Dr. Allysha Maragh-Bass

Performance Strategist | PhD Scientist & Coach | Emory & Johns Hopkins

Studied at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Dr. Allysha's Offerings

Custom hourly · $60/hr

Get help with Anxiety Reduction, Burnout Prevention, and .

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Beat Burnout Without Sacrificing Success | Johns Hopkins & Harvard Coach-PhD

Aug 26 at 9:30 PM UTC

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Dr. Allysha’s Mental Health & Wellness Qualifications

Coaches professionally

Experience level: Director

I am a PhD-level behavioral scientist who bridges the gap between high-pressure ambition and sustainable professional output. I don't coach "wellbeing" in the traditional sense; I help you build the behavioral architecture that protects your career from burnout and decision fatigue. My approach is derived from years of clinical research and high-level training at Harvard Medical School and Emory. I work with professionals who need a rigorous, systematic, and data-driven approach to their own "human performance." How we translate this into concrete professional outcomes: The Operational Audit: We map your current workflow to pinpoint where "energy leaks" are occurring. You walk away with a restructured daily rhythm that prioritizes high-value output over reactive busywork. Burnout Risk-Mitigation: We move beyond vague feelings of stress. I provide you with a measurable, objective diagnostic framework to monitor your own burnout risk, allowing us to pivot your strategy before your performance suffers. Systems-Based Recovery: We design "recovery protocols"—precise, time-efficient, and habit-based—that allow you to sustain high intensity without requiring "time off" to recover. The Executive Infrastructure: We treat your health as an asset, not a chore. You will gain a clear, low-friction roadmap for managing your energy that fits into even the most demanding consulting or finance schedule. This is not therapy; it is a clinical-grade strategy for your life. The effectiveness of these systems is grounded in both science and my own life. I’ve utilized these same behavioral frameworks to achieve a 150lb weight loss and sustain it for over a decade, while helping dozens of clients optimize their physical health and professional endurance. My clients don't just "feel better"—they execute at a higher level with greater consistency, typically maintaining their new habits at a 80%+ rate after one year. If you are a high-achiever looking to treat your personal energy with the same rigor you apply to your professional work, let’s talk.

Dr. Allysha can help with:

Anxiety Reduction

Burnout Prevention

Communication Skills

Coping Strategies

Mindfulness

Personal Growth

Stress Management

Time Management

Work-Life Balance

Dr. Allysha also coaches for Leadership Coaching and Communication & Public Speaking. View all.

About Dr. Allysha

You're a high achiever on paper but running on empty underneath it. I get. I WAS this, in my early 20's. I was pre-hypertensive, and weighed almost 300 pounds. I have now kept 150+ pounds off for over a decade, but I didn't turn it around by white knuckling a restrictive plan. I changed things by putting wellness at the center of a career I refused to slow down. I didn't do it on vibes or 'woo' either - I am a board-certified wellness coach trained at Emory, a Johns Hopkins PhD-level behavioral scientist, and a former Harvard Medical School Fellow. Behavior change is my actual field and expertise and ironically that career ambition was what had me sacrificing my wellness! I learned quickly that it had to change. What I do with clients is taking honest stock of where your time and energy are going, and optimizing them to move forward. That shift is preventive for your overall wellbeing — the evidence on this is not ambiguous. So here's some of what we can build together: 1) A burnout early-warning system. Know your real risk of burning and stress management you can run on a bad week, not just a good one. 2) Nutrition, movement and self-care built as routines, not rules — so work-life balance stops being a word and starts being a calendar. 3) Boundaries and time management. What to protect, what to put down, and how to say so. 4) Your team: who you need around you, and how to advocate for yourself in the exam room. 5) A skillset for managing conflict with tools to de-escalate, collaborate, and establish ways to resolve challenges proactively at work and at home. Those two journeys (1) flourishing in my career and (2) losing weight in favor of a healthier lifestyle were interconnected for me and are for my clients too. The outcomes are clear too: more than 80% of my clients are still with me at twelve months. Together they have lost *hundreds* of pounds, reversed prediabetes and prehypertension, run thousands of miles, managed chronic conditions, and found real mindfulness. And the part they never expect — while doing it, they got promoted, got funded, and got in. Wellness is the input. Everything else is downstream.

Why do I coach?

In my early 20s I was prehypertensive and weighed almost 300 pounds. Ten years later I had lost more than half my body weight — and found my voice as a leader. Those two things were not a coincidence. They are the entire thesis of how I coach. The science behind it: I am a Johns Hopkins PhD behavioral scientist, Harvard Medical School–trained, and board-certified as a health and wellness coach through Emory. I have published 200+ peer-reviewed papers, abstracts, white papers, keynotes and podcasts, won $5M in grants and contracts, and managed portfolios four times that size across academia, healthcare, nonprofits, tech startups and global consulting. I have been faculty at Duke, UNC and George Washington, co-developed a behavioral health app, and advised on AI use in patient care. The practice: I coach high-achievers who are winning on paper and running on empty. This includes executives, founders, physicians and clinicians, researchers and academics, and professionals in the middle of a hard season whether early career or well-established.

Work Experience

Capacity-Building Consultant & Public Health Advisor

allies4outcomes

April 2026 - Present

Provide expertise as a Organizational Development expert, Public Health Scientist and board-certified Coach supporting North Carolina Department of Social Services initiatives and quality improvement programs.

Service Delivery Specialist

Crimson Education

February 2025 - Present

Provide expertise across three verticals related to academic advising, university admissions, GTM, and communications. Design and scale mentorship and professional-development programs for early-career talent; maintain a 5.0/5.0 performance rating across 100+ engagement hours with high pass KPIs.

Assistant Director, Center for AIDS Research

University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill

November 2023 - May 2025

Supported 10+ funding applications for early career investigators pursuing government grants. Led dozens of career networking and mentorship sessions focusing on skills in time management, systematic and scoping reviews, implementation science, and community-based participatory research.

Adjunct Full Professor and Career Coach

Duke University

April 2020 - October 2025

Served as faculty advisor for multiple service learning and practicum experiences for both undergraduate and graduate students. Designed a career coaching program for early career professionals, achieving 90+% return rate with 50 students and student outcomes including graduate school acceptance and global health research positions.

Senior Scientist & Leadership Advisor

FHI 360

January 2020 - May 2025

Hiring Manager

Served as a cross-sector liaison through joint appointments and collaborations with institutions including Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and University of California, San Francisco. Led a global learning and research portfolio across grants, IRB, publication, and strategic partnerships, securing $4M+ in funding while advising on pharmaceutical-sponsored clinical trials and cross-sector collaboration.

Director, Communications & Marketing

FHI 360

July 2016 - December 2019

Hiring Manager

Owned a $10-20M marketing research portfolio, with clients including federal contracts, PR firms, healthcare centers, and pharmaceutical companies. Delivered user insights to inform national health campaigns, and coached 20 direct and indirect reports, many of whom advanced into leadership roles. My work included leading human-centered design initiatives, facilitating 10+ stakeholder workshops, and scaling digital engagement strategies across multiple markets.

Adjunct Faculty

The George Washington University

January 2016 - April 2026

Reappointed after 8 previous years of service. Teach hundreds of public health professionals at all levels in program planning, monitoring and evaluation, and oral and written communication. Utilize multiple digital LMS/LXP and video platforms for promoting long-term student engagement and effective learning ecosystems. Supervise dozens of cohorts independently, consistently earning instructor ratings higher than schoolwide averages (cumulative average 4.7/5.0).

User Experience and Change Management Lead

Brigham and Women's Hospital

August 2014 - July 2016

Interviewer

During pre- and post-doctoral fellowship, co-led a $6M transformative change management initiative aimed at enhancing patient-centered care using the EHR across 4 healthcare centers which began during my previous role at Johns Hopkins. Designed and delivered training for over 60 healthcare professionals focused on LGBT health and organizational change readiness for technical and clinical guideline transformations.

Strategy Consultant & Analyst

Johns Hopkins Medicine

December 2010 - December 2015

Interviewer

Provided strategy consulting to advance operational effectiveness and change readiness across public health and housing sectors. This included launching long-term programs like a self-monitoring medication system still in use today. Conducted behavioral science research operations for 2 multisite studies at a federally-funded center developing training in motivational interviewing, and multi-level modeling. Responsible for federal regulations governing clinical research and associated compliance requirements.

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