AHRQ 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.

AHRQ Portfolios of Research

Comparative Effectiveness

Yen-pin Chiang Center for Outcomes and Evidence Phone: (301) 427-1493 Email: Yen-pin.Chiang@ahrq.hhs.gov

Prevention and Care Management

Therese Miller, DrPH Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships Phone: (301) 427-1585 Email: Therese.Miller@ahrq.hhs.gov

Value

Michael Hagan Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets Phone: (301) 427-1409 Email: Michael.Hagan@ahrq.hhs.gov

Health Information Technology

Angela Nunley Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships Phone: (301) 427-1505 Email: Angela.Nunley@ahrq.hhs.gov

Innovations/Emerging Issues

Francis Chesley, MD Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations Phone: (301) 427-1524 Email: Francis.Chesley@ahrq.hhs.gov

Patient Safety

Jeff Brady, MD Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Phone: (301) 427-1322 Email: Jeff.Brady@ahrq.hhs.gov

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AHRQ Priority Populations

Minority Health

Cecilia Rivera Casale, PhD Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations Phone: (301) 427-1547 Email: Cecilia.Casale@ahrq.hhs.gov

Children's Health

Denise Dougherty, PhD Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations Phone: (301) 427-1868 Email: Denise.Dougherty@ahrq.hhs.gov

Populations with Disabilities

Harvey Schwartz, PhD Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations Phone: (301) 427-1552 Email: Harvey.Schwartz@ahrq.hhs.gov

Women's Health, Men's Health, and Gender Research

Beth Collins Sharp, PhD Center for Outcomes and Evidence Phone: (301) 427-1503 Email: Beth.Collinssharp@ahrq.hhs.gov

Inner City and Low Income Populations Health

Francis Chesley, MD Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations Phone: (301) 427-1524 Email: Francis.Chesley@ahrq.hhs.gov

Older Adult Health

William Spector, PhD Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets Phone: (301) 427-1446 Email: William.Spector@ahrq.hhs.gov

Populations Needing End-of-Life Care

Ronda Hughes, PhD Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships Phone: (301) 427-1578 Email: Ronda.Hughes@ahrq.hhs.gov

Rural Health

Erin Grace, MHA Center for Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships Phone: (301) 427-1580 Email: Erin.Grace@ahrq.hhs.gov

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Selected AHRQ Areas of Research Interest

Translating Research into Practice and Policy

Mary Nix Center for Outcomes and Evidence Phone: (301) 427-1624 Email: Mary.Nix@ahrq.hhs.gov or Michael I. Harrison, PhD Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets Phone: (301) 427-1434 Email: Michael.Harrison@ahrq.hhs.gov

Patient Safety and Quality

Jeff Brady, MD Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Phone: (301) 427-1322 Email: Jeff.Brady@ahrq.hhs.gov

Patient-Centered Care

Ronda Hughes, PhD Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships Phone: (301) 427-1578 Email: Ronda.Hughes@ahrq.hhs.gov

Payment and Organization

Ryan Mutter Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets Phone: (301) 427-1415 Email: Ryan.Mutter@ahrq.hhs.gov or Joel W. Cohen, PhD Director, Division of Social and Economic Research Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends Phone: (301) 427-1659 Email: Joel.Cohen@ahrq.hhs.gov

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AHRQ Data Sources

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component

Doris Lefkowitz, PhD Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends Phone: (301) 427-1477 Email: Doris.Lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Nursing Home Component

Jeffrey Rhoades, PhD Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends Phone: (301) 427-1471 Email: Jeffrey.Rhoades@ahrq.hhs.gov

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

HCUP User Support Phone: 1-866-290-HCUP (4287) Email: hcup@ahrq.hhs.gov

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AHRQ Extramural Research

Extramural Research

Human Protections Administrator/Institutional Review Board (IRB) Official Patrice Robinson, ScD Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations Phone: (301) 427-1905 Email: Patrice.Robinson@ahrq.hhs.gov

Receipt and Referral

Debbie Rothstein, PhD Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations Phone: (301) 427-1525 Email: Debbie.Rothstein@ahrq.hhs.gov

Receipt and Referral

Gerald Calderone, PhD Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations Phone: (301) 427-1548 Email: Gerald.Calderone@ahrq.hhs.gov

Business/Fiscal Matters

George Gardner Grants Management Officer Phone: (301) 427-1450 Email: George.Gardner@ahrq.hhs.gov

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Address for General Correspondence

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

John M. Eisenberg Building 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850

Current as of August 2012

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Internet Citation:

AHRQ Research Agenda: Staff Contacts. August 2012. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/staffcon.htm

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