Theme Reviewers
Behavioral Health
Frances Lynch, Ph.D., M.S.P.H. (Chair)
Senior Investigator, Center for Health Research
Kaiser Permanente
Ana Maria Brannan, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, Center for
Evaluation and Program
Vanderbilt University
Nancy Hanrahan, Ph.D., R.N.
Assistant Professor, Center for Health
Outcomes & Policy Research
University of Pennsylvania
Astrid Guttmann, M.D., M.Sc.
Scientist
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Comparative Effectiveness Research
Sally Stearns, Ph.D. (Chair)
Professor, Health Policy and Management
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Wade Aubry, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Philip
R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
Enid Hunkeler, M.A.
Senior Investigator, Division of Research
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Anirban Basu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Section of General Internal
Medicine, Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
Tami Mark, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Director, Analytic Strategies, Outcomes
Research
Thomson Reuters
Daniel Polsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, General
Internal Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Child Health
Jean Slutsky, P.A., M.S.P.H.
Director, Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Alyna Chien, M.D., M.S. (Chair)
Instructor, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital Boston
Consumer Engagement, Choices, and
Decision-Making
Christina Bethell, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent
Health Measurement Initiative
Oregon Health and Science University
Kristin Carman, Ph.D. (Chair)
Principal Research Scientist, Health Division
American Institutes for Research
Claire Brindis, Dr.P.H.
Professor of Pediatrics and Public Policy,
Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
Brian Elbel, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health
Policy, School of Medicine
New York University
Paul Chung, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of
California, Los Angeles
Director, RAND Center for Adolescent Health
Promotion
Judith Hibbard, Dr.P.H.
Professor, Planning, Public Policy and
Management
University of Oregon
Kevin Dombkowski, Dr.P.H., M.S.
Research Assistant Professor, Division of
General Pediatrics
University of Michigan
Lauren McCormack, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Director, Health Communication Program
Department of Health Social and Economics
Research
RTI International
Jill Yegian, Ph.D.
Director, Research and Evaluation
California HealthCare Foundation
Paul Hebert, Ph.D.
Investigator, Health Services Research and
Development
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Coverage and Access
Jon Gabel, M.A., A.B. (Chair)
Senior Fellow, Health Care
National Opinion Research Center
David Auerbach, Ph.D.
Principal Analyst, Health and Human Resources
Congressional Budget Office
Jessica Banthin, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Modeling and Simulation
Center for Financing Access and Cost Trends
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Sara Collins, Ph.D.
Vice President, Affordable Health Insurance
The Commonwealth Fund
Peter Cunningham, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Center for Studying Health System Change
Lisa Dubay, Ph.D., Sc.M.
Associate Professor, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health
Ken Jacobs
Chair, Center for Labor Research & Education
University of California, Berkeley
Disparities
Ninez Ponce, Ph.D., M.P.P. (Chair)
Associate Professor, Health Services
University of California, Los Angeles
Nancy Breen, Ph.D.
Economist, Health Services and Economics
Branch
National Cancer Institute
Janet Cummings, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Health
Policy and Management
Rollins School of Public Health Emory University
Lisa Gary, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Health Care Organization
and Policy
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Tracy Hilliard, M.P.H.
Doctoral Student, Department of Health
Services
University of Washington
Thomas Sequist, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Division of General
Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Gender and Health
Susan Wood (Chair)
Research Professor, Department of Health
Policy
George Washington University
Don Allensworth-Davies, M.Sc.
Research Manager, Data Coordinating Center
Boston University, School of Public Health
Bevanne Bean-Mayberry, M.D., M.H.S.
Faculty Physician, General Medicine
VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center
Kristen Kjerulff, Ph.D.
Professor, Public Health Sciences
Penn State College of Medicine
Nicole Quon, Ph.D., B.S.
Manager, Health Economics and Outcomes
Research
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Emily Shortridge, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.P.P.
Research Scientist, Health Policy and
Evaluation
NORC at the University of Chicago
Global Health
Timothy Doran (Chair)
Clinical Research Fellow, National Primary Care
Research and Development Center
University of Manchester
Eduardo Gomez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy
and Administration
Rutgers University at Camden
David Grayson, FRACS
Otolaryngologist/CMO, NZ Harkness Associate
Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Thomas Novotny, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Associate Director for Global and
Border Health
Graduate School of Public Health
San Diego State University
Allison Squires, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
New York University
Health Care Workforce
Michael Furukawa, Ph.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor, School of Health
Management and Policy
Arizona State University
John Hsu, M.D., M.S.C.E., M.B.A.
Mongan Institute for Health Policy,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard
Medical School
Lucy Savitz, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Senior Scientist, Institute for HealthCare
Delivery Research
Intermountain Healthcare
Joanne Spetz, Ph.D., M.A.
Associate Professor, Community Health
Systems
Associate Director, Center for California Health
Workforce Studies
University of California, San Francisco
Insurance, Markets and Competition
Robyn Cheung, Ph.D., M.S.N.
Assistant Research Faculty, Center for Health
Outcomes and Policy Research
University of Pennsylvania
Adam Atherly, Ph.D., M.A.
Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public
Health
Colorado School of Public Health
Richard Cooper, M.D.
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Guy David, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Health Care Systems
Wharton School
Erin Fraher, M.P.P., Ph.D.
Director, North Carolina Health Professions Data
Systems
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Scott Shipman, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Center for
Health Policy Research
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and
Clinical Practice
Ying Xue, D.S.N., M.S.N.
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
University of Rochester
Stephen Parente, Ph.D., M.P.H. (Chair)
Associate Professor of Finance, Carlson School
of Management
University of Minnesota
Marisa Elena Domino, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Health
Policy and Administration
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Bradley Herring, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and
Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health
Anthony Lo Sasso, Ph.D.
Professor, Health Policy and Administration
University of Illinois at Chicago
Health Information Technology
Long-Term Care
Jeffrey McCullough, Ph.D. (Chair)
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and
Management
Regents of the University of Minnesota
Kathryn H. Bowles, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor, Adult Health and Illness
University of Pennsylvania
R. Tamara Konetzka, Ph.D., M.S. (Chair)
Assistant Professor, Department of Health
Studies
University of Chicago
Vincent Mor, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Community Health
Professor of Medical Science
Brown University School of Medicine
Dana Mukamel, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine, Senior
Fellow, Health Policy Research Institute
University of California, Irvine
Aaron McKethan, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, Engelberg Center
for Health Care Reform
Brookings Institute
Lisa Shugarman, Ph.D.
Director of Policy
The SCAN Foundation
Renee Mentnech, M.S., B.S.N.
Director, Office of Research, Development, and
Information
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
David Stevenson, Ph.D., Sc.M.
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Care
Policy
Harvard Medical School
Courtney Van Houtven, M.Sc.,Ph.D.
Health Economist/Assistant Professor
VA and Duke Medical Center
Medicaid, CHIP and State Health Reform
Sharon Long, Ph.D. (Chair)
Senior Fellow, Health Policy
Urban Institute
Lynn Blewett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Health Policy and
Management
Director, State Health Access Data Assistance
Center
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health
Leighton Ku, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Department of Health Policy
George Washington University
Ellen Meara, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
Chris Peterson, M.P.P.
Specialist In Health Care Financing,
Congressional Research Service
Bruce Steinwald
Consultant
Jeffrey Stensland, Ph.D.
Principal Policy Analyst
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Organizational Performance and
Management
Sara Singer, Ph.D., M.B.A. (Chair)
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and
Management
Harvard School of Public Health
Jeffrey Alexander, Ph.D.
Professor, Health Management and Policy
University of Michigan
Thomas D'Aunno, Ph.D.
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Columbia University, School of Public Health
Kelly Devers, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Health Policy Center
Urban Institute
Christopher Friese, R.N., M.S.
Assistant Research Scientist, Division of Nursing
Business and Health Systems
University of Michigan
Anya Rader Wallack, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Heller School
Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute
Andrew Garman, Psy.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Health
Systems Management
Rush University
Medicare
Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Illness
Stuart Guterman, M.A. (Chair)
Director, Program on Payment System Reform
The Commonwealth Fund
Anthony Lo Sasso, Ph.D. (Chair)
Professor, Health Policy and Administration
University of Illinois at Chicago
Laura Dummit, M.S.P.H.
Prinicipal Policy Analyst
National Health Policy Forum
Michael Davern, Ph.D.
Vice President, Director of Public Health
NORC at the University of Chicago
Richard Lindrooth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Colorado School of Public
Health
University of Colorado at Denver
John McConnell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
Michael O'Grady, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
National Opinion Research Center
Robin Newhouse, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, Doctor
of Nursing Practice Program
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Susan Reinhard, Ph.D., R.N., FA.A.N.
Senior Vice President, Public Policy Institute
AARP
Quality and Efficiency: Measurement
Public Health
Paul Shekelle, M.D., Ph.D. (Chair)
Physician
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Peter Jacobson, J.D., M.P.H. (Chair)
Professor of Health Law and Policy
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Sally Kraft, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Director, Care and Quality Innovations
University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation
Glen Mays, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Health
Policy and Management
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Jeffrey Wasserman
RAND Child Policy Project
Douglas Wholey, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Professor, School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Stanford University
Sydney Morss Dy, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and
Management
Johns Hopkins University
Esther Emard, R.N., M.S.
Chief Operating Officer
National Committee for Quality Assurance
Marybeth Farquhar, M.S.N., R.N.
Senior Advisor, Quality Indicators Inititive,
CDOM
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Quality and Efficiency: Improving Processes
of Care
Peter Hussey, Ph.D.
Policy Researcher
RAND
David Dorr, M.D., M.S. (Chair)
Assistant Professor, Medical Informatics and
Clinical Epidemiology
Oregon Health and Science University
Ellen Kurtzman, M.P.H., B.S.N.
Assistant Research Professor, Department of
Nursing Education
The George Washington University
Anne-Marie Audet, M.D., M.Sc., S.M.
Vice President, Quality Improvement and
Efficiency
The Commonwealth Fund
Quality and Efficiency: Policies and
Incentives
Eric Holmboe, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Quality Research and
Academic Affairs
American Board of Internal Medicine
Ann Kutney Lee, Ph.D., R.N.
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Center for
Health Outcomes and Policy Research
University of Pennsylvania
R. Adams Dudley, M.D., M.B.A. (Chair)
Professor of Medicine and Health Policy,
Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
Laurence Baker, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Research and
Policy
Stanford University School of Medicine
Chien-wen Tseng, M.D., M.P.H.
Physician Investigator, Department of Family
Medicine
Pacific Health Research Institute
Kevin Volpp, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center For Health Incentives
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
LeChauncy Woodard, M.D., M.P.H.
Investigator, Health Policy and Quality Program,
Department of Veterans Affairs, Houston
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College
of Medicine