Nicole Fisher

Nicole Fisher is the Senior Policy Director at Health Systems Innovations (HSI) where she does health economic analyses mainly focusing on Medicare, Medicaid and health reform. She is also a current PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina in the Health Policy and Management Department. Previously, she worked on several North Carolina Senate and House campaigns and carried out health care research for the John Locke Foundation as a Health Policy Fellow.

Before pursuing her PhD in health policy, Nicole earned her Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri. Her health care and policy work at those institutions had an emphasis on underserved populations, women's and children's issues. She also presides on several Boards for health related nonprofit organizations in North Carolina and Illinois.