Secretariat
Lisa Davis
Duke University
Lisa Pullen Davis serves as Project Leader and Director of Special Projects at the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute. She is a health behaviorist and received a PhD in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a MSPH from the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Pullen Davis has extensive community-based public health and research expertise in diabetes, pediatric obesity, minority health, qualitative methods, and training design and facilitation. She has been at Duke for 6 years and served as Senior Project Manager for the Durham Diabetes Coalition which was recognized as an international case study honoree by C3 Collaborating for Health based in the United Kingdom. She has trained multiple groups including health care professionals, community members, and students to use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Diabetes Today materials to develop diabetes coalitions in local communities across the United States. She is dedicated to working collaboratively to advance inter-institutional partnerships and implementing programs and initiatives to improve population health and employee well-being.
Anna Nicholson
Doxastic
Anna Nicholson (MA, MPhil, PhD) is the founder and lead writer of Doxastic, a science writing firm based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Her focus is writing and refining scientific communications at the intersection of global and public health research, delivery, and policy. She specializes in supporting clients seeking to disseminate advances in research, to translate knowledge into improved practice and better outcomes, and to shape health policy toward more equitable access to care. Graduate studies in linguistics and philosophy fostered her interest in communicating complex information tailored for diverse stakeholders, from academics to policymakers to people with lived experience.