Laura E. Henkhaus, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Data Science Institute at Vanderbilt University and in the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Her research focuses on two main themes: (1) examining health care access and measuring quality – especially for mental and behavioral health and (2) understanding impacts of childhood circumstances and interventions on health and economic well-being over the life cycle. Dr. Henkhaus completed her Ph.D. in Health Economics at the University of Southern California, where her research was funded by a dissertation grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. She holds a B.S. in Environmental Economics and Policy from the University of California Berkeley.

Edward (Ted) Fischer is the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University. He is also the founder of Maní+, an award-winning social enterprise in Guatemala that develops and produces locally sourced foods to fight malnutrition. Fischer is an adviser to the WHO-Europe and serves on the board of the Maya Education Foundation. His research focusses on issues of political economy, values, wellbeing, and development.

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Victor Wu, MD, serves as the Chief Medical Officer for the TN Division of TennCare, the state’s Medicaid Agency. At TennCare, Dr. Wu leads the medical office to ensure quality and cost-effective delivery of medical, pharmacy and dental services to its members. He also supports payment reform and practice transformation initiatives across the agency. Prior to joining TennCare, Victor worked at Evolent Health as Vice President for Clinical Transformation and Medicaid Strategies where he led provider groups and health systems to implement value-based population health redesign. 

In 2013, Victor served as a White House Fellow to the Secretary of Health and Human Services working on ACA implementation, delivery system reform, and addressing social and societal factors that impact health. Victor is a board-certified Internist who completed his Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency, Chief Medical Residency, and practiced as an attending physician at Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital. He still practices clinically as an internist in the Veteran’s Affairs Health System. He is originally from Tennessee and completed his undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University.