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The following individuals attended the 14th Annual HMO Research Network Conference in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 13–16, 2008.
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Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Kenneth F. Adams, PhD
Research Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Jas Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS
Board Member, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Gwen Alexander, PhD, MPH
Assistant Research Scientist, Henry Ford Health System - Barbara Alving, MD
Director, National Center for Research Resources/NCRR/NIH - Susan E. Andrade, ScD
Senior Research Associate/Research Associate Professor, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Mary Anne Armstrong, MA
Biostatistician/Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Neeraj K. Arora, PhD
Research Scientist and Program Director, National Cancer Institute - David E. Arterburn, MD, MPH
Assistant Scientific Investigator, Group Health - Stephen E. Asche, MA
Statistician, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Maram M. Asgari, MD, MPH
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Top B - Don Bachman, MS
Data Warehouse Manager/Senior Research Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Rachel M. Ballard-Barbash, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Applied Research Program, DCCPS/NCI - Roger Baxter, MD
Co-Director, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Elizabeth Bayliss, MD, MSPH
Clinical Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Sally Beaton, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Arne L. Beck, PhD
Director of Quality & Improvement & Strategic Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Edward A. Belongia, MD
Director, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Carol M. Beyer
Administrative Secretary, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Mary Beth Bigley, DrPh, MSN, ANP
Senior Health Fellow, Office of the Surgeon General, DHHS - Gail A. Bloch, RN, BSBA
Center Administrator, Marshfield Clinic-Merrill Center - Erin J.A Bowles, MPH
Research Associate, Group Health - Jeffrey Braff, DrPH, MBA, CIP
Director-Human Research Protections, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - David W. Brand, MSPH
Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Jeff S. Brown, PhD
Director of the HMORN CERT Data Coordinating Center, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Jonathan B. Brown, MPP, PhD
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Martin Brown, PhD
Chief, Health Services and Economics Branch, National Cancer Institute - R. Jane Brown
Board Member, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Carol Bruce, MPH, BSN
Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Diana Buist, PhD, MPH
Associate Scientific Investigator, Group Health - Joanna E. Bulkley, PhD
Project Manager, II, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Amy L. Butani, BA
Senior Programmer Analyst, HealthPartners Research Foundation
Top C - Josephine (Jody) Calvi, MPH
Research Associate II, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - David S. Carrell, PhD
Programmer, Group Health - Nikki M. Carroll, MS
Biostatistician, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow, PhD, MPH
Epidemiologist, Henry Ford Health System - Gabriel Chodick, PhD
Epidemiologist, Maccabi Institute for Health Services Research - Jessica Chubak, PhD, MBHL
Scientific Investigator, Group Health - Christina L. Clark, BS
Data Specialist/ SAS Programmer, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Steven B. Clauser, PhD, MPA
Chief, Outcomes Research Branch, National Cancer Institute - Jane C. Colagiovanni
Project Coordinator, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Laura A. Coleman, PhD
Project Scientist, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Douglas A. Conner, PhD
Senior Biostatistician, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Benjamin M. Craig, PhD
Assistant Professor, Moffitt Cancer Center - Lauren Crain, PhD
Investigator/Manager, Statistical Services, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Kathy A. Cronin, PhD
Mathematical Statistician, National Cancer Institute - Valerie C. Crooks, DSW
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Laurie Crounse, MPH
Supervisor, Analytic Resources/Biostatistician, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Christie C. Cummings, RN, MA
Research Manager, Scott & White Health System
Top D - Zahra S. Daar, MS
Project Manager II, Geisinger Health System - Robert L. Davis, MD, MPH
Director of Research, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - Jim W. Dearing, PhD
Senior Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Lynn L. DeBar, PhD, MPH
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Teri DeFor, MS
Manager, Programming & Analysis, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD
Professor, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Sue DeNuccio
Board Member, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Patricia Dietz, DrPH, MPH
Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Helga Ding, DDS, MBA, MHA
Director of Operations, Group Health - Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Meyers Primary Care Institute/University of Mass. - Marc K. Dresner, MD
Director, Institute for Clinical & Translational Research, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine & Public Health - Mary L. Durham, PhD
Vice President, Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Top E - Nichol Edwards, MS
Research Project Manager, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Melody J. Eide, MD
Resident Physician, Henry Ford Health System - Jennifer L. Ellis, MSPH
Supervisor, Analytic Resources & Biostatistician, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Jennifer Elston Lafata, PhD
Research Scientist, Henry Ford Health System-CHSR
Top F - Peter J. Fagan, PhD
Director of Research, Johns Hopkins HealthCare, LLC - Adrianne C. Feldstein, MD, MS
Affiliate Investigator/Assistant Medical Liaison for Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Terry S. Field, DSc
Associate Director, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Jonathan A. Finkelstein, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Sheila Fireman, JD
Senior IRB Administrator, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Lucy Rose Fischer, PhD
Research, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Paul Fishman, PhD
Senior Scientific Investigator, Group Health - Robert H. Fletcher, MD, MSc
Professor, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Suzanne W. Fletcher, MD, MSc
Professor, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Thom J. Flottemesch, PhD
Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Trina J. Ford, MSN, RD
Clinical Nurse Specials - QI Care Management, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Andrew N. Freedman, PhD
Epidemiologist, National Cancer Institute - Kimberly M. Fuehrer, RN, MS
Oncology Administrative Specialist, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Vicki Fung
Staff Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Top G - Thomas C. Gabert, MD
QICM Regional Medical Director, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Bridget A. Gaglio, PhD, MPH
Senior Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Suzanne Gillespie, MS
Technical Director, Kaiser Permanente Northwest/Center for Health Research - Russ Glasgow, PhD
Senior Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Alan S. Go, MD
Assistant Director for Clinical Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Katrina Goddard, PhD
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Heather Taffet Gold, PhD
Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College - Ilana Paula Graetz
Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Beverly D. Green, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Dept of Preventive Care, Group Health - Sarah M. Greene, MPH
Research Associate, Group Health - Bob Greenlee, PhD, MPH
Epidemiologist, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Carol D. Groves, RN, MPA
Director, Senior Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Mid-Atlantic States, Inc - Christina M. Gullion, PhD
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest/Center for Health Research - Maggie Gunter, PhD
President and Executive Director, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD
Executive Director, Meyers Primary Care Institute
Top H - Laurel Habel, PhD
Research Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Betty Jo Haggerty, MS, FNP
Manager, Research Operations, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Ann M. Hanson, BS
Programmer Analyst II, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Leah R. Hanson, PhD
Director, Alzheimer's Research, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Marcia S. Hanson
Board Member, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Reina Haque, PhD, MPH
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Leslie B. Harrold, MD, MPH
Senior Research Associate, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Gene Hart, MS
Consultant, Multi-Institutional Research, Group Health - Yvette M. Henry, PhD
Project Manager, Geisinger Health System - Angie K. Hochhalter, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Scott & White Health System - Katherine H. Hohman, MPH
Project Manager, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Mark C. Hornbrook, PhD
Chief Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - John T. Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Jie Huang, PhD
Statistical Demographer, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Robin Hudson, CIM
Research Manager, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - Gail Husson, MPH, MEd
Data Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Top I - Stephanie A. Irving, MHS
Project Scientist, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - George Isham, MD
Chief Health Officer, HealthPartners Research Foundation
Top J - Jody Jackson, RN
Research Project Manager, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Steven J. Jacobsen, MD, PhD
Director of Research, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Tom Janisse, MD
Editor in Chief of The Permanente Journal, Kaiser Permanente - Christine Cole Johnson, PhD, MPH
Associate Chairman for Research, Henry Ford Health System - Dayna A. Johnson, MPH, MSN
Epidemiologist, Henry Ford Health System - JB Jones, MBA
Research Associate, Geisinger Health System - Peter Joski, MSPH
Research Associate II, Kaiser Permanente Georgia
Top K - Christopher L. Kelleher
Administrative Director, Kaiser Permanente Northwest/Center for Health Research - Mary E. Kelley
Project Coordinator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Keith Kennard
Data Consultant Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Lester Kirchner, PhD
Biostatistician, Geisinger Health System - Carrie N. Klabunde, PhD
Epidemiologist, National Cancer Institute - Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, RCPSC
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Kate Konitzer
Knowledge Management Manager, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Thomas E. Kottke, MD, MSPH
Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Rick Krajenta, BS
Programmer/Analyst, Henry Ford Health System - Sarah E. Krathwohl, MPH
Project Coordinator, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Philip J. Kroth, MD, MS
Director, Health Sciences Informatics Program Development, University of New Mexico - Kori Krueger, MD
QICM Regional Medical Director, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Alanna Kulchak Rahm, MS
Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Larry Kushi, ScD
Associate Director for Etiology & Prevention Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Russ Kuzel, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Security Health Plan
Top L - Tommy Laflamme
Project Manager, Group Health - Lois Lamerato, PhD, MPH
Associate Scientist, Henry Ford Health System - Kimberly Lane, MPH
Project Manager, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH
Executive Director, Group Health - Sherry L. Lauf
Grant Manager, Group Health - David T. Levy, PhD
Senior Scientist, Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation - Lingling Li, PhD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Daniel H. Lowenstein, MD
Professor of Neurology, Associate Dean Clinical/Translational Research, University of California, San Francisco - Kevin W. Lutz, MFA
Senior Writer & Editor, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Ella E. Lyons, MS
Director, Research Administration & Support, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Top M - Mike Maciosek, PhD
Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Sarah Madrid, MS, ABD, PHD
Contract & Grant Administrator, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - David Magid, MD, MSH
Director of Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Ravi K. Mareedu, MD
Resident, Internal Medicine, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Karen L. Margolis, MD, MPH
Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Brian Craig Martinson, PhD
Senior Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Kathy M. Mazor, EdD
Associate Professor, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Mary Ann McBurnie, PhD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Cathy A. McCarty, PhD, MPH
Interim Director, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Jeremy S. McCauley, MBA
Programmer/Analyst, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Jennifer B. McClure, PhD
Associate Investigator, Group Health - Carmit K. McMullen, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Richard T. Meenan, PhD, MPH
Science Director, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Barry Miller
Administrative Director, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Kristen M. Moore, MPH
Research Associate, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - David M. Mosen, PhD, MPH
Senior Program Evaluation Consultant, Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Top N - Allison Naleway, PhD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Larissa Nekhlyudov, MD, MPH
Clinical Investigator, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Andrew F. Nelson, MPH
Executive Director, HealthPartners Research Foundation - David Nerenz, PhD
Director, Henry Ford Health System - Katherine M. Newton, PhD
Senior Investigator, Group Health - Greg Nichols, PhD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - James D. Nordin, MD, MPH
Clinical Research Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Rachel Novotny, PhD, RD
Science Director, Hawaii Program, Kaiser Permanente
Top O - Tim O'Bar
Manager, Finance, Group Health - Patrick J. O'Connor, MD, MPH
Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Maureen O'Keefe-Rosetti, MS
Research Associate III, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Barbra A. OlsonBullie, MA
Health Sciences Librarian, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Eric S. Orwoll, MD
Director, Oregon Health Science University - Jordon R. Ott
Manager, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
Top P - Ted E. Palen, PhD, MD, MSPH
Physician Researcher, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Roy E. Pardee, JD, MA
Technical Specialist, Group Health - Emily D. Parker, PhD
Research Associate, Statistician, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Peggy Peissig, MBA
Associate Director, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Amanda F. Petrik, MS
Research Associate II, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Veronica K. Piziak, MD, PhD
Director of Endocrinology, Scott & White Health System - Richard Platt, MD, MSc
Professor and Chair, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Arnold L. Potosky, PhD
Health Services Research, National Cancer Institute - Bev Prawalsky, BA
Finance Manager, HealthPartners Research Foundation - David W. Price, MD
Director of Education, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Maggie Price, MA
Data Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Ben Prince
Administrator, Meyers Primary Care Institute
Top Q - Virginia P. Quinn, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Top R - Marsha A. Raebel, PharmD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Brain Rank, MD
Medical Director, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Kate Rardin, MPH
Senior Manager, Development & Planning, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Douglas J. Reding, MD, MPH, FACP
Vice-President, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Robert J. Reid, MD, PhD
Investigator, Group Health - Junling Ren, MED
Data Administrator, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - Kristi Reynolds, PhD, MPH
Research Scientist II, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Barbara W. Richard, MA
Director, OSP, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Julie E. Richards, MPH
Research Project Manager, Group Health - Jessica R. Ridpath, BA
Research Communication Coordinator, Group Health - Debra Ritzwoller, PhD
Health Economist, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Scott Robinson, MA, MPH
Senior Research Associate, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Douglas Roblin, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - Cheri Rolnick, PhD, MPH
Associate Director of Research, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Tyler R. Ross, MA
Programmer/Analyst, Group Health - William A. Rush, PhD
Research Associate, HealthPartners Research Foundation
Top S - Jane Saczynski, PhD
Assistant Professor, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Gwyn Saylor, BA
Data Specialist SAS Programmer, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - John Schmelzer, PhD
Health Economist, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Mark M. Schmidt
Research Database Manager, Kaiser Permanente - Julie A. Schmittdiel, PhD
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Delia Scholes, PhD
Senior Investigator, Group Health - Dixie L. Schroeder
Administrative Secretary, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Mike Schum, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Alyson B. Schuster, MPH, MBA
Research Associate, Johns Hopkins HealthCare, LLC - Ginny D. Scobba, MLS, MA
Research Librarian, Group Health - Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH
Director, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH
Associate Investigator, Geisinger Health System - Nancy E. Sherwood, PhD
Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Trish Ann Siegler, MBA
Applications Analyst - Senior, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Steven R. Simon, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Dave H. Smith, RPh, PhD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - K. Sabina Smith, BA, CCRP
Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD
Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco - Leif I. Solberg, MD
Associate Medical Director, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Carol P. Somkin, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Colin M. Sox, MD, MS
Co-Director, Medical Student Education, Boston Medical Center & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Leslie Spangler, VMD, PhD
Research Associate, Group Health - JoAnn M. Sperl-Hillen, MD, MPH
Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Justin B. Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI
Director, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Paul E. Steele, MPH
Proposal Management Coordinator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Alan B. Stevens, PhD
Professor, Vernon D. Holleman-Lewis M Rampy Centennial Chair in Gerontology, Scott & White Health System - Victor J. Stevens, PhD
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Walter F. Stewart, PhD
Associate Chief Research Officer, Director of Geisinger Center for Health Research, Geisinger Medical Center - Chris Stille, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Melanie A. Stopponi, MPA, CHES
Senior Research Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Natasha K. Stout, PhD
Instructor, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Dan Strickland, MSPH, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Jeff Struewing, MD, MS
Epidemiologist, National Human Genome Research Institute - Sue Hee Sung, MPH
Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Top T - Heather M. Tavel
Data Specialist/Programmer, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Ella Thompson
Senior Project Manager, Group Health - Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Dennis D. Tolsma, MPH
Senior Research Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - Leah Tuzzio, MPH
Project Director, Group Health
Top U - Aileen Uchida, MPH
Research Project Manager III, Kaiser Permanente
Top V - Rodolfo Valdez, PhD, MSc
Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Renny Varghese, MPH
Project Manager I, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - Kimberly K. Vesco, MD, MPH
Clinical Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest/Center for Health Research - Humberto Vidaillet, MD
Medical Director, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Tom Vogt, MD, MPH
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente - Michael R. Von Korff, ScD
Senior Investigator, Group Health - Suma Vupputuri, PhD
Research Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Georgia
Top W - Dean M. Wagner, BS, MSL
Associate Director, Finance & Strategy, Group Health - Katie E. Walsh, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Meyers Primary Care Institute - HuiHui Wang, MA
Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Stanley B. Watson, JD
Vice President and Director, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Feifei Wei, PhD
Senior Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Constance Weisner, DrPH, LCSW
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Karen E. Wells, BA
Senior Programmer Analyst, Henry Ford Health System - Steve Wesbrook, PhD
Deputy Director, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Robin R. Whitebird, PhD
Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation - Louise J. Wideroff, PhD, MSPH
Program Director, National Cancer Institute - Cheryl J. Wiese, MA
Survey Research Program Manager, Group Health - Andrew E. Williams, PhD
Research Associate III, Kaiser Permanente - Tracey W. Wolfe, MHA
Associate Vice President, Geisinger Medical Center - G. Craig Wood, MS
Biostatistician, Geisinger Health System - Leslie Anne Wright, MA
Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Top Y - Robin Yabroff, PhD
Epidemiologist, National Cancer Institute - Robert A. Yood, MD
Senior Research Associate, Meyers Primary Care Institute
Top Z - Liping L. Zhao, DDS, MS
Research Associate II, Kaiser Permanente Georgia
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