SNAC Member: Mamatha S. Pancholi, M.S.
Chief Data Officer and Senior Advisor to the Director
Office of the Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Mamatha S. Pancholi, M.S., joined the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in 1993 and has served in several capacities during her tenure at AHRQ. She is currently on AHRQ's senior leadership team as AHRQ's first chief data officer and senior advisor to the AHRQ director on data and quality measurement initiatives. In this role, she oversees a portfolio of work focused on the development of new healthcare databases and governance of AHRQ data assets. In addition, she serves as a technical resource to AHRQ and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services executive leadership on quality measurement strategic planning initiatives. For more than 15 years, Ms. Pancholi directed the AHRQ Quality Indicator Project, a national measurement initiative utilizing hospital discharge data. In that role, she led the development, maintenance, and dissemination of the AHRQ Quality Indicator measures and tools. In addition, Ms. Pancholi served as a survey statistician on the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for 10 years, leading efforts in database design, variable construction, data editing, quality control, and dissemination of data. Ms. Pancholi received her M.S. degree in mathematical statistics from the University of Maryland.
