VA Information Resource Center
Center Principal Investigator
Denise M. Hynes, PhD, MPH, RN, Center
Principal Investigator and Research Career
Scientist, VA Information Resource Center (VIReC),
Research Career Scientist, Center for Management
of Complex Chronic Care (CMC3), based at the Edward
Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Professor (Visiting) of
Public Health, Department of Medicine, College of
Medicine and School of Public Health, University
of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL and
Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Loyola University
Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Center Co-Principal Investigators
Elizabeth Tarlov, PhD, RN
Timothy E. Weddle, PhD, MBA
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Operations & Special Projects Administrator
Joanne Stevens, BSN, RN
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Project Officer
Susan Schiffner, RN, BSM, CCM
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Professional
and Technical Staff
Erika Whittier (formerly Black), MPH
QUERI Consultation Coordinator
Melissa M. Brown, BS, MPH Candidate
Medicare Data Merge Project Coordinator
Margaret Browning, PhD
Health Information Specialist
Ronald Cornick, MALS
Webmaster
Kristin de Groot (formerly Koelling),
MPH
Medicare Data Merge Project Specialist
Bianca Easterly, MPA
Technical and Data Management Specialist
Thomas Haywood, MPH
Technical and Data Management Specialist
James Ibarra
System Administrator
Linda Kok, MA
Data Security and Privacy Specialist
Arika Owens, MPH
Data Quality Project Specialist
Ruth Perrin, MA
Data Management and Analysis Specialist
Jenifer Stelmack, MSW
Dissemination Specialist
Dorothy Wash
Program Support Assistant
Puling Zhang, MA
Medicare Project Analyst
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Scientific
and Expert Advisors
Margaret Ross-Kraft, PhD, RN, Assistant
Professor, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola
University Chicago. Expertise: VHA Decision Support
System clinical applications, data mining, long
term care. Serves as Senior Investigator for
long term care.
Todd Lee, PharmD, PhD, Senior Investigator, Center for Management of
Complex Chronic Care (CMC3), VA HSR & D
Center of Excellence, Edward J. Hines Jr. VA Hospital; Research Assistant Professor
at the Institute for Healthcare Studies and Division of General Internal Medicine,
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Expertise: Pharmaceutical
outcomes research, pharmacoeconomics. Serves as Senior Investigator for
pharmacy data.
Dean Reker, PhD, RN, Senior Research Scientist
Kevin T. Stroupe, PhD, Research Health Scientist/Senior Investigator,
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care (CMC3),
VA HSR & D Center of Excellence, Edward J. Hines Jr. VA Hospital;
Research Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.
Expertise: Health economics. Serves as Senior Investigator for data quality
research.
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Steering
Committee
Gary Rosenthal,
MD (Chair), Director, Center for Research
in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies
in Practice, VA HSR&D Center of Excellence,
Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA; Professor
and Division Director, General Internal Medicine,
Carver College of Medicine, and Professor of Health
Management and Policy, College of Public Health,
University of Iowa.
Stephan
Fihn, MD, MPH, Director, Northwest
Center for Outcomes Research In Older Adults,
VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, VA Puget
Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Professor
and Head, Division of General Internal Medicine,
and Professor, Department of Health Services,
University of Washington (UW).
Marian Fitzgibbon, PhD, Co-Principal
investigator for the Center for Management of
Complex Chronic Care at the Jesse Brown Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Dr. Fitzgibbon
is also Director and Professor in the Department
of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago
UIC.
Ann Hendricks, PhD, Director,
Health Care Financing and Economics, VA
Boston Healthcare System (BHCS) Research
and Development Service, Boston, MA; Associate
Professor of Health Services, School of
Public Health, Boston University.
Morris Weinberger, PhD, Senior
Career Scientist, Center for Health Services
Research in Primary Care, VA HSR&D
Center of Excellence, Durham VA Medical
Center, Durham, NC; Vergil N. Slee Distinguished
Professor of Healthcare Quality Management,
Department of Health Policy and Administration,
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
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Technical
Advisory Committee
Catherine Pfeil, PhD (Chair), Deputy
Director, Health Program Services Office, VA Office
of Enterprise Development, VHA Office of Information
and Technology (OI&T), Oakland, CA.
Francesca Cunningham,
PharmD, Director, Center for
Medication Safety Patient Safety Center
of Inquiry (PSCI) and Program Manager,
Outcomes Research, Pharmacy Benefits Management
Strategic Healthcare Group, Department
of Veterans Affairs, Hines, IL.
John Fortney,
PhD, Research Health Scientist,
Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes
Research, VA HSR&D Center of Excellence,
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, Little
Rock, AR; Professor, Department
of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
Christa M. Hojlo, PhD,
RN, NHA, Director, VA Nursing Home Care
and Director, State Veterans Home Quality and Survey
Oversight, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Nancy Johnson,
RN, MSA, BSN, Lead Clinical Analyst,
Database Development, VHA DSS Decision Support
Office, Bedford, MA.
John Quinn, BS, Chief,
VHA National Data Systems, Austin TX.
Todd H. Wagner, Phd, Health
Economist, VA Health Economics Resource
Center (HERC), VA Center for Healthcare
Evaluation (VA HSR&D Center of Excellence),
and the VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating
Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System,
Palo Alto, CA; Consulting Assistant Professor,
Department of Health Research and Policy,
Stanford University.
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Reviewed/Updated Date: January 9, 2009
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