AHRQ Research: Staff Contacts
AHRQ welcomes inquiries regarding the Agency's current areas of research interest. Direct your questions regarding program matters to the AHRQ staff listed below.
Address for General Correspondence
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
AHRQ Portfolios of Research
AHRQ Research Priority | Staff Point of Contact | Center | Phone | |
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Improve health care quality by accelerating implementation of Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) | Charlotte Mullican (PCOR - Research) | Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) | (301) 427-1495 | Charlotte.Mullican @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Make health care safer | Margie Shofer | Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQUIPS) | (301) 427-1318 | Margie.Shofer @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Increase accessibility | Amy Taylor | Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends (CFACT) | (301) 427-1660 | Amy.Taylor @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Melford Henderson | (301) 427-1665 | Melford.Henderson @ahrq.hhs.gov | ||
Improve health care affordability, efficiency and cost transparency | Brent Sandmeyer | Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets (CDOM) | (301) 427-1441 | Brent.Sandmeyer @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Geralyn Goins | (301) 427-1419 | Geri.Goins @ahrq.hhs.gov |
AHRQ Priority Populations
Priority Population | Point of Contact | Center | Phone | |
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Minority Health | Cecilia Rivera Casale | Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations | (301) 427-1547 | Cecilia.Casale @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Children's Health | Kamila Mistry | Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations | (301) 427-1012 | Kamila.Mistry @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Populations with Disabilities | Harvey Schwartz | Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations | (301) 427-1552 | Harvey.Schwartz @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Women's Health, Men's Health, and Gender Research | Camille Fabiyi | Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations | (301) 427-1559 | Camille.Fabiyi@ ahrq.hhs.gov |
Inner City and Low Income Populations Health | Francis Chesley | Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations | (301) 427-1524 | Francis.Chesley @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Older Adult Health | William Spector | Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets | (301) 427-1446 | William.Spector @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Rural Health | Erin Grace | Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety | (301) 427-1580 | Erin.Grace @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Selected AHRQ Areas of Research Interest
Areas of Interest | Point of Contact | Center | Phone | |
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Health Information Technology (Health IT) | Amy Lindinha | Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement | (301) 427-1505 | HealthITFunding@ahrq.hhs.gov |
Healthcare-Associated Infections | James Cleeman | Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety | (301) 427-1330 | James.Cleeman @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Simulation in Healthcare | Kerm Henriksen | Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety | (301) 427-1331 | Kerm.Henriksen @ahrq.hhs.gov |
AHRQ Data Sources
Data Source | Point of Contact | Center | Phone | |
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Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component | Doris Lefkowitz | Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends | (301) 427-1477 | Doris.Lefkowitz @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Nursing Home Component | Jeffrey Rhoades | Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends | (301) 427-1471 | Jeffrey.Rhoades @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) | HCUP User Support | (866)-290-HCUP (4287) | hcup @ahrq.hhs.gov |
AHRQ Extramural Research
Data Source | Point of Contact | Center | Phone | |
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Extramural Research | Francis Chesley | Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations | (301) 427-1524 | Francis.Chesley @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Receipt and Referral | Gerald Calderone | Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations | (301) 427-1548 | Gerald.Calderone @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Business / Fiscal Matters | George Gardner | Grants Management Officer | (301) 427-1450 | George.Gardner @ahrq.hhs.gov |
Page last reviewed December 2016
Page originally created September 2012
Page originally created September 2012
Internet Citation: AHRQ Research: Staff Contacts. Content last reviewed December 2016. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/priorities-contacts/contacts/index.html