Policy Researcher; Professor, RAND School of Public Policy
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Andrada Tomoaia‑Cotisel is a policy researcher at RAND and a professor at the RAND School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on health system performance and improvement, including the use of mixed‑methods and simulation modeling approaches to examine feedback processes, causal relationships, and policy impacts over time in complex healthcare and health workforce systems.
She currently leads work on modeling the development of Learning Health Systems to support self‑assessment and strategic improvement, as well as state and national medical workforce projections for physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. Her broader work includes the areas of NICU quality improvement, primary care innovation, behavioral health integration, and out‑of‑hospital cardiac arrest, with a focus on service delivery, implementation, outcomes, and contextual drivers of variation. She earned her Ph.D. in health services research and policy from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Ph.D. in health services research & policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; M.P.H., University of Utah; M.H.A., University of Utah; B.A. in human biology, Stanford University
