About CERTs

Annual Report Year 4

AHRQ Letter | Steering Committee Letter | Introduction | CERTs Progress | Certs Program Resources | Certs Parnerships and Collaborations | Conclusion | The CERTs Organization | Principles of CERTs Public-Private Partnerships | Peer-Reviewed Publications

The CERTs Organization

Administration

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
• Contact: Lynn A. Bosco, MD, MPH
• Program Officer
• Fax: 301-427-1520
• E-mail: lbosco@ahrq.gov
• Web: www.ahrq.gov

Coordinating Center

• Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Principal Investigator: Robert M. Califf, MD
• Contact: Leanne K. Madre, MHA, JD
• Fax: 919-668-7166
• E-mail: madre005@mc.duke.edu
• Web: www.ahrq.gov/certs

Centers

• Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Principal Investigator: Judith M. Kramer, MD, MS
• Contact: Nancy M. Allen LaPointe, PharmD
• Fax: 919-668-7166
• E-mail: allen003@mc.duke.edu
• Web: http://medschool.duke.edu/

• HMO Research Network, Boston, MA
• Principal Investigator: Richard Platt, MD, MS
• Contact: Kimberly Lane, MPH
• Fax: 617-509-9851
• E-mail: kimberly.lane@channing.harvard.edu
• Web: http://www.certs.hhs.gov/centers/hmo.html

• University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
• Principal Investigator: Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc
• Contact: Angela Becker, MPH
• Fax: 205-975-6859
• E-mail: angela.becker@ccc.uab.edu
• Web: www.uab.edu/certs

• University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ
• Principal Investigator: Raymond L. Woosley, MD, PhD
• Contact: Tina Pearson, BSN, MPH
• Fax: 520-626-7382
• E-mail: pearsone@email.arizona.edu
• Web: www.arizonacert.org

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
• Principal Investigator: William H. Campbell, PhD
• Contact: Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, PhD
• Fax: 919-966-0981
• E-mail: stolleso@email.unc.edu
• Web: www.sph.unc.edu/certs/index.htm

• University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
• Principal Investigator: Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH
• Contact: Judith L. Kinman, MA
• Fax: 215-573-5315
• E-mail: jkinman@cceb.med.upenn.edu
• Web: www.penncert.org

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• Principal Investigator: Wayne A. Ray, PhD
• Contact: Marie R. Griffin, MD, MPH
• Fax: 615-343-8722
• E-mail: marie.griffin@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu
• Web: http://www.certs.hhs.gov/centers/vanderbilt.html

Steering Committee

Hugh H. Tilson, MD, DrPH
(Chair)

Lynn A. Bosco, MD, MPH
CERTs Program Officer
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

M. Miles Braun, MD, MPH
Director
Division of Epidemiology
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Robert M. Califf, MD
Principal Investigator
Coordinating Center

William H. Campbell, PhD Principal Investigator
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(October-June)

Lisa C. Egbuonu-Davis, MD
Vice President of Global Outcomes Research and Medical Director of Outcomes Research
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group
Pfizer Inc
(October-January)

Linda F. Golodner
President
National Consumers League

James G. Kotsanos, MD, MS
Director
Global Product Safety
Eli Lilly and Company
(January-September)

Judith M. Kramer, MD, MS
Principal Investigator
Duke University Medical Center

Richard Platt, MD, MS
Principal Investigator
HMO Research Network

Wayne A. Ray, PhD
Principal Investigator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc
Principal Investigator
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Marcel E. Salive, MD, MPH
Director
Division of Medical & Surgical Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Alan D. Stiles, MD
Interim Principal Investigator
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(July-September)

Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Karen Williams
President
National Pharmaceutical Council

Raymond L. Woosley, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center

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