Kristina Diaz

At Northwestern University, I lead quality improvement across 77 Illinois hospitals, raising protocol adoption from 22.9% to 62.9% and patient education delivery from 52.5% to 88.8%. I also manage a multi-site randomized clinical trial in Nigeria, coordinating international processes, budgets, recruitment, data monitoring, and medication support that expands cancer treatment access.

I've built my work across clinical care, nursing education, research, implementation, and global health communications at Loyola Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Oxfam America, and the German Marshall Fund. I bring practical experience in stakeholder engagement, grant operations, training delivery, quality improvement, and translating complex health and policy priorities into actionable programs.