Faculty and Research Scientists
| Olesya Baker Research Scientist | Laura Faden Garabedian Assistant Professor | Christine Lu Affiliate Faculty Member |
| Dennis Ross-Degnan Associate Professor | Stephen Soumerai Professor | Natasha Stout Associate Professor |
| Anita Wagner Associate Professor Interim Director | Hefei Wen Assistant Professor | James Frank Wharam Affiliate Faculty Member |
| Hao Yu Associate Professor | Fang Zhang Assistant Professor |
Fellows
Staff
| Molly Ahern, BA | Project Coordinator Molly Ahern is a Project Coordinator in the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research at the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. She manages HPI's pre-award process and IRB portfolio. Molly graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BA in Communication and a minor in Education. Prior to joining the department, Molly worked as a Clinical Administration Support Specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and most recently an Administrative Specialist in CoRAL. molly_ahern@harvardpilgrim.org | |
| Stephanie Argetsinger, MS, MPH | Project Manager Stephanie Argetsinger is a Project Manager in the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research at the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. She has a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Stephanie also graduated from Boston University with a Master of Science in Medical Sciences and a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy and Law. 617-867-4938 | stephanie_argetsinger@harvardpilgrim.org | |
| Rebecca Costa, MS | SAS Programmer/Analyst Rebecca Costa is a SAS Programmer and Analyst in the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research at the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. She has a Bachelor of Science in Public Health Sciences and a Master of Science in Epidemiology, both from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Prior to joining HPI, Rebecca worked as an Epidemiologist at Costello Medical. rebecca_costa@harvardpilgrim.org | |
| Elizabeth Grillo, MA | Senior Project Coordinator Elizabeth Grillo is a Senior Project Coordinator in the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. Elizabeth coordinates the HPI Fellowship program and runs the HPI Seminar Series, in addition to supporting Institute collaborative efforts with Point32Health and various other activities. She has a BA and MA degree in Applied Linguistics from Boston University. Prior to joining the Institute, Elizabeth worked as a Senior Admin at the MIT Clinical Research Center. elizabeth_grillo@harvardpilgrim.org | |
| Alyssa Halbisen, MPH | Project Coordinator Alyssa is a Project Coordinator in the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research. She has a Bachelor of Science in Public Health Education from Portland State University and a Master of Public Health with a focus in Health Policy & Law and Epidemiology from Boston University. She works closely with HPI faculty as support for various division research projects. alyssa_halbisen@harvardpilgrim.org | |
| Matthew Lakoma, MPH | SAS Programmer/Analyst Matthew Lakoma is a SAS Programmer and Analyst in the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research at the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. He provides assistance on numerous diabetes and breast cancer projects. He also contributes analytic programming support for both high deductible health plan enrollment and preventive drug list analyses. Matthew graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He also graduated from Boston University with a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 617-867-4319 | matthew_lakoma@harvardpilgrim.org | |
| Robert LeCates, MA | Research Associate Robert LeCates is a Research Associate in the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research at the Department of Population Medicine, at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. He has worked in the department for over 20 years, providing administrative and research support to faculty members of the Drug Policy Research Group until 2011. Since then, he has worked as a programmer/analyst, working on state, national, and international projects, using a variety of data sources, including survey data for international projects, and claims data from Medicaid and Medicare dual enrollees, and regional and nationwide health insurers. He has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas in Austin, a Bachelor of Arts in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Houston, and a Master of Arts in Speech Communication from the University of Houston. 617-867-4943 | robert_lecates@harvardpilgrim.org | |
| Meg Scholl, BA | Senior Program Manager Meg Scholl is the Senior Program Manager for the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research in the Department of Population Medicine at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. Ms. Scholl received a BA in Health Care Administration and Communication Studies from Stonehill College in 2011. She works closely with interim Division Director Anita Wagner and coordinates the administrative operations of the group. Ms. Scholl manages the HPI staff and oversees the division’s financial functioning and post-award grant portfolio. 617-867-4499 | meg_scholl@harvardpilgrim.org | |
| Sarah Stein, PhD | Research Programmer Sarah Stein is a Research Programmer in both the CHeRP and HPI divisions. Sarah holds a PhD from Stanford in Organization Behavior and is skilled in C++, R, Python natural language processing, data manipulation, and visualization. Sarah splits her time working on decision modeling projects of newborn genomic screening (PreEMPT) with Dr. Ann Wu and of breast cancer projects with Dr. Natasha Stout. 617-867-4525 | sarah_stein@harvardpilgrim.org | |
| Ann Thomas, PhD, MS | SAS Programmer Ann Thomas is a SAS Programmer in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. Ann has an MS in Biostatistics from Harvard School of Public Health and a PhD in Health Psychology from the University of California, Irvine. Prior to joining the department, Ann worked as a Data Manager and Statistician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. ann_thomas@harvardpilgrim.org | |
| Brittany Zanengo, BS | Project Manager Brittany Zanengo is a Project Manager in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. She manages pre-award grant processes and IRB compliance for the division of Health Policy and Insurance Research. Brittany graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Prior to joining the Department of Population Medicine, she worked as a lab manager at the Massachusetts General Hospital. 617-867-4519 | brittany_zanengo@harvardpilgrim.org |