AHRQ Research: Staff Contacts

AHRQ welcomes inquiries regarding the Agency's current areas of research interest. Direct your questions regarding program matters to the AHRQ staff listed below.

Address for General Correspondence

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
John M. Eisenberg Building
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850

AHRQ Portfolios of Research

Portfolio	Point of Contact	Center	Phone	Email
Comparative Effectiveness	Yen-pin Chiang	Center for Outcomes and Evidence	(301) 427-1493	Yen-pin.Chiang@ahrq.hhs.gov
Prevention and Care Management	Therese Miller, DrPH	Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships	(301) 427-1585	Therese.Miller@ahrq.hhs.gov
Value	Michael Hagan	Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets	(301) 427-1409	Michael.Hagan@ahrq.hhs.gov
Health Information Technology	Angela Nunley	Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships	(301) 427-1505	Angela.Nunley@ahrq.hhs.gov
Innovations/Emerging Issues	Francis Chesley, MD	Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations	(301) 427-1524	Francis.Chesley@ahrq.hhs.gov
Patient Safety	Jeff Brady, MD	Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety	(301) 427-1322	Jeff.Brady@ahrq.hhs.gov

AHRQ Priority Populations

Priority Population	Point of Contact	Center	Phone	Email
Minority Health	Cecilia Rivera Casale, PhD	Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations	(301) 427-1547	Cecilia.Casale@ahrq.hhs.gov
Children's Health	Denise Dougherty, PhD	Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations	(301) 427-1868	Denise.Dougherty@ahrq.hhs.gov
Populations with Disabilities	Harvey Schwartz, PhD	Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations	(301) 427-1552	Harvey.Schwartz@ahrq.hhs.gov
Women's Health, Men's Health, and Gender Research	Beth Collins Sharp, PhD	Center for Outcomes and Evidence	(301) 427-1503	Beth.Collinssharp@ahrq.hhs.gov
Inner City and Low Income Populations Health	Francis Chesley, MD	Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations	(301) 427-1524	Francis.Chesley@ahrq.hhs.gov
Older Adult Health	William Spector, PhD	Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets	(301) 427-1446	William.Spector@ahrq.hhs.gov
Populations Needing End-of-Life Care	Ronda Hughes, PhD	Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships	(301) 427-1578	Ronda.Hughes@ahrq.hhs.gov
Rural Health	Erin Grace, MHA	Center for Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships	(301) 427-1580	Erin.Grace@ahrq.hhs.gov

Selected AHRQ Areas of Research Interest

Areas of Interest	Point of Contact	Center	Phone	Email
Translating Research into Practice and Policy	Mary Nix	Center for Outcomes and Evidence	(301) 427-1624	Mary.Nix@ahrq.hhs.gov
Translating Research into Practice and Policy	Michael I. Harrison, PhD	Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets	(301) 427-1434	Michael.Harrison@ahrq.hhs.gov
Patient Safety and Quality	Jeff Brady, MD	Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety	(301) 427-1322	Jeff.Brady@ahrq.hhs.gov
Patient-Centered Care	Ronda Hughes, PhD	Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships	(301) 427-1578	Ronda.Hughes@ahrq.hhs.gov
Payment and Organization	Ryan Mutter	Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets	(301) 427-1415	Ryan.Mutter@ahrq.hhs.gov
Payment and Organization	Joel W. Cohen, PhD, Director, Division of Social and Economic Research	Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends	(301) 427-1659	Joel.Cohen@ahrq.hhs.gov

AHRQ Data Sources

Data Source	Point of Contact	Center	Phone	Email
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component	Doris Lefkowitz, PhD	Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends	(301) 427-1477	Doris.Lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Nursing Home Component	Jeffrey Rhoades, PhD	Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends	(301) 427-1471	Jeffrey.Rhoades@ahrq.hhs.gov
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)	HCUP User Support		(866)-290-HCUP (4287)	hcup@ahrq.hhs.gov

AHRQ Extramural Research

Data Source	Point of Contact	Center	Phone	Email
Extramural Research	Patrice Robinson, ScD, Human Protections Administrator/Institutional Review Board (IRB)Official	Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations	(301) 427-1905	Patrice.Robinson@ahrq.hhs.gov
Receipt and Referral	Debbie Rothstein, PhD	Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations	(301) 427-1525	Debbie.Rothstein@ahrq.hhs.gov
Receipt and Referral	Gerald Calderone, PhD	Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations	(301) 427-1548	Gerald.Calderone@ahrq.hhs.gov
Business/Fiscal Matters	George Gardner	Grants Management Officer	(301) 427-1450	George.Gardner@ahrq.hhs.gov

Current as of September 2012

Internet Citation: AHRQ Research: Staff Contacts. September 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/research/contacts/index.html