Staff

Trisha Short

Trisha Short is the Clinical Implementation Specialist of the Delivery Decisions Initiative at Ariadne Labs. Trisha has been an obstetrical nurse for 17 years specializing in high risk obstetrics, quality improvement and is a certified AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Instructor. She joined the Ariadne team after leading the successful implementation of TeamBirth at her hospital… Continue reading Trisha Short

Stefanie Soelling

Stefanie Soelling is a general surgery resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a SafeSurgery/Safe Systems Fellow at Ariadne Labs. Her work at Ariadne is focused on performanceimprovement of technical, nontechnical, and teaching skills through surgical coaching andevaluation, as well as healthcare implementation science.Stefanie studied Biology of Global Health at Georgetown University, where she also… Continue reading Stefanie Soelling

Amanda Murphy

Amanda Murphy is a Registered Nurse and Clinical Implementation Specialist for the Serious Illness Care Program at Ariadne Labs. She provides guidance to health systems implementing the Serious Illness Care Program, leads clinician communication skills training and participates in implementation and research activities that focus on increasing access to high quality serious illness communication and… Continue reading Amanda Murphy

Rebecca Karstensen

Becca serves as the Project Assistant for the Better Evidence team at Ariadne. Her main function on the team is to support the various projects created by Better Evidence, especially the Better Evidence for Providers program. Before joining the Better Evidence team, Becca worked for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in administration. She graduated from Indiana University… Continue reading Rebecca Karstensen

Rana Mokhtar

Rana Mokhtar, PhD, MA, MPH is a Research Fellow on the BetterBirth team. Rana supports multiple projects within the BetterBirth program and is involved in study design, research tool development, data quality assurance, and quantitative analysis. Rana’s research interests are aimed at improving maternal, newborn and child health outcomes. She is particularly interested in how… Continue reading Rana Mokhtar

Alea Challenger

Alea Challenger is a Research Assistant on the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) team. In this role, she supports the TeamBirth and Expecting More projects. On TeamBirth, Alea supports project implementation and research. With the Expecting More portfolio, she plans projects that focus on fostering environments where families can grow with dignity. Alea earned her B.A.… Continue reading Alea Challenger

Judy Margo

Judy Margo, DrPH, MPH is a Senior Qualitative Specialist on the Science and Technology Platform at Ariadne Labs. In this role, Judy provides qualitative methodology expertise and technical support to programs and projects across Ariadne Labs, as well as management support within the Science and Technology Platform. Previously, Judy managed the Maternal and Child Health… Continue reading Judy Margo

Vanessa Neergheen

Vanessa Neergheen, MPH, is a Statistical Analyst on the Science & Technology Platform. In this role, Vanessa analyzes and interprets quantitative data for Ariadne Lab’s program teams. Prior to joining Ariadne Labs, Vanessa was an Epidemiologist at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH). While at MDPH, Vanessa analyzed data from vital records and aided… Continue reading Vanessa Neergheen

Sarah Payne

Sarah is a project assistant on both the Primary Health Care and Safe Surgery/Safe Systems teams. In this role, she provides administrative and project support to both teams. She also acts as the primary scheduling contact for the PHC and SS/SS teams.  Before joining Ariadne, Sarah interned at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine working on… Continue reading Sarah Payne

Mackenzie Stratton

Mackenzie Stratton is the Social Media Specialist at Ariadne Labs. In this role, she collaborates across the organization to develop content for Ariadne’s channels and oversees social media strategy. She holds a BA in Music from Mount Holyoke College. Previously, she has worked in digital communications and design for campaigns, and she has worked in… Continue reading Mackenzie Stratton