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The following individuals attended the 11th Annual HMO Research Network Conference in Santa
Fe, New Mexico, April 4–6, 2005.
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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z A - Erin J. Aiello, MPH
Research Associate, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Gwen L. Alexander, MPH, PhD
Behavioral Scientist, Henry Ford Health Systems, Josephine Ford Cancer Center - Fabio A. Almeida
Research Associate/Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Louise H. Anderson, MS
Research Fellow, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Gary C. Ansell, BS
Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - Pamela S. Anstine, MA
Associate - Director - Operations, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Dawna Armistead
Project Coordinator, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Garth T. Arnold, BA
Information Systems Supervisor, Infrastructure, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies
Top B - Don J. Bachman, MS
Senior Research Analyst, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - Rachel Ballard-Barbash, MD
Associate Director, ARP, National Cancer Institute - Kara Zivin Bambauer, PhD
Fellow/Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Paul H. Barrett, MD, MSPH
CPMG Director of Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Elizabeth A. Bayliss, MD, MSPH
Clinician Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Sally Beaton, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Arne L. Beck, PhD
Director of Research, Clinical Research Unit, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Norm Becker
President & CEO, Lovelace Sandia Health System - Luke Beno, MD
Kaiser Permanente - Georgia - Cynthia J. Berg, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control - Joseph Bertulfo, MPH, ARNP
Centers for Disease Control - Kimberly J. Bischoff, MSHA
Supervisor/Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Mike Bodily, MBA
Systems Architect Lead, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Kari J. Bohlke, ScD
Research Associate, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Denise Boudreau, PhD
Research Associate, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Linda Bradley, PhD
Geneticist, Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention/Centers for Disease Control - David Brand, MSPH
Senior Research Coordinator, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Clinical Research Unit - Martin L. Brown, PhD
Chief, Health Services and Economics Branch, National Cancer Institute - Carol Bruce
Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control - Diana S.M. Buist, PhD, MPH
Scientific Investigator, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Amy L. Butani
CRN Site Data Manager, HealthPartners Research Foundation
Top C - Emily M. Cain, MPH
Director - Research Support Data Center, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Cynthia I. Campbell, PhD, MPH
Postdoc Fellow, UCSF/Kaiser Permanente DOR N. California - David S. Carrell, PhD
Analyst/Programmer, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Shelley Carter, RN, MPH, MCRP
Senior Clinical Research Associate, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Deborah E. Casso, MPH
Manager, Research Operations, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - K. Arnold Chan, MD, ScD
Associate Professor, Harvard School of Public Health - Dan Cherkin
Associate Director, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Felicia Chi, MPH
Senior Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Northern California-Division of Research - Sarah L. Claud, MPH
Epidemiologist, Henry Ford Health Systems, Josephine Ford Cancer Center - Steven B. Clauser, PhD
Acting Chief, Outcomes Research Branch, National Cancer Institute - Carolyn Cocotas, RT, MPA
Manager, Research Business Operations & Planning, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Clinical Research Unit - Douglas A. Conner, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Clinical Research Unit - C. Christie Cummings, RN, MA
Research Manager, Scott & White Health System
Top D - Margie Day
Coordinator Special Projects, Henry Ford Health Systems - Stephen F. Derose
Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Molla Donaldson, PhD
Senior Scientist for Quality of Care Research, National Cancer Institute - Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Meyers Primary Care Institute/University of Massachusetts - Linda Dunbar, MS, RN
Vice President, Care Management, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC - Mary Durham, PhD
Vice President/Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Director of Center for Health Research North West and Hawaii, Kaiser Permanente , North West
Top E - Jack Ebeler
President and CEO, Alliance of Community Health Plans - Jennifer L. Ellis, MSPH
Research Associate/Statistical Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Jennifer Elston Lafata, PhD
Director, Henry Ford Health Systems - Kathy England
Executive Assistant, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Paul Estabrooks, PhD
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Top F - Paul F. Faculjak, MA, PT
Senior Research Associate, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Peter Fagan, PhD
Director of Research & Clinical Outcome, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC - David H. Feeny
Visiting Scientist, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - Terry S. Field, DSc
Associate Director, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Diane Fields, MA
Project Manager, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Larry E. Fine, MD, DRPH
Clinical Prevention and Translation SRG Leader, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Bruce Fireman
Biostatistician, Kaiser Permanente Northern California-Division of Research - Paul Fishman, PhD
Scientific Investigator, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Suzanne W. Fletcher, MD, MS
Professor, HPHC and HMS - Irene Fraser, PhD
Director, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Vicki Fung
Consulting Data Analyst, Kaiser Permanente No. Calif.- Division of Research
Top G - Bridget Gaglio, MPH
Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Ann M. Geiger, PhD
Group Leader, Cancer Research, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Lisa Gittner, MSc
Director of Research Development, Compliance and Operations, Kaiser Permanente Ohio - Russ Glasgow, PhD
Senior Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Heather Taffet Gold, PhD
Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Public Health - Michael J. Goodman, PhD
Senior Research Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Wyatt A. Gotbetter
Director of Private Payer Relations, Boston Scientific - Ilana P. Graetz, BA
Research Assistant, Kaiser Permanente No. Calif.- Division of Research - Beverly B. Green, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Department of Preventive Medicine, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Carla A. Green, PhD, MPH
Research Associate Professor, Oregon Health & Science University, Affiliate Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research - Sarah M. Greene, MPH
Research Associate, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - David C. Grossman, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Preventive Care & Senior Investigator, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Maggie Gunter, PhD
President and Executive Director, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD
Executive Director, Meyers Primary Care Institute
Top H - David A. Haggstrom, MD, MAS
Cancer Prevention Fellow, National Cancer Institute - Reina Hague, PhD
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Bob G. Harmon, MD, MPH
Director and Chief Medical Officer, Center for Health Care Policy & Evaluation, United Health Care - Leslie R. Harrold, MD, MPH
Research Associate, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Gene Hart
CRN Site Data Manager, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Cindy L. Hartsfield, PhD
Clinical Research Pharmacist, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Brian L. Hazlehurst, PhD
Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - W. David Helms
President & CEO, AcademyHealth - Sharon M. Hensley Alford, MPH
Epidemiologist, Henry Ford Health Systems, Josephine Ford Cancer Center - Deirdre A. Hill, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, Division of Epidemiology - Josephine Hinchman, MPH
Kaiser Permanente - Georgia - Jack F. Hollis, PhD
Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - Mark C. Hornbrook, PhD
Chief Scientist, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - John Hsu, MD
Physician Scientist, Kaiser Permanente No. Calif.- Division of Research - Jie Huang
Senior Data Consulting Analyst, Kaiser Permanente No. Calif.- Division of Research
Top I - Virginia H. Immanuel, MPH
Manager Information Technology, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - George Isham, MD, MS
Medical Director and Chief Health Officer, HealthPartners Research Foundation
Top J - Jody Jackson
Research Project Manager, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Tom Janisse, MD
Assistant Regional Medical Director, North West Kaiser Permanente - Joanna Jiana, PhD
Social Scientist, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Christine C. Johnson, PhD, MPH
Senior Research Epidemiologist, Henry Ford Health Systems - Karin Johnson
Research Project Manager, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies
Top K - Jane Karwoski, MSW
Orise Fellow, National Center on Birth Defects, Duchenne MD, Centers for Disease Control - Mary Ellen Keough, MPH
Director of Educational Programs, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Diane K. King, MS, OTR
Senior Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Eli J. Korner, PharmD, MPH
Clinical Research Pharmacist, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Thomas E. Kottke, MD
Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Rick Krajenta
Programmer, Henry Ford Health Systems - Larry Kuo, MD
Chief Quality Officer, Lovelace Sandia Health System
Top L - Pierre-Andre La Chance
Director, Information Technology, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - Michelle Lackey, MPH
Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention/Division of Cancer Research and Control - Kimberly Lane, MPH
HMO Cert Project Manager, Data Center Channing Lab - Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH
Director, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Rebecca Lobb, MPH
Project Manager, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - John Lucas, MD
Health Care Consultant, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Eva Lydick, PhD
Lovelace Clinic Foundation
Top M - Sarah D. Madrid, MA
Contracts & Grants Administrator, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - David Magid, MD, MPH
Assistant Director of Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Clinical Research Unit - Meg Mandelson, PhD
Associate Investigator, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Douglas W. Mapel, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Stephen E. Marcus, PhD
Epidemiologist, Tobacco Control Research Branch, 8RP, Decps, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health - E. Mary Martini
Senior Consultant Performance Measurement, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Kathy Mazor, EdD
Senior Research Associate, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Maribet C. McCarty, PhD, RN
Research Associate, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Jennifer McClure, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Wendy E. McLaughlin, MSW,MPA
Program Analyst, National Cancer Institute - Richard T. Meenan, PhD, MPH
Assistant Program Director, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - Toby Merlin, MD
Director, Public-Private Partnerships, Centers for Disease Control - Jennifer Mertens, MA
Research Analyst, Kaiser Permanente No. Calif.- Division of Research - Crystal L. Meyer, MPH
Project Coordinator, Henry Ford Health Systems, Institute on Multicultural Health - Tricia A. Meyer, PharmD, MS
Director, Scott & White Health System - Beth A. Molitor, BS
Programmer Analyst, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Judy M. Mouchawar, MD, MSPH
Physician Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Top N - Andrew F. Nelson, MPH
Executive Director, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Candace C. Nelson, MA
Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Leila S. Nelson, PhD
Senior Research associate/Statistician, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - David Nerenz, PhD
Research Scientist, Henry Ford Health Systems - Katherine M. Newton, PhD
Associate Investigator, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Emmanuel Ntekop, MBBS, MPH
Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente - Georgia - Elizabeth W. Nugent, MSPH
Supervisor - Health Services Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Top O - Patrick J. O'Conner, MD, MPH
Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation
Top P - Ted E. Palen, PhD, MD, MSPH
Clinical Research, Kaiser Permanente of Colorado - Andrea R. Paolino, MA
Senior Research Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente of Colorado - Roy E. Pardee, JD, MA
Programmer, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Harold Pearl, PhD
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Parker T. Pettus, MS
Data Manager, CERT Data Center - Manel Pladevall, MD, PhD
Research Scientist, Henry Ford Health Systems - Michelle L. Platt, BA
Research Assistant, Channing Laboratory / DACP - Michael R. Polen, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - Caroline Popper, MD
VP, Commercial Development, Breast Cancer, Exagen Diagnostics, Inc. - Chris Porcher
CPI Manager, Lovelace Health Plan - Maggie Price, MA
Senior Consulting Data Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Northern California-Division of Research - Ben Prince
Administrator, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Nico P. Pronk, PhD
Vice President, HealthPartners Research Foundation
Top Q - Virginia P. Quinn, PhD
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Top R - Marsha Raebel, PharmD
Pharmacotherapy Research Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Clinical Research Unit - M. Hasan Rajab, PhD, MPH
Scott & White HealthCare System - James Ralston, MD, MPH
Assistant Investigator, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Rick Ralston, MD
CEO, Lovelace Sandia Medical Group - Kate Rardin
Manager, Development and Planning, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Mary Reed, MPH
Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente No. Calif.- Division of Research - Robert J. Reid, MD, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Kathryn Richert-Boe, MD, MPH
Oncologist, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - Debra P. Ritzwoller, PhD
Economist, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Clinical Research Unit - Scott Robinson, MA, MPH
Research Associate, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Douglas Roblin, PhD
Kaiser Permanente - Georgia - Cheri Rolnick, PhD, MPH
Associate Director of Research, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Dennis Ross-Degnan, ScD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim - Donna Rusinak
Project Manager (HIT2), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Top S - Angela Salazar
Public Health Analyst, Centers for Disease Control National Immunization Program - April L. Salisbury, MBA
Director of Medical Education, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Chester Schmidt, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC - Delia Scholes, PhD
Investigator III, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Lonni R. Schultz, PhD
Senior Research Biostatistician, Henry Ford Health Systems - Ginny D. Scobba, MLS, MA
Research Librarian, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH
Director, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California - Deborah Shatin, PhD
Senior Research Director, Center for Health Care Policy & Evaluation, United Health Care - Susan M. Shetterly, MS
Research Associate/Analyst, Kaiser Permanente of Colorado - Jo Ann Shoup
Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Linda H. Shultz, MPH
Research Project Manager, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Rebecca A. Silliman, MD, PhD
Chief, Geriatrics Section, Boston University, Medical Center - Janine Simpkins, MA
Project Coordinator, Henry Ford Health Systems - Dean F. Sittig, PhD
Director, Applied Research in Medical Inter, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research - Sabina Smith, CCRP
Senior Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - Tracy Smith
CIO, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Renate Smith-Ray, MA
Research Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Leif I. Solberg, MD
Assistant Director for Care Improvement Research, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Carol P. Somkin, PhD
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente No. Calif.- Division of Research - Sergey V. Sotnikov, PhD
Economist, Senior Service Fellow, Centers for Disease Control - Colin Sox
DACP & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Thomas R. Spafford, MS
Clinical Research Program Manager, M-Care, University of Michigan Health System - John Spiegel
Manager, Grants & Contracts, Alliance of Community Health Plans - Azadeh Stark, PhD, MS
Senior Epidemiologist, Henry Ford Health Systems - Stacy Sterling, MSW, MPH
Kaiser Permanente Northern California-Division of Research - Victor J. Stevens, PhD
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research - Chris Stilla, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Melanie Stopponi, MPA, CHES
Research Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Daniel Strickland, PhD, MSPH
Interim Director. Research & Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Sue Hee Sung, MPH
Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California - Elizabeth Sutherland
North West Kaiser Permanente - Martha Sylvia, RN, MSN, MBA
Data Analyst, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC
Top T - Rene J. Talenti
Project Manager, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Steven H. Taplin, MD, MPH
Senior Scientist, National Cancer Institute - Kathy Tietje, PhD
Clinical Research Manager, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Dennis Tolsma, MPH
Senior Scientist, Kaiser Permanente - Georgia - Ellen A. Trencher, BA
Research Director, Fallon Clinic, Inc. - Kaan Tunceli, PhD
Research Scientist, Henry Ford Health Systems - Sean R. Tunis, MD, MSc
Chief Medical Office, CMS, Director, OCSQ, Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services - Waneta C. Tuttle, PhD, MBA
CEO, Exagen Diagnostics, Inc.
Top U - Aileen R. Uchida, MPH
Research Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Hawaii - Connie Uratsu
Programmer / Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Northern California-Division of Research
Top V - Daniel C. Vogt, MBA
Senior Financial Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Tom Vogt, MD, MPH
Program Director, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Hawaii - Ann Von Worley, RN, CCRP
Clinical Research Associate, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Nancy H. Vuckovic, PhD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research
Top W - Ed Wagner, MD, MPH
Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Feifei Wei, PhD
HealthPartners Research Foundation - Karen E. Wells, BA
Senior Programmer Analyst, Henry Ford Health Systems - Bob White, MD, MPH
Medical Director New Mexico Health Information Collaborative, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Robin R. Whitebird, PhD
Research Associate, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Cheryl Wiese
Manager, Survey Research Program, Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies - Deanne Wiley
Research Administrator, Kaiser Permanente Northern California-Division of Research - Amy B. Wilson, BS
Senior Research Assistant, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Anna M. Worthington
Research Administrator, Kaiser Permanente Northern California-Division of Research
Top Y - Robert A. Yood, MD
Meyers Primary Care Institute
Top Z - Bonnie Zell, MD, MS
Healthcare Sector Lead, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
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