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 Application Coordinator 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 Clinical Care program. Before joining the Better Evidence team, Becca worked for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in administration. She graduated from Indiana… 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

Steven Halstead

Steven is a Software Engineer on the Computer Science team under the Science and Technology Platform. He builds technology solutions for programs across the lab by developing and supporting web applications, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure. Prior to joining Ariadne Labs, Steven worked at Amazon Pharmacy, building HIPAA-compliant software for pharmacists, patients, and partners. His… Continue reading Steven Halstead

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 Payne is a Research & Project Coordinator on the Primary Health Care and Safe Surgery / Safe Systems teams at Ariadne Labs exploring innovative ways to enhance the delivery and performance of our health systems. Sarah supports a diverse set of portfolios across both teams ranging from global measurement of primary care to the… Continue reading Sarah Payne