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
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
Marcella Dalrymple
Associate Director of Strategic Development and Business Partnerships, Office of the Vice Dean for Data Science
James Merritt
Financial Managment Analyst II, Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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)
Ashna Widman
CACHE Clinical Research Intern
FELLOWS AND STUDENT AFFILIATES
Elliot Hill
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
