Acknowledgments
The authors are deeply grateful to the study’s 50 interview participants, 9 members of the HSR technical expert panel, and 11 members of the PCR technical expert panel, all of whom generously shared their time, diverse perspectives, and valuable insights into federally funded research and the fields of HSR and PCR.
The members of the HSR TEP included:
- Christina Calamaro, Ph.D. (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
- Pam Dardess, M.P.H. (Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care)
- Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Ph.D., M.S. (Denver Health)
- Julia Joseph-di Caprio, M.D., M.P.H. (UCare)
- Leighton Ku, Ph.D., M.P.H. (George Washington University)
- Andrew Masica, M.D., M.S.C.I. (Baylor Scott and White Health)
- David Nerenz, Ph.D. (Henry Ford Health System)
- Eric Schneider, M.D., M.Sc. (The Commonwealth Fund)
- Hardeep Singh, M.D., M.P.H. (Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Center; Baylor College of Medicine).
The members of the PCR TEP included:
- Peter Buerhaus, Ph.D., R.N. (Montana State University)
- Aaron Clark, D.O. (The Ohio State University)
- Gary Freed, M.D., M.P.H. (University of Michigan)
- Helen Haskell, M.A. (Mothers Against Medical Error; Consumers Advancing Patient Safety)
- Bruce Landon, M.D., M.B.A., M.Sc. (Harvard Medical School; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)
- Perri Morgan, Ph.D., P.A.-C. (Duke University Medical Center)
- Morgan Peek, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc. (University of Chicago)
- Julie Shepard, M.D., M.P.H. (CareSource)
- Kurt Stange, M.D., Ph.D. (Neighborhood Family Practice; Case Western Reserve University)
- Stephanie Studenski, M.D., M.P.H. (University of Pittsburgh)
- John (Jack) Westfall, M.D., M.P.H. (Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Health and Hospital System).
Our acknowledgment of their contributions does not imply that these individuals endorse the contents or conclusions of this report.
We thank the senior advisers of the study at RAND, Cheryl Damberg and Paul Shekelle, as well as expert input on the environmental scan and portfolio analysis from our RAND colleagues Rachel Reid, Jody Larkin, and Matthew Cefalu. We also thank Shawna Beck-Sullivan and Kristin Sereyko for their skilled administrative assistance, and Steve Oshiro and Benson Wong for their experienced management of RAND’s publication process. Last, we acknowledge reviewers Sara Singer of Stanford University; Amal Trivedi of Brown University; and Susan Gates, Christine Eibner, and Paul Koegel of RAND for their helpful comments on the research methods and results both throughout the course of study and, specifically, regarding this report.
