Nadia Bell

Nadia Bell is a PhD student in Health Policy at Harvard University, specializing in methods for policy research. Nadia’s aims to improve evidence-based policy-making practices for social and behavioral health services. She is passionate about using rigorous research, lived experience, and empathy to build government systems that allow citizens to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

Nadia previously worked at Mathematica as a Statistical Analyst in the Health Policy Assessment division where she has contributed to numerous research and evaluation projects to inform local, state, and federal policy. Her work has been published in journals such as Health Affairs, Journal of Behavioral Health Services, Psychiatric Services and Survey Practice.  Nadia holds a BA in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley.