Kezia Wafula is a data quality analyst whose work is driven by a passion for health care policy and transparency. Kezia is particularly skilled at working with public agency staff to optimize business solutions to quality issues. Kezia is also highly skilled in SQL and STATA. In addition to supporting clients in quality control, Kezia also has deep experience in working across states’ APCD systems to create a common data layout in pursuit of opportunities for cross-state learning.
Prior to joining HSRI, Kezia was a master’s student at the London School of Economics, where her work addressed politics of inequality in global health policy. Prior to that, Kezia worked on projects related to social determinants of health across countries at different income levels.
Kezia has volunteered at children’s homes in Kenya. When not at work, Kezia enjoys reading and visiting museums.
Creating channels which contribute to healthcare transparency and therefore patient autonomy through price transparency is a meaningful part of my job. Getting to delve and disentangle the complexities of US healthcare market and therefore making it easier for patients to make choices based on information they can understand and for policy makers to use evidence based off the data we process is key to creating more equitable health systems.
Kezia Wafula
Education
· Master of Science in global health policy from London School of Economics
· Bachelor of Science in biology and economics with a minor in public health