We’re delighted to welcome two new school members: Amy Killelea and Leila Sullivan.
Amy Killelea, Assistant Analysis Professor
Amy Killelea, JD is an Assistant Analysis Professor at CHIR. Their analysis will probably be centered on entry to reasonably priced, ample protection for folks with insulin-requiring diabetes, together with Sort 1 diabetes.
Amy has over 15 years of expertise in public well being regulation and coverage. Amy started their profession offering authorized companies to folks residing with HIV who confronted entry challenges to healthcare, together with discrimination, affordability, and stigma. Since then, Amy has labored with federal, state, and native governments and community-based organizations to determine and implement systemic options to public well being and well being care entry challenges, together with sustainable financing options to increase entry to HIV and hepatitis companies. Amy is at present proprietor of Killelea Consulting, offering analysis and coverage evaluation experience centered on treatment entry and pricing, public well being financing, and private and non-private insurance coverage protection. Amy acquired their B.A. from Smith School and J.D. from Georgetown College Legislation Heart.
Leila Sullivan, Analysis Fellow
Leila Sullivan, MSPH is our latest Analysis Fellow. At CHIR, her analysis focuses on increasing entry to reasonably priced healthcare protection and Medicare protection on the state and federal ranges.
Earlier than becoming a member of CHIR, Leila labored as a Healthcare Marketing consultant at TransformCare Inc. the place she carried out diagnostic evaluations and information evaluation of main care and behavioral well being clinics on army bases. With this information she beneficial and led implementation efforts using new and modern well being applied sciences inside the Army Well being System to maneuver from a productiveness pushed mannequin to a price based mostly care mannequin. Leila has beforehand labored on analysis tasks with the Johns Hopkins Heart for Damage Coverage and Analysis and FEMA offering house harm prevention measures to houses on Native American reservations, in addition to with the Johns Hopkins Pharmaceutical Coverage crew specializing in environmentally pleasant well being applied sciences and the laws related to selling and inspiring them.
She acquired B.A.s in Public Well being and Spanish from Agnes Scott School, and a Masters of Science in Well being Coverage and Administration from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg College of Public Well being.
CHIR is thrilled to have Amy and Leila on our crew!
