Help Desk Founders
Sahil Sandhu
Program Co-Founder
Program II (B.S.) '20
Lillian Blanchard
Program Co-Founder
Psychology (B.S.) '19
Jackie Xu
Program Co-Founder
Public Policy (B.A.) '19
Veronica Sotelo Muñoz
Program Co-Founder
Master's in Public Policy
Team Leaders
Susan Spratt
Faculty Advisor
Associate Professor of Medicine
John Purakal
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Janet Prvu Bettger
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Carolyn Crowder
Director of Behavioral Health, Lincoln Community Health Center
Howard Eisenson
Former Chief Medical Officer, Lincoln Community Health Center
Connor Drake
School of Medicine - Duke Personalized Health Care
Carolyn Sears Avery
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor in Medicine
Kristin Ito
Chief Medical Officer, Lincoln Community Health Center
Student Leadership
Austin Brown
Program Coordinator
Psychology (B.S.) '26
Ariana Vaida
Program Coordinator
Biology (B.S) '26
Sai Kurup
Program Coordinator
Biology (B.S.) '27
Anthony Zhou
LCHC Site Coordinator
Biology (B.S) '26
Harrison Pratt
LCHC Site Coordinator
Biology (B.S.) '27
Anika Mohan
Endocrine Site Coordinator
Biomedical Engineering (B.S.) '28
Zishen Li
ED Site Coordinator
Biology (B.S.) '27
Ayush Khanna
Communications Director
Health Policy & Management (B.S.) '27
Achintya Inumarty
Recruitment and Training Chair
Biology (B.S.) '26
Neil Nimmagadda
Recruitment and Training Chair
Neuroscience (B.S.) '27
Lindsey Nguegang
Programming Chair
Biology (B.S.) '28
Avari Wang
Programming Chair
Statistical Science (B.S.) '27
Daliya Rizvi
Health Policy Specialist
Program II '27
Govind Gurani
Treasurer
Evolutionary Anthropology (B.S.) '27
Hannah Auddino
Community Alignment Specialist
Neuroscience (B.S.) '26
Hart Young
Patient Advocacy Director
Biology (B.S.) '27
Rosie Smolowitz
Patient Advocacy Director
Psychology (B.S.) and Global Health (B.A.) '28
Aksel Bell
ED Data Manager
Computer Science (B.S.) '26
Pascal Bell
ED Data Manager
Computer Science (B.S) & Statistical Science (B.A.) '26
Former Program Coordinators
Amitesh Verma
Program Coordinator
Neuroscience (B.S) '25
Advika Kumar
Program Coordinator
Biology (B.S.) & Global Health (B.A.) '24
Grace Lee
Program Coordinator
Neuroscience (B.S.) '23
Matthew Yuan
Program Coordinator
Neuroscience (B.S.) '24
Natalie Rincon
Program Coordinator
Neuroscience (B.S.) '22
Katherine Kutzer
Program Coordinator
Biology (B.S.) '21
Ayra Charania
Program Coordinator
Biology (B.S.) & Global Health (B.A.) '24
Gene Moon
Program Coordinator
Neuroscience (B.S.) '22
Diwas Gautam
Program Coordinator
Neuroscience (B.S.) '21
Advisors
LESLIE PARKINS
Assistant Vice President, Director for Civic Engagement
REBECCA WHITAKER
Managing Associate, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Former Advisors
Cynthia Broderius
Former Assistant Director of Office of Health Professions Advising
Jen’nan Ghazal Read
Professor of Sociology and Global Health
Laura Smart Richman
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences
Gillian Sanders Schmidler
Professor of Population Health Sciences and Deputy Director of Margolis-Center for Health Policy
Taruni Santanam
Associate in Research, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Mitchell Tod Heflin
Professor of Medicine, Director of Center for Interprofessional Education and Care
Help Desk Alumni
Erika Dennis
Meril Poten
Tyler Lian
Larissa Rodriguez Homs
Samantha Garza
Adolfo Acampo
Julia Thielhelm
Elizabeth gu
ELMIRA HEZKARKHANI
LYDIA SMELTZ
JOSEE LI
EILEEN WEN
HANNAH SHUFFER
DANA OTERA
SEAYOUNG LEE
MALIK SCOTT
SHAE NICOLAISEN
JAMES ZHENG
MOHANAPRIYA CUMARAN
HARIPRIYA DUKKIPATI
ALEJANDRA MELLA
AMBER BROOKS
Spandan goel
Adrian CAiazzo
Rebecca liu
Taylor Parker
EuGENE CHO
ASHLEY AlCANTAR Magana
SRISHTI KUMARI
SAISHA DHAR
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