Staff

Sarah Findeisen

Sarah Findeisen is a Research Assistant in the Home Hospital Program. In this role she supports the Rural Home Hospital and the Home Hospital Early Adopters Accelerator projects through research and implementation. Previously, Sarah coordinated research on clinical trials and surveys with burn patients. She holds a BA from Boston College in Applied Psychology and… Continue reading Sarah Findeisen

Aubrey Samost-Williams

Aubrey Samost-Williams, MD, MS is an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Safe Surgery/Safe Systems Fellow at Ariadne Labs. Her research at Ariadne primarily involves designing and implementing interventions to promote teamwork and communication in the perioperative space on projects using video-based simulations, educational interventions, and communication-focused checklist designs. She received her BS in… Continue reading Aubrey Samost-Williams

Sara Pellegrom

Sara Pellegrom, MPH, is the Senior Project Manager for the Better Evidence program at Ariadne Labs. In her role, she supports a portfolio of projects that help the current and future health workforce integrate the latest evidence into their decision making to improve health outcomes. Previously, Sara worked at the Torchlight Collective, where she advised donors… Continue reading Sara Pellegrom

Adam Lindsley

Adam Lindsley, MPH, is a Senior Project Manager at Ariadne Labs where he supports a portfolio of globally-focused research and implementation projects across the Primary Health Care and BetterBirth Teams. In this role, he manages Ariadne’s portfolio of activities across USAID’s MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator project which includes Primary Impact and MAKLab. Adam also worked at… Continue reading Adam Lindsley

Misha Severson

Misha Severson is a Registered Nurse and Clinical Implementation Specialist with the Delivery Decisions Initiative, primarily supporting the implementation of TeamBirth across the United States. For 20 years Misha worked as an obstetrical nurse in various inpatient locations across the country and was an inpatient obstetric nurse manager for three years before joining DDI, actively… Continue reading Misha Severson

Lynn El Chaer

Lynn El Chaer is a research assistant on the Delivery Decisions Initiative team at Ariadne Labs. In this role,  Lynn supports the research and data for TeamBirth in Oklahoma and Massachusetts, and the design of TeamBrith extensions in prenatal care and the NICU. Previously, Lynn has supported research, quality improvement, and product development for a… Continue reading Lynn El Chaer

Tyler Fox

Tyler Fox is a Project Assistant on the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) team. In this role, he primarily supports the TeamBirth project and Dr. Amber Weiseth, the Director of DDI. Before Ariadne Labs, Tyler worked as the Program Coordinator at the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator (GHELI) at Harvard University. In this role, he… Continue reading Tyler Fox

Yara Altaher

Yara Altaher is a Research Coordinator on the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) program team, where she provides support to the TeamBirth and Nurse Impact projects. She contributes to ongoing solution and design, as well as oversees research on TeamBirth. As part of Nurse Impact, Yara primarily works on qualitative research including conducting interviews and performing… Continue reading Yara Altaher

Lindsey Renner

Lindsey Renner is a Research Assistant on the Delivery Decisions Initiative at Ariadne Labs, where she works on TeamBirth, providing project management and research support, and designing implementation materials and graphics. Prior to her work at Ariadne Labs, Lindsey served as a Resource Specialist at Home Base – a National Center of Excellence that delivers… Continue reading Lindsey Renner

Jonathan Wolinsky

Jonathan Wolinsky, MPP is the Assistant Director of Project Management for the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) where he oversees project management, planning, and finance, for the team. Jonathan works across the portfolio of DDI projects to support the teams work from project design to funding requests to contracting and deliverable submission. Prior to joining Ariadne… Continue reading Jonathan Wolinsky