Karen Donelan is the inaugural Stuart H. Altman Professor and Chair of US Health Policy at Brandeis University, a position she began in 2020. Dr. Donelan is a prominent survey scientist and health workforce researcher who has led hundreds of survey and evaluation projects locally, nationally and internationally to measure the experiences of patients, family and care partners, and health professionals in health care systems. Recognized for her skill in designing surveys to measure the experiences of diverse professional and patient/consumer populations, Dr. Donelan's current and recent national projects include the health workforce changes needed to improve hospital and primary care for older adults, assessments of care management programs, evaluation of innovations in payment for dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, understanding insurance coverage for cancer survivors, and a test of a virtual clinic to improve evidence-based care for people with Down Syndrome. She is interested in evaluating new forms of human and technology support for diverse populations trying to access and navigate health systems. Dr. Donelan's passion for inclusion in health workplaces and health services has led to research efforts to measure diversity culture from patient and workforce perspectives, assuring more robust inclusion of patients with disability, limited English proficiency and/or racial, ethnic, and gender minorities. Dr. Donelan is affiliated with the Mongan Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and has been a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and the TH Chan School of Public Health at Harvard where she was Managing Director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program. She also was previously a Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of a venture-financed company providing assistance to patients and families confronting complex and critical illnesses. She is an honorary fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a member of AcademyHealth and the Gerontological Society of America. She holds bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees from Harvard University.