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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Office of the Director
Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.
Director

Kathie Kendrick, R.N., M.S., C.S.
Deputy Director

Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations
Francis D. Chesley, Jr., M.D., Director
Directs the scientific review process for grants and contracts, manages Agency research training programs, evaluates the scientific contribution of proposed and ongoing research and demonstrations; and supports and conducts heath services research on priority populations.

Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer
Allan J. Lazar, M.B.A., Director
Designs, develops, implements, and manages programs for disseminating the results of Agency activities with the goal of changing audience behavior.

Office of Performance Accountability, Resources, and Technology
Jeffrey Toven, Director
Directs and coordinates Agency-wide program planning and evaluation activities and administrative operations.

Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets
Irene Fraser, Ph.D., Director
Provides a locus of leadership and expertise for advances in health care delivery, organization, and markets through research.

Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends
Steven B. Cohen, Ph.D., Director
Conducts, supports, and manages studies of the cost and financing of health care, the access to health care services and related trends. CFACT also develops data sets to support policy and behavioral research and analyses.

Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Jean R. Slutsky, P.A., M.S.P.H., Director
Conducts and supports research and assessment of health care practices, technologies, processes, and systems.

Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships
David Meyers, M.D., Director
Expands the knowledge base for clinical providers and patients and to assure the translation of new knowledge and systems improvement into primary care practice.

Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
William B. Munier, M.D., Director
Works to improve the quality and safety of our health care system through research and implementation of evidence.

AHRQ Publication No. 08-M029
Current as of March 2008


Internet Citation:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Organization Chart (Text Version). AHRQ Publication No. 08-M029, March 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/orgchart.htm


 

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