Namrata Uberoi is the Director of Health Policy at the West Health Policy Center, where she leads initiatives focused on advancing accountable care and evidence-based policy solutions to improve health care affordability, access, and outcomes for older adults. Her work centers on developing and promoting policies that strengthen value-based and population health models to drive system-wide transformation toward high-quality, cost-effective care. Prior to joining West Health, Dr. Uberoi was a Senior Manager and Health Economist at RTI International, where she led teams supporting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in designing, implementing, and evaluating value-based care payment models that promote accountability for cost and quality. She also managed projects for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) focused on the generation and translation of evidence to inform care delivery and policy. Dr. Uberoi brings extensive experience from across the federal health policy landscape, having served in research and analytic roles at the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Her work has consistently focused on leveraging data and policy design to align incentives for better care, better health, and lower costs. She holds a PhD in Health Economics from The Pennsylvania State University and an MPH in Public Health Management and Policy from the University of Florida.

Amy Stuck is Senior Director for Value-Based Care at the West Health Institute, where she leads initiatives to redesign care delivery and use data-driven improvement to design care better matched to individuals’ needs and lowering health care costs for older adults. With more than 40 years of experience in acute and critical care nursing, hospital leadership, and process improvement, Amy brings deep expertise in value-based care and systems transformation. Her work centers on advancing care and payment models that strengthen home and community-based care, improving access, affordability, and outcomes for older adults. Dr. Stuck is the Institute’s leader for the West Health Accelerator at Duke-Margolis and a key representative for the Accountable Care Learning Hub, as well as for the work in the Brain Health focus area. Amy earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Portland, her master’s degree in nursing education from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and a PhD in Nursing from the University of San Diego. She completed post-doctoral studies in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.

Dr. Marianne Hamilton Lopez is the Senior Research Director of Biomedical Innovation, an adjunct associate professor, and core faculty at the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy in Washington, D.C. She leads the strategic design and direction of the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation portfolio, with a focus on medical products development and regulation, real world evidence, infectious disease preparedness, and payment, pricing, and coverage of drugs and medical devices. She also oversees the Value for Medical Products Consortium and partners with Duke University faculty, scholars, and external health experts to advance this work. Prior to joining Duke-Margolis, Dr. Hamilton Lopez was a senior program officer with the National Academy of Medicine’s Leadership Consortium for a Value & Science-Driven Health System and provided strategic direction and oversight of the Consortium’s Science and Technology portfolio and Clinical Effectiveness Research Innovation and the Digital Learning Collaboratives. She was a Senior Manager at AcademyHealth; a Public Health Community Advisor for the United States Cochrane Center; and the Federal Women’s Program Manager and American Indian/Alaska Native Employment Program Manager for the National Institutes of Health.