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Kelly Brantley
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Practice Director
Kelly Brantley co-leads Avalere’s Policy practice, advising life sciences companies, health plans, patient organizations, and other partners on how to shape and navigate the dynamic health policy environment.
Recently, Kelly has overseen projects creating strategic roadmaps, policy position papers, and other materials to support clients’ policy advocacy work. These projects have helped clients evaluate the spectrum of policy options affecting key markets, analyze data assets to determine what efforts support their strategic objectives, and marshal those assets to strengthen their policy campaigns. Kelly’s team is also conducting detailed analyses of how the Inflation Reduction Act’s health policies will differentially impact disparate patient populations, generating business intelligence that clients can use both to advance health equity and to maximize strategic advantage in the marketplace.
Before joining Avalere, Kelly spent 5 years at Families USA in the Health Assistance Partnership to serve State Health Insurance Assistance Programs. Previously, she worked as a consultant for the ECRI Institute promoting quality healthcare and as a research assistant at the National Cancer Institute.
Kelly holds a Master of Public Health in health promotion and a graduate certificate in health policy from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services as well as a BS in biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.