Co-Chairs
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Committee Member, Member

Monica McLemore, Ph.D., M.P.H, RN

Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - University of Washington

Dr. Monica McLemore is a tenured professor in the Child, Family, and Population Health Department and she will become the Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the School of Nursing pending approval from the Reagents. Read Bio

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Hao Yu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Harvard Medical School

Dr. Hao Yu is an Associate Professor of Health Care Policy at the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. Read Bio

Past Chairs
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Karissa Fenwick, Ph.D., M.S.W., LCSW

VA HSR&D Advanced Fellow in Health Services Research - VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Karissa Fenwick, PhD, MSW, LCSW is an HSR&D Advanced Fellow in Health Services Research at the Center for the Study of Innovation, Implementation and Policy (CSHIIP) in the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. Read Bio

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Divya Mallampati, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor - University of California, San Francisco

Divya Mallampati, M.D., M.P.H., is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Mallampati received her MD from Harvard Medical School, an MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency at Northwestern University. Read Bio

Member-At-Large
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Arina Chesnokova, MD, MPH

National Clinician Scholar - University of Pennsylvania

Arina Chesnokova, MD, MPH is a general OBGYN and a National Clinician Scholar in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Chesnokova’s research interests include outpatient care delivery models for underserved patients with OBGYN needs and equitable care delivery in low resource settings. Read Bio

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Kathryn Stewart, MPH

Director of Health Care Ratings - The Leapfrog Group

Katie Stewart, MPH is the Director of Health Care Ratings at The Leapfrog Group, a national non-profit focused on making giant leaps forward in patient safety, quality, and transparency. Read Bio

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Haiyan Qu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - University of Alabama at Birmingham

Haiyan Qu, Ph. D, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Read Bio

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Rebecca Johnson, M.A., M.P.H.

Program Manager - Institute for Medicaid Innovation

Rebecca Johnson, MA, MPH (she/her) is an applied medical anthropologist and public health social behavioral scientist passionate about birth equity, reproductive justice, gender inclusive perinatal care, and the midwifery model of care.  Read Bio

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Hannah Murphy, Ph.D.

Lead Analyst - Vizient Inc.

Hannah R. Murphy, Ph.D., is the Research Analytics Lead Analyst in the Center for Advanced Analytics & Informatics at Vizient Inc. Read Bio