About CERTs

Annual Report Year 5

The CERTs Organization

Administration

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

Coordinating Center

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

Centers

Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
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, Massachusetts
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, Alabama
Principal Investigator: Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSC
Contact: Sarah L. Sampsel, MPH
Fax: 205-975-6859
E-mail: Sarah.Sampsel@ccc.uab.edu
Web: www.uab.edu/certs

University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Tucson, Arizona
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, North Carolina
Principal Investigator: Harry A. Guess, MD, 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, Pennsylvania
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, Tennessee
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

Robert M. Califf, MD
Principal Investigator
Coordinating Center

Georges Benjamin, MD, FACP*
Executive Director
American Public Health Association

Marc L. Berger, MD*
Vice President
Outcomes Research and Management
Merck & Co., Inc.

Barbara A. Blakeney, MS, APRN, BC, ACP
President
American Nurses Association

Susan N. Gardner, PhD
Director, Office of Surveillance and Biometrics
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Linda F. Golodner
President
National Consumers League

Harry A. Guess, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

James G. Kotsanos, MD, MS
Director
Global Product Safety
Eli Lilly & Co.

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

Paul J. Seligman, MD, MPH
Director
Office of Pharmacoepidemiology and Statistical Science
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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

Myrl Weinburg, CAE*
President
National Health Council

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

*Alternate Member

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