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Harvard Chan Executive and Continuing Education Faculty
James Page currently serves as the Assistant Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Cultural Competence at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, one of the nation’s top pediatric medical centers. In the role he is responsible for helping to shape a culture focused on delivering extraordinary culturally and linguistically competent care to patients from over 85 countries. Prior to this role, James was responsible for directing nationwide diversity across DaVita’s Inc., a 35,000 employee, 1500 locations healthcare organization specializing on providing dialysis treatments to patients. At Lancaster General Health, James served as Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Linguistics. For this…
Dr Panch is an entrepreneur, physician, executive and keynote speaker. He is the CEO of LUNRStudio, Executive Chair and Chief Strategy Officer at Lumin Health, Past-President at Harvard TH Chan School or Public Health Alumni Association and Board Chair at Healthcare for All. He co-founded Wellframe and co-led the company from inception in 2012 to acquisition by Blackstone/Health Edge in 2021 serving as Chief Medical Officer, Chief Product Officer and Chief Innovation Officer. He is the holder of the patent on the Wellframe technology and is the inaugural recipient of Harvard’s Public Health Innovation Award for his work in Digital Health. Dr Panch is…
Dr. Pandya loves teaching introductory health decision science and conducting research built on these methods. His areas of interest are: 1) applied decision science studies evaluating cardiovascular disease policies; 2) connecting cost-effectiveness analysis with broader value-based health policies being implemented or piloted in U.S. health reform; and 3) methodological topics within cost-effectiveness modeling (calibration, validation, distributional cost-effectiveness analysis). His research has been covered in The New York Times, National Public Radio, NBC Nightly News, and other media outlets.Before joining HPM, Dr. Pandya served as Assistant Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research with a secondary appointment in the Department of Radiology…
Stefania Papatheodorou is an Associate Professor in Epidemiology at the Rutgers School of Public Health, an Adjunct Associate Professor in Epidemiology at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, and a trained obstetrician and gynecologist. She has been working on evidence synthesis for the last fifteen years on a variety of clinical topics with a primary focus on risk factors for pregnancy-related diseases such as gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, prenatal diagnosis of fetal defects, and preterm delivery as well as longer-term outcomes such as children’s neurodevelopment due to environmental exposures during pregnancy. She has developed methods to quantify bias from…
Laurie Pascal is President of Pascal Coaching and Consulting LLC and a Senior Lecturer in Health Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she brings more than 30 years of industry experience in organizational behavior, strategy, and leadership to both traditional graduate and mid-career learners. Her consulting work with international and US organizations focuses on leadership and team development, organizational effectiveness, and effecting change. Recent clients include the Gulf Health Council (Middle East), The New School for Leadership in Health Care (Taiwan), American College of Mohs Surgery, American Society of Clinical Oncology, US Oncology Network/McKesson, University of…
Vikram Patel is the Paul Farmer Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He co-leads the Department’s Mental Health for All lab and co-leads the GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard initiative. His work has focused on the burden of mental health problems across the life course, their association with social disadvantage, and the use of community resources for their prevention and treatment. He is a co-founder of Sangath, an Indian NGO which won the WHO Public Health Champion of India prize and the MacArthur Foundation’s International Prize. He is a Fellow of the UK's Academy of Medical Sciences and…
Dr. Patel serves as the Chief Medical Informatics Officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He has extensive experience in the use of Healthcare Information Technology to improve clinical and quality processes. He has over 18 years of experience in implementing and advancing the use of computer order entry systems and Electronic Health Records. He has worked with industry as well as other healthcare organizations to think strategically and proactively about the use of clinical informatics tools to transform the delivery of clinical care. Dr. Patel received his Medical Degree from the University of Southern California. He completed his Pediatric Residency…
Jess Paulus, is Senior Director of Real World Research and leads a team of scientists with expertisein the designs and methods specific to leveraging real-world data networks to meaningfully informclinical and regulatory decision making. Dr. Paulus provides senior scientific oversight regardingstudy design, analytic approaches, and dissemination strategies for RWD-based studies.Prior to joining Ontada, Dr. Paulus was faculty at Tufts Medical School for over a decade, where sheserved as Research Director of the Tufts Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness Centerand Associate Director of the Clinical and Translational Science MS/PhD Graduate Program. AtTufts, she led the conduct of federally-funded studies related to…
Jordan serves as a Principal Health Practice & Systems Advisor at MITRE Corporation, a non-profit organization dedicated to “Solving Problems for a Safer World.” MITRE operates 6 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) including the Center for Government Effectiveness and Modernization where Jordan sits. At MITRE Jordan focuses on national projects for the Veterans Health Administration, ARPA-H, and CMS. Prior to MITRE Jordan spent a decade at MaineHealth an integrated health system based in Portland Maine. During that time, he served as the Vice President of Practice Operations at Southern Maine Healthcare, leading a multispecialty network with 21 practice sites,…
As General Manager, Dan Pelino is responsible for the strategic direction of IBM’s global healthcare and life sciences business. He leads his team in developing the latest information technology solutions and services, establishing partnerships, and overseeing IBM investments in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and life sciences markets. In this role, Dan works closely with leaders in healthcare and life sciences, including public and private healthcare providers and payers, and biotech and pharmaceutical companies, to help them leverage IBM capabilities to innovate and grow. Previously, Dan was Vice President, Worldwide Distribution Channels Management and Channel Enablement, Corporate Marketing. He had responsibility for…