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Alisha Rao is a research assistant at KFF for the Racial Equity and Health Policy team. In this role, she conducts research and analysis on projects to understand how racism, discrimination, and social and economic inequalities affect health. Previously, Rao served as a senior student associate at the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, where she worked on projects related to maternal and infant health. Rao graduated from Vanderbilt University with bachelor’s degrees in political science and…

Amaya Diana is a policy analyst with KFF’s Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured. In this role, she conducts research and policy analysis related to health insurance coverage and access to care for low-income populations, with a focus on Medicaid 1115 waiver activity. Prior to joining KFF, she was a research coordinator for Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. Diana holds a bachelor’s degree in health…

Anna Mudumala is a research associate with KFF's Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured. She conducts research and policy analysis on Medicaid and its impacts on low-income Americans. She analyzes state Medicaid policy and financing through the annual 50-state Medicaid budget survey. Mudumala previously worked for the Alliance for Health Policy and AARP Texas. She holds a bachelor's degree in public health from the University of Texas at Austin.

Rhiannon Euhus is a policy analyst with KFF’s Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured. In this role, she conducts quantitative research and policy analysis related to the Medicaid program, with a focus on analyzing Medicaid claims and expenditure data. Prior to joining KFF, she was a research assistant for Dr. Michael Chernew in Harvard Medical School’s Department of Health Care Policy where she researched rural hospital consolidation. She also worked for Arnold Ventures as a…

Rayna Wallace is a policy analyst with the Program on Patient and Consumer Protections. In this role, she conducts research and policy analysis on barriers consumers face while navigating the health care system and how federal regulations could affect consumers’ experiences with their health insurance. She holds a B.S. in Psychology from Morgan State University and an MPH with a concentration in Health Equity from the University of Maryland, College Park.  Prior to joining KFF,…

Imani Telesford is a research associate at KFF for the Program on the ACA and the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, where she conducts policy research on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its effects on private insurers and enrollees, as well as analyses on health spending, quality of care, access, and affordability in the United States and international comparisons. Prior to joining KFF, Imani graduated from Cornell University with a bachelors in health care policy.…

Shameek Rakshit is a research associate at KFF for the Program on the ACA and the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker. He analyzes health spending, quality of care, and health care access and affordability in the United States and conducts international comparisons. Prior to joining KFF, Shameek was a Student Analyst at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University, where he researched civic design and innovations in public service delivery. Shameek graduated…

Justin Lo is a senior researcher for the Program on Patient and Consumer Protections and the Program on the ACA. In this role, he focuses on the impact of health policy on patients' experience with health care and marketplace insurance. Prior to joining KFF, he worked at Epic Systems, where he supported health systems in achieving their population health management objectives and conducted clinical epidemiologic studies using electronic health records. Dr. Lo holds a bachelor’s…