CACHE
Collaborative to Advance Clinical Health Equity
Our People
Michael Pignone
Michael Pignone is the Director of CACHE, and the Rebecca & John Kirkland Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Duke University. He serves as the Vice Chair for Quality and Innovation in the Department of Medicine. Core expertise: Cancer screening and health disparities, with a focus on improving primary care and population health.
Richard Shannon
Rick Shannon is the Founding Director of CACHE and Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Duke University Health System. He oversees quality and safety programs, focusing on patient safety, myocardial metabolism, and heart failure. His work aims to enhance clinical quality and operational outcomes across Duke Health.
Benjamin Goldstein
Ben Goldstein is a Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics at Duke University and Chief of the Division of Translational Biomedical Informatics. Core expertise: Meaningful use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) data, biostatistics, biomedical informatics, and machine learning
Michelle Lyn
Michelle Lyn is an Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health at Duke University. She is the Chief of the Division of Community and Family Medicine. Core expertise: population health, community engagement, and the design and implementation of collaborative health care delivery models.
Armando Bedoya
Armando Bedoya serves as the Chief Analytics and Medical Informatics Officer for Duke University Health System. Core expertise: pulmonary, allergy, and critical care medicine, with a focus on machine-learning-enabled clinical decision support.
Nrupen Bhavsar
Nrupen Bhavsar is an Associate Professor in Surgery and Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Duke University and Director of the Social Informatics Program. Core expertise: Design and analysis of epidemiologic and prediction studies using EHR and social drivers of health data, data linkage, and development of digital tools.
Catherine STaton
Catherine Staton is a Professor of Emergency Medicine, Global Health, and Neurosurgery at Duke University. Core expertise: trauma care and injury prevention, particularly in low-resource settings.
Amanda Brucker
Amanda Brucker is a Senior Biostatistician in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Duke University. Core expertise: biostatistics, epidemiology, and research design, with a focus on using simulation modeling and real-world data to monitor the effectiveness of medical interventions.
Andrew Stirling
Andrew Stirling is a key figure in the data analytics community at Duke University Health System. He has played a significant role in promoting data democracy and accessibility, leveraging tools like Tableau to enhance data-driven decision-making across the organization.
Shelley Rusincovitch
Shelley Rusincovitch is the Managing Director of Duke AI Health. Core expertise: healthcare applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning, data modeling, and data science experiential learning.
Tarun Saxena
Tarun Saxena is Team Science Project Leader at the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Core expertise: program and project management and translational research management.
Jillian Hauser
Jillian Hauser is the Director of the Duke University Health System Quality Office. She supports reputational data and analytics and oversees the clinical service management engineer team. Core expertise: industrial engineering and health systems engineering.
Anna Xu
Anna Xu is a Biostatistician II in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Duke University. Core expertise: predictive analytics and precision care, particularly in the context of hemodialysis and chronic kidney disease.
Shwetha Dash
Shwetha Dash is a Senior Business Intelligence Developer at Duke University Health System. She focuses on developing interactive visualization tools to understand and monitor health disparities, particularly in diabetes care and outcomes.
