We’re delighted to welcome two new school members: Amy Killelea and Zeynep Çelik.
Amy Killelea, J.D. is an Assistant Analysis Professor at CHIR. Their analysis focuses on entry to reasonably priced, complete well being protection for folks with insulin-requiring diabetes, preventive companies and vaccine protection coverage, and prior authorization.
Amy has in depth expertise in public well being legislation and coverage. Amy started their profession offering authorized companies to folks residing with HIV who confronted entry challenges to healthcare, together with discrimination, affordability, and stigma. Since then, Amy has labored with federal, state, and native governments and community-based organizations to establish and implement systemic options to public well being and well being care entry challenges, together with insurance coverage protection rules, 340B insurance policies, and different drug pricing reforms to enhance entry to HIV and hepatitis drugs. Amy obtained their B.A. from Smith Faculty and J.D. from Georgetown College Regulation Middle.
Zeynep Çelik is a Analysis Fellow on the Middle on Well being Insurance coverage Reforms (CHIR) at Georgetown College’s McCourt College of Public Coverage. At CHIR, her analysis focuses on entry and affordability in diabetes care and medical debt protections.
Previous to becoming a member of CHIR, Zeynep labored as a marketing consultant at KPMG, supporting the Middle for Client Info and Insurance coverage Oversight (CCIIO) with information analytics associated to shock billing monitoring and issuer exercise in state and federal insurance coverage markets.
Zeynep obtained a Grasp of Worldwide Improvement Coverage from Georgetown College’s McCourt College of Public Coverage. She has additionally earned a B.A. in Economics and Arithmetic from Georgetown College.
