LEADERSHIP
Housed within the School of Medicine but drawing leadership, resources, and insights from across the entire University, AI Health’s executive leadership combines clinical knowledge and quantitative insight. AI Health is led by the Chief Data Scientist for Duke Health and Duke School of Medicine Vice Dean for Data Science Michael Pencina, PhD with Managing Director Shelley Rusincovitch, MMCi, an informaticist and technical leader, and Director of Data Science Ben Goldstein, PhD, an expert in health data science and biostatistics. AI Health is advised by Richard Shannon, MD, the Chief Quality Officer and Chief Medical Officer for Duke Health. Under their guidance, AI Health is devoted to growing ethical and equitable data science and addressing the most urgent and difficult challenges in medicine and population health.
AI HEALTH STAFF TEAM

Whitney Welsh
Research Scientist
FACULTY COUNCIL

Armando Bedoya
Duke Health Chief Data Officer for Quality

Ricardo Henao
Associate Professor in Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Fan Li
Professor of Statistical Science

Ozanan Meireles
Duke AI Health Director of Surgery

Gina-Maria Pomann
Director, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Methods Core

Lee Tiedrich
Duke AI Health Responsible Technology Scholar

Michael Zavlanos
Duke AI Health Director of Healthcare System Optimization
FACULTY AFFILIATES

Monica Agrawal
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Sam Berchuck
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Matt Engelhard
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics; Director of the AI Health Data Science Fellowship Program

Chuan Hong
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
AI HEALTH STAFF AFFILIATES

Amanda Brucker
Biostatistician III, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Methods Core

Adolphus Bryant
Financial Management Analyst, Office of the Executive Vice Dean for Administration

Sierra Lindo
Project Planner, Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI)

Shannon Widman
Research Program Leader, Duke Office of Clinical Research (DOCR)

Lacey Rende
Project Planner, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Methods Core

Tarun Saxena
Clinical Trials Project Leader II, Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
FELLOWS AND STUDENT AFFILIATES

Riddhiman Bhattacharya
Duke AI Health Data Science Fellow

Elliot Hill
Duke AI Health Data Science Fellow

Angel Huang
Duke AI Health Data Science Fellow

Aditya Parekh
Duke AI Health Data Science Fellow

Christine Shen
Duke AI Health Data Science Fellow and Statistics PhD Student

Scott Sun
Duke AI Health Data Science Fellow and Biostatistics PhD Student

Mengying Yan
Duke AI Health Data Science Fellow and Biostatistics PhD Student
HEALTH AI EVALUATION & GOVERNANCE STAFF AFFILIATES

Rabail Baig
Communications Director for Evaluation

Sophia Bessias
Evaluation Lead, ABCDS Oversight

Nicoleta Economou
Director, ABCDS Oversight

Matthew Elmore
AI Ethics and Evaluation Specialist

Michelle Langlois
Program Coordinator

Nancy Walden
Evaluation Program Leader, ABCDS Oversight