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Author, Board Member, Member, Presenter, Staff

Aaron E. Carroll, M.D., M.S.

President and CEO - AcademyHealth

Dr. Aaron E. Carroll is President & CEO of AcademyHealth. A nationally recognized thought leader, science communicator, pediatrician, and health services researcher, he is a passionate advocate for the creation and use of evidence to improve health and health care for all. 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 MBA, is now Professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Health Policy and Management in the Graduate School of Public Health and Senior Innovation Advisor for the UPMC Insurance Division in their Center for High Value Health Care.  Read Bio

Board Member

Ricardo Correa, M.D., Ed. D., F.A.C.E., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.M.Q.

Director for Diversity of Graduate Medical Education - University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

Ricardo Correa, M.D., Ed. D., F.A.C.E., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.M.Q. is the Program Director for Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism fellowship and the director for Health equity center at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Director for Longitudinal Didactics and Director for DEI on Mentoring of Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. In addition, he is the Health Equity Fellowship Director for Creighton School of Medicine in Phoenix.  Read Bio

Sharron
Committee Member

Sharron Crowder, Ph.D., R.N., A.T.S.F.

Clinical Associate Professor, and Special Assistant to the Dean - Indiana University School of Nursing, and Health Policy Initiatives

Dr. Crowder has held nursing positions in clinical and academic settings in the United States and abroad. Her teaching expertise is health policy and advocacy as well as leadership. Read Bio

Debbie
Committee Member

Debbie Dean, M.S.

Vice President, Health Analytics - General Dynamics Information Technology

Debbie Dean is the Vice President, Health Analytics at General Dynamics Information Technology. Read Bio

Sarah Greene
Member, Presenter

Sarah Greene, M.P.H.

Consultant and Senior Advisor - the National Academy of Medicine

Sarah Greene, MPH, is the Executive Director of the Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN, formerly the HMO Research Network), which is a consortium of 20 research centers that are based in health care delivery systems including Geisinger, HealthPartners, Kaiser Permanente, Harvard Pilgrim, and many others. Read Bio

Anjum
Committee Member

Anjum Khurshid, Ph.D., M.D.

Chief Data Scientist - Sentinel Operations Center

Dr. Anjum Khurshid, MD, PhD is a Member of the Faculty at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. He is the Chief Data Scientist for the Sentinel Operations Center. 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. Fairbanks School of Public Health in Indianapolis. In addition, he is a Scientist at the Regenstrief Institute Center for Biomedical Informatics. He was elected to the AcademyHealth board of directors effective December 2024. Read Bio

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Committee Member

Abdul Shaikh, Ph.D., M.H.Sc.

Global Leader for Population Health - Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Dr. Abdul Shaikh is the Global Leader for Population Health for Worldwide Public Sector at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Read Bio

rachel
Committee Member

Rachel Thornton, Ph.D., M.D.

Vice President, Enterprise Chief Health Equity Officer - Nemours Children's Health

Dr. Thornton is the Vice President, Enterprise Chief Health Equity Officer for Nemours Children's Health. Read Bio