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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
  1. About CHIBE

Leadership & Staff

Meet Our Leadership

kevin volpp

Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD

Director, CHIBE
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Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA

Scientific Director, CHIBE

Mohan Balachandran, MA, MS

Chief Operating Officer, Way to Health
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Hamsa Bastani, PhD

Co-Director, Wharton Healthcare Analytics Lab
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M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

Executive Director for Transformation Science and Behavioral Insights at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital System
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Jalpa Doshi, PhD

Director of Value Based Insurance Design Initiatives, CHIBE
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Joelle Friedman, MPA

Managing Director, CHIBE
kristin linn

Kristin Linn, MStat, PhD

Associate Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine
shivan mehta

Shivan Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP

Associate Chief Innovation Officer, Penn Medicine

Meghan Ross, BA

Associate Director of Communications, CHIBE
harsha thirumurthy

Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD

Associate Director for Global Health, CHIBE
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Atheendar Venkataramani, PhD, MD, MPhil

Director, Opportunity for Health Lab
jingsan zhu

Jingsan Zhu, MS, MBA

Director of Data Analytics, CHIBE

Meet Our Staff

Laurel Adams, MBA
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Hilena Addis, BA
Kano Amagai headshot

Kano Amagai, MPH
Chinyere Anucha Headshot

Chinyere Anucha, BA
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Ayisha Arshad, MSN, FNP-BC 
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Lizzie Bair, MS
Arielle Berk

Arielle Berk, BS
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Melissa Berkowitz, MPP, MSc
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Maura Boughter-Dornfeld, MPH
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Dana Caputo
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Julianna Catania, MPH
Kayla Clark

Kayla Clark, MPH

Skip Coon, BA
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Samantha Coratti, BA
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Deborah Cousins, MSPH, PMP
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Eric Cruz-Mendez
Hannah Dart

Hannah Dart, MS
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Adriana Discher, BA
erica dixon

Erica Dixon, PhD
emily Dzieniszewski

Emily Dzieniszewski, MPH
Jeff Ebert

Jeff Ebert, PhD

Teniola Egbe, MPH, MBE
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Jenny Emery
eva fabian

Eva Fabian, MPH

Dave Farrady

Samantha Fellman
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Will Ferrell, MPH
angus fiedler

Angus Fiedler, BS

Chioma Fitzgerald

Sadie Friday, BA
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Zhi Geng, MPH
hossain

Reon Mohammad Hossain
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Michael Josephs

Nancy Kennedy-Smith
Ritikaa

Ritikaa Khanna
emily kim

Emily Kim, BS
tamar

Tamar Klaiman, PhD, MPH
sita

Sita Kottilil, BA
nathalie laurent

Nathalie Laurent, MSW
Athena Lee

Athena Lee, MA

Aaron Leitner, BA
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Junning Liang, MS
Arleen Lopez Cruz

Arleen Lopez Cruz, BS
kaley maltz

Kaley Maltz, BA
beneque martin

Beneque Martin, MPA
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Hannah Maynard, MPH
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Caitlin McDonald, MPH

Kyle McGrogan, BS
Meryl McLean

Meryl McLean, BS
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Meg Meador, MPH
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Sarah Milinski, MA

Adam Mussell, MA
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Laurie Norton, MA, MBE

Dana Opiela
oluwa

Oluwadamilola (Oluwa) Oshewa

David Pagnotti, MS
melanie

Melanie Paredes
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Sae-Hwan Park, PhD
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Martina Plag, MHCI, AXP, Pn1
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Klea Profka, BA
brinda

Brinda Rabindran, BA
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Lyndon Ramkhalawan

Aaliyah Randall, MA
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Charles Rareshide, MS

Leslie Reid-Bey
cathy reitz

Cathy Reitz, MPH
Jonathan Richards

Jonathan Richards, MS

Benjamin Rosenbach, BSSE
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Torrey Shirk, BA
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Doron Shore, BS
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Jordan Sigler, BS
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Danielle Silva, MS

Jenna Steckel White, MSW
Taya Stevens-Allen

Taya Stevens-Allen, MPH
sarah suiter

Sarah Suiter
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Jacob Van Osten, BS

Erkuan Wang, MA
keyirah williams

Keyirah Williams, BA
Aria Xiong

Ruiying (Aria) Xiong, MS
Lin Xu

Lin Xu, MS
Rachel Yan

Ruiqi (Rachel) Yan, MS

Yueming Zhao, MPH