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https://www.med.unc.edu/surgery/wp-content/uploads/sites/854/2025/07/chris-agala-683x1024.png6831024Chris has substantial experience with health services research. Chris received his undergraduate degree in finance from Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya in 2004. From 2008 to 2012, he served as the Africa Regional Coordinator for the Center for Health Policy and Inequities Research at the Duke Global Health Institute in Moshi, Tanzania. He then obtained … Read more