Neesha Joseph

Neesha Joseph is the Senior Program Lead for the Stanford Healthcare Innovation, Policy, and Engagement (HIPE) Lab at Stanford Health Policy. Since joining Stanford Health Policy, she has managed three NIH-funded research centers focused on areas including diabetes translational research and the demography and economics of healthy aging. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she served as Program Manager for the Stanford-CIDE Coronavirus Simulation Model (SC-Cosmo) Consortium, which collaborated with government decision-makers engaged in pandemic response planning. Most recently, her work has centered on research related to diabetes and cancer. She also spearheads HIPE Lab initiatives to advance innovation through the design of AI-enabled tools to support research planning, development, and operational efficiency.