officer at OCHIN. Read Bio

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Presenter

Ashok Chennuru, M.S.

Chief Data and Analytics Officer - Elevance

Ashok Chennuru serves as chief data and analytics officer for Elevance, leading enterprise data management, cl... Read Bio

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Committee Member, Presenter

Aneesh Chopra, M.P.P.

President - CareJourney

Aneesh Chopra is the President of CareJourney, an open data intelligence service launched by Hunch Analytics, ... Read Bio

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Presenter

Nathan T. Chomilo, M.D., FAAP

Medical Director, Medicaid & MinnesotaCare - Minnesota Department of Human Services

Dr. Nathan T. Chomilo is Medical Director for the State of Minnesota’s Medicaid & MinnesotaCare programs and p... Read Bio

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Presenter

Bechara Choucair, M.D.

Senior Vice President and Chief Health Officer - Kaiser Permanente

Dr. Bechara Choucair is the senior vice president and chief health officer for Kaiser Permanente, one of Ameri... Read Bio

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Committee Member, Presenter

Patrick Conway, M.D.

CEO of Care Solutions - Optum

Patrick Conway, M.D., M.Sc., joined Optum in February 2020 and serves as the CEO of Care Solutions at Optum, p... Read Bio

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Presenter

Grace Cordovano, BCPA, Ph.D.

CEO and Board Certified Patient Advocate - Enlightening Results

Upon recognizing significant unmet needs and challenges in patients' experiences throughout their cancer diagn... Read Bio

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Committee Member

Michael R. Crawford, M.B.A., M.H.L.

Assistant Vice President for Strategy and Innovation - Howard University’s Office of Health Affairs

Mr. Michael Crawford, MBA, MHL, is the AVP for Strategy and Innovation at Howard University’s Office of Health... Read Bio

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Presenter

Karen M. Dale, R.N., M.S.N.

Market President - AmeriHealth Caritas DC

Karen M. Dale is the Market President for AmeriHealth Caritas’ Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) in Was... Read Bio

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Presenter

Andrew Dreyfus

Former CEO - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Andrew Dreyfus is a health care executive and expert in health care system change. Read Bio

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Presenter

Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A.

Under Secretary for Health - United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Dr. Shereef Elnahal was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden to serve as Under Secretary for Health at the D... Read Bio

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Committee Member

Kristen Honey, Ph.D., P.M.P.

Chief Data Scientist and Executive Director of InnovationX, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Kristen Honey is the Chief Data Scientist and the Executive Director of the HHS “InnovationX” team (former... Read Bio

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Presenter

Samir Jain, J.D.

Vice President of Policy - Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)

Samir has 25 years of experience in senior roles in government, private practice, and civil society working at... Read Bio

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Presenter

Maneesh Juneja

Digital Health Futurist

Maneesh Juneja is a Digital Health Futurist who explores the convergence of emerging technologies to see how t... Read Bio

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Presenter

Stephen Konya

Senior Advisor to the Deputy National Coordinator and Innovation Portfolio Lead - Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)

Stephen Konya serves as the Senior Advisor to the Deputy National Coordinator, and Innovation Portfolio Lead f... Read Bio

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Presenter

John R. Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H.

President - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation

John R. Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H. has been President of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundatio... Read Bio

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Presenter

Deven McGraw, J.D., M.P.H.

Lead for Data Stewardship and Data Sharing - Invitae

Deven McGraw is the lead for Data Stewardship and Data Sharing at Invitae, a clinical genetic medicine company. Read Bio

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Presenter

Bart Meroney

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing - U.S. Department of Commerce

Mr. Meroney currently oversees the work of the International Trade Administration’s Manufacturing unit, a grou... Read Bio

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Presenter

Herminia Palacio, M.D., M.P.H.

President and CEO - Guttmacher Institute

Dr. Herminia Palacio is a public health emergency management expert with more than 30 years of experience acro... Read Bio

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Board Member, Member

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

Professor and Endowed Chair - UCLA Fielding School of Public Health AcademyHealth Board Secretary

Ninez A. Ponce, Ph.D. (B.S. UC Berkeley; M.P.P. Harvard; Ph.D. UCLA), is Professor and Endowed Chair in the UC... Read Bio

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Committee Member

René Quashie

Vice President of Policy & Regulatory Affairs of Digital Health - Consumer Technology Association

René Quashie is the first-ever Vice President of Policy & Regulatory Affairs of Digital Health at the Consumer... 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 Vice Chair

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

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Darius Tahir

Tech Correspondent - Kaiser Health News

Darius Tahir is a tech correspondent for Kaiser Health News who reports on health technology. Read Bio

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Presenter

Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., M.P.P.

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Micky Tripathi is the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health ... Read Bio

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Presenter

Michael Y. Uohara, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer of Microsoft Federal - Microsoft Corporation

Michael Y. Uohara, M.D. is the current Chief Medical Officer of Microsoft Federal at the Microsoft Corporation... Read Bio

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Mark Warner

Senator - United States Senate

Senator Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2008 and reelected to a third term in November 2020. Read Bio

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Presenter

Renee Wegrzyn, Ph.D.

Inaugural Director - Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)

Dr. Renee Wegrzyn serves as the first director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a... Read Bio

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Committee Member, Researcher

Michael Wilkening

Former Secretary - California Health & Human Services Agency

Michael Wilkening served as Senior Advisor for Delivery at the US Department of Health & Human Services and th... Read Bio

Additional Speakers


Ritu Agarwal
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Rebecca Lebeau
Rhode Island EOHHS
Emily Berkowitz
AISP, University of Pennsylvania
Staci Lofton 
Families USA
Paul Bonta
Safe States Alliance
Andrew Mahler
CynergisTek
Julie Brown-Georgi
Digital Health Policy Strategies
Anna McCollister
Invitae
Zahid Butt
Medisolv
Katie McCurdy
Pictal Health
Ashok Chennuru
Elevance Health
LaShawn McIver
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health
Aneesh Chopra
CareJourney
Kelsey McNamara
Papa Inc.
Kaitlyn Christian
Indiana Management Performance Hub
David Muhlestein
Leavitt Partners
Mandy Cohen
Aledade, Inc.
Nishi Rawat
Bamboo Health
Janet Comrey
Geisinger
Rahul Rekhi
Lazard
Isabelle Creavin
Fair Health, Inc.
Lauren Rhue
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
Kenyon Crowley
Accenture Federal Services
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
Global Policy Solutions
Jean Drouin
Clarify Health
John Roman
NORC at the University of Chicago
Katherine Feldman
Maryland Department of Health
Don Rucker
1upHealth
Lee Fleisher
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Clinical Standards & Quality (CCSQ)
Ricky Sahu
1upHealth
Rebecca Flournoy
Kaiser Permanente
Lucia Savage
Omada Health
Edward Garcia, III
Foundation for Social Connection
Eric Schneider
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Amit Garg
HiLabs
Greg Singleton
HHS/OS/OCIO/IO, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Travis Hoppe
National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Jessie Tenenbaum
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Nick Ipiotis
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Naveen Valluri
Microsoft
Ali Khan
Oak Street Health
Lina Walker
AARP Public Policy Institute
Craig Kurtzweil
UnitedHealthcare
Hayley Young
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Registration Rates


Category Early by
December 15

Standard by
February 22

Onsite by
February 23-24
AcademyHealth Member/ Organizational Member $895 $995 $1,045
Non-Member $1,195 $1,295 $1,345
Federal Government - Member $895  $995  $1,045
Federal Government - Non-Member $895 $995 $1,045
AH Student Member $395 $495 $545
Developer $595
Patient $595
Speaker $550
Group Rate (5+) $945 $1,045 $1,095

Supporters


Diamond

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Platinum

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 Johnson_and_Johnson     Robert_Wood_Johnson_Foundation

Gold

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InterSystems_logo     merck

Silver

 1uphealth_logo       gordon_betty_moore_foundation

guidehouse     optum_logo

 Sanofi

Bronze

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CareQuest_logo    Hilltop_Institute_logo

mathematica     papa

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Federal Participating Agencies

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Patient Scholarship Supporters

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Media Partner

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Health Datapalooza Social Media Ambassadors


The 2023 Health Datapalooza was supported by a group of social media ambassadors representing a variety of perspectives from across the health data ecosystem. Ambassadors helped spread the word about the conference ensuring awareness among a broad cross-section of networks. They also provided important social media coverage of the event in real-time. 

Meet this the 2023 social media ambassadors below and be sure to follow them on social media! Join the conversation on social media by following @AcademyHealth, @hdpalooza on Twitter, and our LinkedIn page. Don’t forget to use our conference hashtag #hdpalooza!

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Committee Member

Niall Brennan, M.P.P.

Senior Advisor for Data Strategy to the Director - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Niall Brennan is the Senior Advisor for Data Strategy to the CDC Director. Read Bio

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Presenter

Andrea Downing

Co-Founder - The Light Collective

Andrea Downing is a BRCA Community Data Organizer and an ePatient security researcher. Read Bio

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Susannah Fox

Principal - Internet Geologist, LLC

Susannah Fox is the principal of Internet Geologist, LLC, a health and technology consultancy. She is a social... Read Bio

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Erin Moore

Patient Advocate and Healthcare Improvement Consultant

Erin Moore, B.S., started her work in patient advocacy through a partnership with Cincinnati Children’s Hospit... Read Bio

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Lygeia Ricciardi

Founder and CEO - AdaRose, Inc

Lygeia is the Founder and CEO of AdaRose, Inc., a company that provides corporate gifts and virtual experience... Read Bio

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Board Member, Member, Presenter

Lucia Savage, J.D.

Chief Privacy and Regulatory Officer - Omada Health CAPP Chair

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

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

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Presenter

Fred Trotter

Healthcare Data Journalist - CareSet

Fred Trotter is a healthcare data journalist and author. He is a founder of CareSet Systems and The DocGraph J... Read Bio

Ambassadors are invited by conference organizers based on their activity, reach, and reputation on social media. Similar to members of the media, ambassadors receive complimentary registration to the conference.