Associate Faculty

Duncan Maru, MD, PhD

Duncan Maru collaborates on grants and implementation research methodologies with Ariadne staff and faculty. He is the co-founder, chief strategy officer, and a board member of Possible, a non-profit health care company that delivers high-quality, affordable health care in rural Nepal on a public-private partnership model. Possible’s staff of approximately 250 cares for over 130,000… Continue reading Duncan Maru, MD, PhD

Kenneth Mandl, MD, MPH

Kenneth Mandl works at the intersection of population and individual health with a focus on biomedical informatics. He received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for pioneering real time biosurveillance, tracking infections, and detecting outbreaks with diverse data. Dr. Mandl developed SMART, a widely adopted, highly influential approach, to enabling substitutable iPhone-like… Continue reading Kenneth Mandl, MD, MPH

Ernest Mandel, MD, SM*

Ernest Mandel serves as the Clinical Lead for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute-Brigham & Women’s Faulkner Hospital project studying the adaptability and feasibility of integrating the Serious Illness Care Program into a busy dialysis center. He plays a key role in the Serious Illness Care Program at Ariadne Labs to develop and evaluate a standardized approach… Continue reading Ernest Mandel, MD, SM*

Stuart Lipsitz, ScD*

Stuart Lipsitz is a biostatistician at Ariadne Labs, and is heavily involved in virtually all programs and research at Ariadne Labs. His specialty is advanced statistical methods, and he has developed new techniques that are widely used in studies with missing data, repeated measures studies, and complex sample surveys.

Kimberlyn Leary, PhD, MPA

Kimberlyn Leary’s research interests include delineating the components of effective leadership and the interpersonal exchanges that promote change and collaborative decision-making. She also studies the factors that improve health and life outcomes for women and girls, including women and girls of color.  

Daniela Lamas, MD

As associate faculty on the Serious Illness Care Program, Dr. Lamas has developed a national reputation as a clinician who writes about critical health care issues. She is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and associate faculty at Ariadne Labs. Her clinical and… Continue reading Daniela Lamas, MD

Joshua Lakin, MD*

Joshua Lakin serves as the clinical lead for the Serious Illness Care Program at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, both in primary care and general inpatient medicine settings. His recent research focuses on the implementation of the program in primary care. He plays a key role in the Serious Illness Care Program at Ariadne Labs to… Continue reading Joshua Lakin, MD*

Ramin Khorasani, MD, MPH

Ramin Khorasani’s current research focuses on use of innovative health IT tools, quality improvement methodologies and change management strategies to improve quality, safety and efficiency of health care care. He published a paper with Dr. Atul Gawande titled “Use of Public Data to Target Variation in Providers’ Use of CT and MR Imaging among Medicare… Continue reading Ramin Khorasani, MD, MPH

Joseph Jacobson, MD

Joe Jacobson served as Chief Quality Officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute between 2011 and 2020. In that role, he oversaw a large department responsible for the quality and safety of care on the academic campus and an expanding network. Between 2003 and 2011, he served as the Chair of Medicine at North Shore Medical Center.… Continue reading Joseph Jacobson, MD

David Hepner, MD, MPH

David Hepner is a co-investigator on the Ariadne Labs Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Crisis Checklist project.  He also serves on the Emergency Manuals Implementation Collaborative Steering Committee with Ariadne Labs.