The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) was established in 1989 as the Agency for Health Care Policy
and Research. Reauthorizing legislation passed in November 1999 establishes
AHRQ as the lead Federal agency on quality research. AHRQ, part of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead agency charged with supporting
research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and
broaden access to essential services. AHRQ's broad programs of research bring
practical, science-based information to medical practitioners and to consumers
and other health care purchasers.
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Employee Directory: Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Director:
Director
Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.
(301) 427-1200
540 Gaither Road, 3rd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Deputy Director
Kathie Kendrick, M.S., C.S., R.N.
Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets:
Irene Fraser, Ph.D., Director
(301) 427-1410
540 Gaither Road, 5th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends:
Steven B. Cohen, Ph.D., Director
(301) 427-1406
540 Gaither Road, 5th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Center for Outcomes and Evidence:
Jean R. Slutsky, P.A., M.S.P.H., Director
(301) 427-1600
540 Gaither Road, 6th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships:
David Meyers, M.D., Director
(301) 427-1500
540 Gaither Road, 6th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient
Safety:
William B. Munier, M.D., Director
(301) 427-1349
540 Gaither Road, 3rd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer:
Allan J. Lazar, M.B.A., Director
(301) 427-1364
540 Gaither Road, 2nd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations:
Francis Chesley, M.D., Director
(301) 427-1449
540 Gaither Road, 2nd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Office of Performance Accountability, Resources, and Technology:
Jeffrey Toven, Director
(301) 427-1700
540 Gaither Road, 4th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Select AHRQ
Offices and Centers for more information on Agency components.
Other Important Contacts:
AHRQ Web Site
Biff LeVee
(301) 427-1897
Budget
(301) 427-1774
Conference Center
(301) 427-1800
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
(301) 594-6665
Freedom of Information Act Requests
Nancy Comfort
(301) 427-1866
Grant Information
Joan Metcalfe
(301) 427-1447
Media Inquiries
Karen Migdail, (301) 427-1855
Farah Englert, (301) 427-1865
Publications Clearinghouse
800-358-9295
(703) 437-2078 (when calling from outside the United States)
TDD
888-586-6340 (hearing impaired only)
Current as of March 2008
AHRQ Publication No. 08-M030
Internet Citation:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Key Contacts.
AHRQ Publication No. 08-M030, March 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/contacts.htm