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The following individuals attended the 15th Annual HMO Research Network Conference in
Danville, Pennsylvania, April 26–April 29, 2009.
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Research Investigator, HealthPartners - Jeroan Allison, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham - Tammy Anderer, PhD, RN
Research Associate, Geisinger Health System - Susan E. Andrade, ScD
Senior Research Associate and Research Associate Professor, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Deepa Appana
Senior Web Developer, HealthPartners - Judith K. Argon
Chief Administrative Officer, Research, Geisinger Health System - Neeraj K. Arora, PhD
Program Director, Patient-Centered Care Research, National Cancer Institute - David Artebum, MD, MPH
Assistant Investigator, Group Health - Maryam M. Asgari, MD, MPH
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Brian T. Austin
Associate Director, MacColl Institute for Health Innovation, Group Health - Taliser Avery
Research Assistant, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Chantal Avila, MA
Research Associate III, Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Top B - Don Bachman, MS
Senior Research Analyst, Data Warehouse Manager, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Kenneth M. Baker, MD
Professor, Scott & White Healthcare, Texas A&M Science Center, College of Medicine - Rachel Ballard-Barbash, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Applied Research Program, National Cancer Institute - Elizabeth Bayliss, MD, MSPH
Clinician Researcher, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Sally Beaton, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Arne L. Beck, PhD
Director of Quality Improvement and Strategic Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Mary Becker
Programmer Analyst II, HealthPartners - Nick R. Berger
Research Analytics Data Manager, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Richard Beswick, PhD, MBA
Director of Research, Scott & White Hospital - Eric J. Bieber, MD, MSHCM
Executive Vice President, Strategic Network Development Chairman, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medicine Director, Women's Health Service Line, Geisinger Health System - Christopher M. Blanchette, PhD
Director, CPOR, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute - Mike A. Bodily, MBA
Senior Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Keith Boell, DO
Associate, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Geisinger Health System - Joseph A. Boscarino, PhD, MPH
Senior Investigator II, Geisinger Health System - Denise Boudreau, PhD
Scientific Investigator, Group Health - Elize M. Brown, DrPh, JD
Director Administration (Acting) Research Collab & HIPAA Privacy, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Jeff Brown, PhD
Lecturer, Director of HMORN CERT Coordinating Center, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Martin L. Brown, PhD
Chief, Health Services & Economics Branch, National Cancer Institute - Amy L. Butani
Programmer Analyst, HealthPartners
Top C - Johan Calltorp
Professor, Ministry of Health - Jody Calvi, MPH
Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - Pam A. Carpenter
Director of Administration, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Sylvester A. Carreathers
Director of Research Administration, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - David S. Carrell, PhD
Programmer, Group Health - Shelley Carter, RN, MPH, MCRP
Director, Research & Education, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Lawrence R. Casalino, MD. PhD
Division Chief, Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, Weill Cornell Medical College - Wendy W. Chapman, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh - T. Craig Cheetham, PharmD, MS
Kaiser Permanente - Veronica Chollette, RN, MS
Program Director, National Cancer Institute - Jessica Chubak, PhD
Scientific Investigator, Group Health - Steven B. Clauser, PhD
Chief, Outcomes Research Branch, National Cancer Institute - Jane Colagiovanni
CRN Coordinator, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Christine Cole-Johnson, PhD, MPH
Associate Chairman for Research Biostatistics & Research Epidemiology, Henry Ford Health System - Laura A. Coleman, PhD, RD
Project Scientist, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Deanna S. Cross, PhD
Project Scientist, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Laurie Crounse, MPH
Supervisor of Analytic Resources & Biostatistician, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Stephen Crystal, PhD
Research Professor & Director, Center for Health Services Research on Pharmacotherapy, Chronic Disease Management and Outcomes, Rutgers University - Christine C. Cummings, RN, MA
Research Manager, Scott & White Healthcare
Top D - Zahra S. Daar, MS
Project Manager, Geisinger Health System - Johathan D. Darer, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Clinical Transformation, Geisinger Health System - Robert L. Davis, MD, MPH
Director of Research, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - Jim N. Dearing, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Health Dissemination and Implementation Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Teri Defor, MS
Manager, Programming & Analysis, HealthPartners - Tom Delate, PhD, MS
Clinical Pharmacy Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Helga S. Ding, DDS, MBA, MHA
Director of Operations, Group Health - Chyke A. Doubeni, MD
Assistant Professor, Meyers Primary Care Institute/Umass Medical School - John H. Draeger, MD
Chief, Behavioral Health Services for Hawaii Region, & co-PI, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii - Sascha Dublin, MD, PhD
Scientific Investigator, Group Health - Mary Durham, PhD
Vice President, Research KPNW, Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Top E - Emma Eggleston, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Jennifer L. Ellis, MBS, MSPH
Supervisor of Analytic Resources & Biostatistician, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Jessica M. Engel, MSN
Nurse Practitioner, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Porat M. Erlich, PhD, MSc
Research Associate, Geisinger Health System - Rosina Everitte, MPH
Research Programmer Analyst III, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii
Top F - Christina E. Farup, MD, MS
Vice President, Evidence Based Medicine, DePuy/Johnson & Johnson - Heather Feigelson, PhD, MPH
Cancer Researcher, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Adrianne C. Feldstein, MD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Jeffrey L. Fellows, PhD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Omar Fernandes
Project Coordinator, HealthPartners - Terry S. Field, DSc
Associate Director, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Jonathan A. Finkelstein, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Robert H. Fletcher, MD, MSc
Professor Emeritus, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Suzanne W. Fletcher, MD, MSc
Professor Emeritus, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Thomas J. Flottemesch, PhD
Research Associate, HealthPartners - Hassan Fouayzi, MS
Data Analyst/SAS Programmer, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Seth Frazier, MBA
Vice President, Transformation, Geisinger Health System - Andrew N. Freedman, PhD
Epidemiologist, NCI
Top G - Bridget Gaglio, MPH
Senior Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Glenn S. Gerhard, MD
Staff Scientist, Geisinger Health System - Richard J. Gilfillan, MD
President & Chief Executive Officer, Geisinger Health System - Russ Glasgow, PhD
Senior Scientist, Kaiser Permanente - Andrew G. Glass, MD
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Ingrid Glurich, PhD
Director, Office of Scientific Writing and Publication, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Alan Go, MD
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Katrina AB Goddard, PhD
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Heather Taffet Gold, PhD
Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College - Jove Graham, PhD
Research Investigator, Geisinger Health System - Alyssa R. Grauman, MPH
Research Associate, National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute - Sarah M. Greene, MPH
Research Associate III, Group Health - Bob Greenlee, PhD, MPH
Associate Research Scientist, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Elisabeth Gruskin, DrPH
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Boliang Gu
Senior Data Consultant, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Jamila Gul
Administrative Director for Strategic Programming, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Maggie J. Gunter, PhD
President and Executive Director, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD
Executive Director, Meyers Primary Care Institute
Top H - Lenore M. Hanley, BS
Conference Center Manager, Geisinger Health System - Debra K. Hansen, BS, BA
Director of Sponsored Programs/Fiscal Affairs, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Reina Haque, PhD
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Gene Hart
Consultant, Multi-institutional Research IT, Group Health - Rene J. Hawkes, BS
Project Manager II, Group Health - Julia A. Hecht, PhD, MPH
Programmer/Analyst, Group Health - Brad W. Hesse, PhD
Chief, Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, National Cancer Institute - Paul Hitz
Programmer/Analyst, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Stuart N. Hoffman, DO
Neurologist, Geisinger Health System - Mark Hornbrook, PhD
Chief Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Kathryn A. Horner, MS
Project Manager, Group Health - Vojtich Huser, MD, PhD
Adjunct Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
Top J - Jodi Jackson, RN
Senior Research Project Manager, HealthPartners - Majnu John, PhD
Biostatistician, Weill Cornell Medical College - J.B. Jones, PhD, MBA
Research Investigator I, Geisinger Health System - Peter J. Joski, MSPH
Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente Georgia
Top K - Rachelle Kaye, PhD
Director, Maccabi Healthcare Services - Larry G. Kessler, ScD
Professor and Chair, University of Washington, School of Public Health - H Lester Kirchner, PhD
Senior Research Investigator, Geisinger Health System - Beth A. Kirlin, BA
Research Scientist, Group Health - Terrie Kitchner
Senior Research Coordinator, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Lecturer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care/Harvard Medical School - Thomas E. Kottke, MD
Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners - Alanna L. Kulchol-Rahm, MS
Senior Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente - Deanna L. Kurz, BA
Senior Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Larry Kushi, ScD
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Top L - Lois Lamerato, PhD, MS, BA
Associate Scientist, Henry Ford Health System - Kimberly Lane, MPH
Project Manager, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Robert D. Langer, MD, MPH
Principal Scientist, Jackson Hole Center for Preventive Medicine - Eric B. Larson
Executive Director, Group Health - Sharon L. Larson, PhD
Research Investigator II, Geisinger Health System - Sherry L. Lauf, BA, BFA
Grant Management Specialist III, Group Health - Joe Leader
Research Data Analyst, Geisinger Health System - Lingling Li, PhD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Top M - Mike Maciosek, PhD
Senior Investigator, HealthPartners - Sarah D. Madrid
Center Coordinator, Institute for Health Research - Kaiser Permanente Colorado - David J. Magid, MD, MPH
Director of Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Karen Margolis, MD, MPH
Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners - Kathleen M. Mazor, EdD
Senior Research Associate/Associate Professor, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Colleen McBride
Genomics Coordinator, Division of Cancer control and Population Sciences - Mary Ann McBurnie, PhD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Cathy McCarty, PhD
Interim Director, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Sarah McDonald
Administrative Coordinator, Group Health - Kimberly McGuigan, PhD, MBA
Senior Director/Team Lead, Pfizer Inc. - James E. McNerney, JD, RAC, CIP
Senior Legal Specialist, Kaiser Permanente - Richard T. Meenan, PhD, MPH, MBA
Science Director, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Alicia R. Metcalfe, BS
Senior Contracts and Grants Administration, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Diana Miglioretti, PhD
Associate Investigator, Group Health - Nancy Moody, JD, MA
Director, Human Research Protection, Geisinger Health System - David M. Mosen, PhD, MPH
Senior Program Evaluation Consultant, Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Top N - Cynthia C. Nakasato, MD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii - Larissa Nekhlyudov, MD, MPH
Clinical Investigator, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Andrew F. Nelson, MPH
Executive Director, HealthPartners - David Nerenz, PhD
Director, Henry Ford Health System - Christine Neslund-Dudas, MA
Epidemiologist, Henry Ford Health System - Katherine M. Newton, PhD
Associate Director, External Research/Senior Scientific Investigator, Group Health - Greg A. Nichols, PhD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Top O - Timothy H. O'Bar
Finance Manager, Group Health - Patrick J. O'Connor, MD, MPH
Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners - Andrew E. Oja, PA-C
Physicians Assistant, Geisinger Health System - Jordon R. Ott
Manager, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
Top P - Ted R. Palen, PhD, MD, MSPH
Clinical Researcher, Colorado Permanente Medical Group - Roy E. Pardee, JD, MA
Data Wrangler, Group Health - Ronald A. Paulus, MD, MBA
EVP, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Geisinger Health System - Pam Pawloski, PharmD
Investigator, HealthPartners - Lauren E. Perkins, MS, BS
Data Administrator, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - Hans V. Petersen, MS
Senior Statistician, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute - Rich Platt, MD, MS
Professor and Chair, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Nikki L. Poe
Senior Administrative Assistant, Geisinger Health System - Arnie L. Potosky, PhD
Director of Health Services Research, Georgetown University Medical Center - Bev Prawalsky
Finance Manager, HealthPartners - David W. Price, MD
Director of Medical Education & Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Ben Prince
Administrator, Meyers Primary Care Institute
Top R - Marsha A. Raebel, PharmD
Investigator, Pharmacotherapy, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Hasan M. Rajab, PhD, MPH
Director of Biostats & Effectiveness Registry Research, Scott & White Healthcare - Kate Rardin, MPH
Senior Manager, Development and Planning, HealthPartners - Judith E. Reardon, BA
Research Data Analyst, Geisinger Health System - Marsha E. Reichman, PhD
Senior Advisor on Biospecimens and Bioinformatics, National Cancer Institute - Robert J. Reid, MD, PhD
Associate Investigator, Group Health - Jana M. Reynolds, MD
Scott & White Healthcare - Kristi Reynolds, PhD, MPH
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Barbara W. Richard
Director, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Julie E. Richards, MPH
Project Manager, Group Health - Kathryn Rickert-Boe, MD, MPH
Oncologist, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Deb Ritzwoller, PhD
Health Economist, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Scott B. Robinson, MA, MPH
Senior Research Associate, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Douglas W. Roblin, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - Cheri Rolnick, PhD, MPH
Associate Director of Research, HealthPartners - Colleen Ross, MS
Research Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Tyler R. Ross, MA
Programmer/Analyst, Group Health - Jason A. Roy, PhD
Investigator, Geisinger Health System - Margaret R. Rukstalis, MD
Clinician Research Investigator, Geisinger Health System - Bill Rush, PhD
Research Associate, HealthPartners - Lila Rutten, MPH, PhD
Research Investigator, HealthPartners
Top S - Jane S. Saczynski, PhD
Assistant Professor, Meyers Primary Care Institute - April L. Salisbury, MBA
Director of Continuing Professional Education, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Annie Sampson, MSc
Program Analyst, National Cancer Institute - Sandhya Sanghi, PhD, MPH
Research Proposal Development Specialist, Scott & White Healthcare - Jennifer Sartorius, MS
Biostatistical Analyst, Geisinger Health System - Gwyn Saylor, BA
Data Specialist/SAS Programmer, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Mark M. Schmidt, BA
Manager, Research Data Warehouse, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii - Nicole Schneider
Programmer Analyst I, HealthPartners - Delia Scholes, PhD
Senior Scientific Investigator, Group Health - Ginny D. Scobba, MLS, MA
Research Librarian, Group Health - Joe Selby, MD, MPH
Director, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH
Associate Investigator, Geisinger Health System - Michael R. Shainline, MS, MBA
Director of Research Development, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Chad E. Shearer, JD, MHA
Program Officer, Center for Health Care Strategies - Nancy E. Sherwood, PhD
Investigator, HealthPartners - Susan M. Shetterly, MS
Biostatistician, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH
Associate Director for Clinical Research, Kaiser Permanente - Barbara G. Silverman, MD, MPH
Unit Head, Research and Academics, Maccabi Healthcare Services - Gregory E. Simon, MD, MPH
Investigator, Group Health - Jean Slutsky
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Diane Smelser, PhD
Research Associate, Geisinger Health System - Dave Smith, RPh, PhD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD
Professor, Radiology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Calif, San Francisco - Leif Solberg, MD
Associate Medical Director for Care Improvement, HealthPartners - Carol Somkin, PhD
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Vic Spain, PhD
Manager, US Outcomes Research, Merck & Co., Inc - Adele Spegman, PhD, RN
Director, Institute on Nursing Excellence, Geisinger Health System - JoAnn Sperl-Hillen, MD
Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners - Meaghan St. Charles, PhD
Associate Scientist, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute - Melissa S. Stahl, BS
Senior Research Assistant, Geisinger Health System - Azadeh Stark, PhD
Research Investigator II, Geisinger Health System - John F. Steiner, MD, MPH
Senior Director, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Lotte Steuten, PhD, MSc
Senior Health Economist, Care Innovations Research and Consultancy - Alan B. Stevens, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Scott & White Healthcare - Walter F. Stewart, PhD. MPH
Associate Chief Research Officer, Geisinger Health System - Natasha K. Stout, PhD
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care/Harvard Medical School - Dan Strickland, MSPH, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Sue Hee Sung
Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Bix Swain
Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Beth Syat, MPH
Project Manager, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Ireweusz Szulawski, MD
Associate, Geisinger Clinic
Top T - Heather M. Tavel, BS
Data Specialist/SAS Programmer, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Scott R. Taylor, RPh
Executive Director Industry Relations, Geisinger Health System - Lisa A. Temposky
Research Project manager II, Group Health - Tracy N. Thomas, MPH, MSc
Research Associate II, Kaiser Permanente Georgia - Ella E. Thompson
Research Project Manager, Group Health - Janet Tomcavage, RN, MSN
VP Health Services, Geisinger Health System - Joan Topper
Associate Vice President, Geisinger Health System - Leah Tuzzio, MPH
Project Director/Research Project Manager, Group Health
Top U - Aileen Reiko Uchida, MPH
Research Associate, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii
Top V - Daniel C. Vogt, MBA
Manager, Research Finance & Accounting, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Tom Vogt, MD, MPH
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii - Ann VonWorley, RN, BSHS
Clinical Research Associate, Lovelace Clinic Foundation - Bert Vrijhoef, PhD, MSc
Harkness Fellow, Group Health - Suma Vupputuri, PhD
Research Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Georgia
Top W - Dean M. Wagner, BS, MSL
Senior Manager-Strategy and Finance, Group Health - Ed H. Wagner, MD, MPH
Director, MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Group Health - Krisitn B. Wallace, MPH
Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente Colorado - Kathleen E. Walsh, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Meyers Primary Care Institute - Margaret Warton, MPH
Programmer Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Northern California - Stanley B. Watson
Vice President and Director, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals - Sheila Weinmann, PhD, MPH
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northwest - Karen E. Wells, BA
Senior Programmer Analyst, Henry Ford Hospital - James F. Wharam, MD, MPH
Instructor, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Robin R. Whitebird, PhD
Investigator, HealthPartners - Cheryl J. Wiese, MA
Survey Program Manager, Group Health - Gail R. Wilensky, PhD
Senior Fellow, Project HOPE - Andrew Williams, PhD
Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii - Tracey W. Wolfe, MHA
Associate Vice President, Center for Health Research, Geisinger Health System - G. Craig Wood, MS
Biostatistician, Geisinger Health System - Michelle G. Wrenn, MA
Supervisor, Contracts and Grant-Administration, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Top Y - Robin Yabroff, PhD
Epidemiologist, National Cancer Institute
Top Z - Fang Zhang, PhD
Statistician, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - Qian Zhengmin, MD, PhD
Research Investigator III, Co-Director, Environmental Health Institute, Geisinger Health System
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