Mary Reed, DrPH
Mary E. Reed, DrPH, is a senior research scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, and a founding steering committee member of the CREST emergency medicine research network. Her research interests include health information technology and health care delivery organization and their effects on clinical care, quality, and costs. She examines patient […]
Alexis Malfesi, MSHS
Alexis Malfesi, MSHS, serves in the Learning and Diffusion Group as Person-Centeredness Strategy Lead for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. She focuses on developing strategies for designing person-centered value-based care models and incorporating beneficiary and caregiver perspectives across the Innovation Center’s portfolio of models. Prior to joining the […]
Kevin Wake, CMR, CHW, MS
Kevin grew up on his family’s dairy farm in Leavenworth, Kansas. He and his two brothers all were diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Kevin graduated from the University of Kansas and worked in pharmaceutical sales and management for 23 years before taking an early retirement due to health complications from his sickle cell. Since retirement, […]
Silke Schoch, MA
Silke Schoch is the Director of Research & Programs at the National Health Council. Ms. Schoch joined the National Health Council in 2017 and has been a project manager for many of the NHC’s patient engagement focused projects including the Patient Experience Mapping Toolbox and Patient-Centered Core Impact Sets Blueprint. Her interests include patient engagement, […]
Elisabeth M. Oehrlein, PhD, MS
Elisabeth M. Oehrlein, PhD, MS, research is focused on qualitative and quantitative methods to collect and apply data about patient and caregiver experiences, priorities, and unmet needs to guide decisions across drug development. Before founding AppliedPX, she served on the National Health Council (NHC) senior leadership team. At the NHC, Dr. Oehrlein led numerous initiatives, […]
Juan Marcos González Sepúlveda, PhD, MS
Dr. González is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University. He is an expert in the design of stated-preference survey instruments and the use of advanced statistical tools to analyze stated-preference data. His research has focused on the transparency in benefit-risk evaluations of medical interventions, and the elicitation of […]
Phyllis Foxworth
Phyllis Foxworth serves as the Manager of Advocacy for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) and directs the organization’s national advocacy strategy to improve the lives of everyone affected by Huntington’s disease (HD) and their families. Ms. Foxworth mobilizes the community of volunteer advocates to raise the profile of HD with federal regulators and […]
Elizabeth Cope, PhD, MPH
Elizabeth L. Cope, PhD, MPH, is Vice President of Health Systems Improvement at AcademyHealth where she oversees a portfolio focused on the advancement of just, resilient, humanity-affirming systems of care. With expertise in epidemiology and implementation, Dr. Cope leads evidence translation collaboratives, performance management projects, and multi-stakeholder coalition-building initiatives. For nearly 15 years, Dr. Cope […]
Vakaramoko Diaby, PhD, MSc, CRA
Vakaramoko (Karam) is currently the Health Economics Lead (Director) int he Global Value and Real-World Evidence (GVRWE) group at Otsuka. He oversees the design and implementation of economic modeling activities for all Otsuka products. Karam graduated with a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Population Health) at the University of Montreal (Quebec, Canada) and completed a coveted […]
Gwen Darien
Gwen Darien is a longtime patient advocate who has played leadership roles in some of the country’s preeminent nonprofit organizations. As executive vice president for patient advocacy and engagement, Gwen leads programs that link Patient Advocate Foundation’s direct patient service programs to NPAF system change initiatives, with the goal of improving access to affordable, equitable […]