Mandi Spishak-Thomas, PhD, MSW, LCSW is a Medicaid research scholar at the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy.

Manisha Agrawal, MPH, is a Senior Research Analyst at the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, where she provides research and project management support for several ongoing projects.

Mara Getz Sheftel is an Instructor (Tenure Track) at the Rutgers University Institute for Health, Health Policy and Aging and in the Rutgers School of Public Health.

Margaret Koller, MS, is the Executive Director at the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy. Ms. Koller serves as the Center’s Chief Operating Officer who oversees the development and management of the Center’s research portfolio, compliance with financial and data use agreements and leads the engagement with the Governor’s Office and state agency policy leadership on projects of mutual interest.

Michael J. Yedidia, PhD, is a Professor and Senior Medical Sociologist at the Rutgers University Center for State Health Policy and the Institute for Health.

Michael K. Gusmano is a Professor of Health Policy the College of Health at Lehigh University. He also serves as the Associate Dean for Academic Programs, and the Director of the Center for Ethics at Lehigh.

Dr. Knox directed financial and administrative operations for The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities. He also served as research coordinator, chaired the Center’s evaluation team, and conducted health services research.

Mojdeh Nasiri, MD, PhD, is a Research Analyst at the Center for State Health Policy. Dr. Nasiri is experienced in data management and statistical analysis and focuses much of her work on quantitative analysis of health systems performance and healthcare quality measures.