The Core Planning Group
Expanding Research and Evaluation Designs to Improve the Science Base for Health Care and Public Health Quality Improvement Symposium
The September 13-15, 2005 symposium was planned by:
Denise Dougherty, Ph.D.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
David Atkins, M.D., M.P.H.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Peter A. Briss, M.D., M.P.H.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Barbara J. DeVinney, Ph.D.
Project Manager
Emily DeVoto, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
National Institutes of Health/Office of the Director
Molla Sloane Donaldson, Dr.P.H.
National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute
Lawrence J. Fine, M.D., Dr.P.H.
National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Joseph Francis, M.D., M.P.H.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Lawrence W. Green, Dr.P.H.
University of California at San Francisco
Shawna L. Mercer, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
C. Tracy Orleans, Ph.D.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation


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