Stephanie Bultema, PhD, MA, serves as research principal investigator and Director of MERLIN: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning Innovations at the Public Health Institute’s Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL) and teaches Evidence-Based Decision Making in the Master of Public Administration program at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research and practice focus on systems change for improved population health, well-being, and equity. Before joining the PHIL team in 2020, Dr. Bultema worked as Senior Researcher in the Center on Network Science (2017-2020) and served as a public health professional from 2010-2017, most recently as Epidemiologist II in the Spokane Regional Health District’s Data Center. From 2015-2017, she served as president of the School Health Care Association of Spokane County and as board member for Communities in Schools of Spokane County. Dr. Bultema earned a PhD in Public Affairs from the University of Colorado Denver and an M.A. in Administrative Leadership from Whitworth University, with additional coursework completed through Washington State University's Master of Health Policy and Administration program.
