About CERTs

Annual Report Year 6

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 Center for Outcomes and Evidence (COE)
• Rockville, Maryland
• Director, COE: Jean R. Slutsky, PA, MSPH
• Contact: Anne Trontell, MD, MPH
• CERTs Program Officer
• Fax: 301-427-1520
• E-mail: anne.trontell@ahrq.hhs.gov
• Alternate Contact: Scott Smith, PhD
• E-mail: scott.smith@ahrq.hhs.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: leanne.madre@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: 617-859-8112
• 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: Mary Elkins
• Fax: 205-975-6859
• E-mail: melkins@uab.edu
• Web: www.uab.edu/certs


• University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
• Tucson, Arizona
• Principal Investigator: Raymond L. Woosley, MD, PhD
• Contact: Linda Johnson
• Fax: 520-547-3456
• E-mail: ljohnson@c-path.org
• Web: www.arizonacert.org


• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Principal Investigator: Harry A. Guess, MD, PhD (2004-05)
• Contact: Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, PhD
• Fax: 919-966-2089
• 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

* In fiscal year 2006 (outside the timeframe for this report), four additional centers were added: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Mental health; University of Iowa: Older adults; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine: Consumers and patient adherence; Weill Medical College of Cornell University: Medical devices.

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
CERTs 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

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

David G. Schulke*
Executive Vice President
American Health Quality Association

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

Scott R. Smith, RPh, PhD
Director, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Steven L. Solomon, MD*
Associate Director for Healthcare Systems
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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

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