Ethan Basch, MD, MSC
| - Comparative effectiveness research
- Drug regulatory policy
- Patient-reported outcomes
| - Cancer
- Quality/Quality Improvement/Performance Measures
| - Patient-Centered Outcomes
- Psychometrics and Questionnaire/Survey Development
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Antonia Bennett, PhD | - Analysis of longitudinal PRO data
- Evaluation of long-term symptom reporting with clinician notification to improve functional outcomes following sphincter-preserving surgery for colorectal cancer
- Implementation of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and other forms of patient-generated health data (PGHD) in oncology practice, clinical trials, and comparative effectiveness research
- Longitudinal registry study of pain in metastatic prostate cancer
- Outcomes assessment in palliative care populations
- Qualitative research and psychometrics for the validation of PROs
- Survey methodology; and strategies for electronic administration of PROs
| - Aging, End of Life
- Cancer
- Health Information Technology/Mobile Apps
- Quality/Quality Improvement/Performance Measures
| - Patient-Centered Outcomes
- Psychometrics and Questionnaire/Survey Development
- Qualitative Research Skills
- Randomized Control Trials/Experiments
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Leah Frerichs, PhD | - American Indian cancer disparities
- Integration of engaged and participatory research with systems thinking and systems science
- Simulation modeling and network analysis
- Social and physical environment influences on obesity and obesity-related health behaviors
- System influences on health and wellness in underserved communities
- Technology-based research and intervention
| - Cancer
- Community Health/Collective Impact
- Disparities/Social Determinants of Health
- Health Information Technology/Mobile Apps
- Obesity
- Population Health/Public Health
- Rural Health
| - Community-based Participatory Research
- Decision Sciences
- Geographic Analysis (GIS)
- Implementation Science/Dissemination of Innovation
- Mixed Methods
- Program Evaluation
- Public Health Systems Strengthening
- Qualitative Research Skills
- Systems Science
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Bill Gentry, MPA | - Disaster Management
- Health administration
- Health policy
- Public health leadership
- Public Health Preparedness
| - Disaster Management
- Leadership Development
- Pandemic Preparedness
- Population Health/Public Health
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Sandra B Greene, DrPH | - Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need
- Healthcare Policy Issues in North Carolina
- Healthcare Utilization and Cost Trends
- Health Insurance and Managed Care
- Physician Profiling
| - Healthcare Utilization and Costs
- Health Insurance/Managed Care
- Quality/Quality Improvement/Performance Measures
| - Secondary Data Analysis (Large Datasets Analytics)
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Susan Helm-Murtagh, DrPH, MM | Health Informatics
- Information Management
| - Health Information Technology/Mobile Apps
- Health Insurance/Managed Care
- Leadership Development
- Strategic Management/Organizational Governance
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Mark Holmes, PhD | - Patient-centered outcomes research
- Policy implementation and policy development
- Rural healthcare
- Workforce
| - Healthcare Utilization and Costs
- Medicaid/Uninsured/Safety Net
- Rural Health
- Workforce
| - Finance
- Health Economics
- Patient-Centered Outcomes
- Secondary Data Analysis (Large Datasets Analytics)
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Erin Kent, PhD | - Cancer caregiving
- Cancer survivorship
- Data linkages and informatics
- Mixed methods
- Palliative care
- Patient-reported outcomes
- Social determinants of health
- Survey development
| - Aging, End of Life
- Cancer
- Disparities/Social Determinants of Health
- Health Information Technology/Mobile Apps
- Health Insurance/Managed Care
- Population Health/Public Health
- Quality/Quality Improvement/Performance Measures
- Rural Health
| - Community-based Participatory Research
- Geographic Analysis (GIS)
- Mixed Methods
- Patient-Centered Outcomes
- Psychometrics and Questionnaire/Survey Development
- Qualitative Research Skills
- Secondary Data Analysis (Large Datasets Analytics)
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Sheila Leatherman, MSW | - Health Systems Performance
- International Health Policy
- Micro-financing
| - Global Health
- Quality/Quality Improvement/Performance Measures
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Jessica Y. Lee, DDS, PhD | - Dental Public Health
- Evidence-based Practice of Dentistry
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Kristen Hassmiller Lich, PhD | - Econometrics in Healthcare
- Infectious Disease Modeling
- Operations Research Application in Complex Systems
- Tobacco Policy
- Tuberculosis Control
| - Community Health/Collective Impact
- Women and Children's Health
| - Cost Benefit/Cost Effectiveness Analysis
- Decision Sciences
- Operations Research
- Public Health Systems Strengthening
- Systems Science
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Valerie Lewis, PhD | - Healthcare delivery reform
- Socioeconomic disparities in outcomes
| - Disparities/Social Determinants of Health
- Healthcare Utilization and Costs
- Health Insurance/Managed Care
- Medicaid/Uninsured/Safety Net
- Medicare Policy
- Population Health/Public Health
- Quality/Quality Improvement/Performance Measures
| - Mixed Methods
- Organizational Development/Strategic Planning
- Public Policy/Legal Analysis
- Psychometrics and Questionnaire/Survey Development
- Qualitative Research Skills
- Secondary Data Analysis (Large Datasets Analytics)
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Jonathan B. Oberlander, PhD | - Aging and Public Policy
- American Politics and Public Policy
- Healthcare Reform
- Health Politics and Policy
- Medicaid
- Medicare
| - Health Insurance/Managed Care
- Medicaid/Uninsured/Safety Net
- Medicare Policy
| - Public Policy/Legal Analysis
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Arrianna M. Planey, PhD
| - Applied spatial analysis
- Healthcare access/Access to care for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries
- Rural healthcare
- Healthcare workforce
- Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)
- Health and Healthcare Equity
- Social epidemiology
- GIS methods
| - Disparities/Social Determinants of Health
- Medicaid/Uninsured/Safety Net
- Population Health/Public Health
- Rural Health
- Workforce
| - Geographic Analysis (GIS)
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Kristin L. Reiter, PhD | - Healthcare Accounting
- Healthcare Financial Management
- Hospital Pay for Performance
| - Healthcare Utilization and Costs
- Medicaid/Uninsured/Safety Net (hospitals)
- Quality/Quality Improvement/Performance Measures
- Rural Health
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Christopher M. Shea, PhD | - Adoption and Implementation of Innovations
- Business Writing
- Health Informatics
- Health Care Organization and Delivery
- Organizational Behavior and Change
- Quality Improvement
| - Health Information Technology/Mobile Apps
- Pharmacy-Related
- Quality/Quality Improvement/Performance Measures
- Rural Health
| - Implementation Science/Dissemination of Innovation
- Mixed Methods
- Organizational Development/Strategic Planning
- Qualitative Research Skills
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Rebecca Slifkin, PhD | - Access to care for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries
- Critical access hospitals
- Impact of ACA implementation
- Medicaid managed care
- Medicare reimbursement issues
- Pharmacy and Medicare Part D
- Public health departments
- The 340B program
| - Health Insurance/Managed Care
- HIV/AIDs (Ryan White Program)
- Medicaid/Uninsured/Safety Net
- Medicare Policy
- Rural Health
- Workforce
| - Program Evaluation
- Public Policy/Legal Analysis
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Sally Stearns, PhD | - Applied Statistical Methods
- Cost-effectiveness Analysis
- Health Service Reimbursement Systems
- Use of Health Services at the End of Life
| - Aging, End of Life
- Medicare Policy
| - Cost Benefit/Cost Effectiveness Analysis
- Health Economics
- Secondary Data Analysis (Large Datasets Analytics)
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Angela Stover, PhD | - Cancer outcomes and care delivery
- Cancer in older adults
- Clinical benefits of using PRO measures (e.g., symptom questionnaires) during routine care delivery
- Implementation science
- Patient-reported outcomes (PROs)/health-related quality of life
- Practice facilitation to help community practices implement PROs into routine care
- Psychometrics
- Quality measurement and improvement
- Questionnaire design
| - Cancer
- Quality/Quality Improvement/Performance Measures
| - Implementation Science/Dissemination of Innovation
- Mixed Methods
- Patient-Centered Outcomes
- Psychometrics and Questionnaire/Survey Development
- Qualitative Research Skills
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Melanie Studer, PhD | - Healthcare Workforce
- Health Insurance/Managed Care
- Human Resources Development
- Population Health/Public Health
- Psychometrics and Questionnaire/Survey Development
| - Health Insurance/Managed Care
- Human Resources Development
- Population Health/Public Health
- Workforce
| - Psychometrics and Questionnaire/Survey Development
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Sean Sylvia, PhD | - Cost Effectiveness Analysis
- Early Childhood Development
- Econometrics
- Health Economics
- Impact Evaluation
- Nutrition
- Performance-based Contracts
- Quality of Care
| - Global Health
- Healthcare Utilization and Costs
- Health Insurance/Managed Care
- Human Resources Development
- Population Health/Public Health
- Rural Health
- Women and Children's Health
| - Cost Benefit/Cost Effectiveness Analysis
- Health Economics
- Program Evaluation
- Randomized Control Trials/Experiments
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Justin Trogdon, PhD | - Cancer outcomes research
- Cost effectiveness analysis
- Cost of illness
- Econometrics
- Health economics
| - Cancer
- Healthcare Utilization and Costs
| - Cost Benefit/Cost Effectiveness Analysis
- Health Economics
- Patient-Centered Outcomes
- Secondary Data Analysis (Large Datasets Analytics)
- Systems Science
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Karl Umble, PhD | - Evidence-based public health
- Public health leadership
- Public health practice
| - Human Resources Development
- Leadership Development
| - Mixed Methods
- Program Evaluation
- Qualitative Research Skills
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Karen Volmar, JD, MPH FACHE | - Health policy implementation and development
- Program implementation and evaluation
| | - Program Evaluation
- Public Policy/Legal Analysis
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Morris Weinberger, PhD | - Health Services Research
- Patient-centered Outcomes Research
- Pharmaceutical Care
- Quality of Care
| - Healthcare Utilization and Costs
- Pharmacy-Related
- Quality/Quality Improvement/Performance Measures
- Veterans/Military
| - Patient-Centered Outcomes
- Randomized Control Trials/Experiments
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Stephanie B. Wheeler, PhD | - Cancer
- Comparative effectiveness research
- Cost-effectiveness in evidence-based medicine
- Elimination of health disparities, both internationally and domestically
- Health outcomes measurement
- Medical decision making
- Sexual/reproductive health
- Social epidemiology
- Use of mathematical modeling and systems thinking to address complex health services questions
- Women's health
| - Cancer
- Disparities/Social Determinants of Health
- Healthcare Utilization and Costs
- Health Information Technology/Mobile Apps
- Health Insurance/Managed Care
- Medicaid/Uninsured/Safety Net
- Population Health/Public Health
- Quality/Quality Improvement/Performance Measures
- Rural Health
- Women and Children's Health
| - Cost Benefit/Cost Effectiveness Analysis
- Decision Sciences
- Geographic Analysis (GIS)
- Mixed Methods
- Operations Research
- Patient-Centered Outcomes
- Qualitative Research Skills
- Secondary Data Analysis (Large Datasets Analytics)
- Systems Science
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Ciara Zachary, MPH, PhD | - Health policy research and policy advocacy for underserved populations
| - Healthcare Utilization and Costs
- Health Insurance/Managed Care
| - Public Health Systems Strengthening
- Public Policy Analysis
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