Laurie Coots Daras

Laurie Coots Daras, PhD, currently serves as Vice President at Westat since January 2024, following a role as Director at Insight Policy Research from June 2020 to January 2024. Previously, Laurie held the position of Senior Health Services Researcher at RTI International from May 2008 to June 2020, focusing on Quality Measurement and Health Policy. Early career experience includes serving as a Senior Research Assistant/Programmer at Harvard Medical School and as Project Coordinator III at Dartmouth College's Psychiatric Research Center. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Health Policy from Brandeis University, a Master of Arts in Social Policy with a health concentration from The Heller School at Brandeis, a Master of Science in Evaluative Clinical Sciences from Dartmouth College, and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from Colgate University. Additionally, summer sessions were undertaken at Harvard School of Public Health.