Beyond Opioids:

Improving Chronic Pain Management Using Evidence-Based Nonpharmacological Treatment

Moderator:

Christine Goertz, DC, PhD

Chief Executive Officer, Spine Institute for Quality

Vice Chairperson, PCORI Board of Governors

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Speakers:

Beth Darnall, PhD  

Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine 

Stanford University School of Medicine

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Shelley Latin, JD 

Patient Representative

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Julie Fritz, PT, PhD 

Associate Dean for Research and Distinguished Professor 

Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah

Robert Edwards, PhD

Associate Professor of Anesthesia; Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Pain Management Center

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Discussant:

Charissa Fotinos, MD, MSc

Deputy Chief Medical Officer; Director, Behavioral Health Integration

Washington State Health Care Authority

Implementing New PCOR Evidence into Practice:

AHRQ’s Experience and Lessons Learned

Moderator:

Arlene Bierman, MD, MS 

Director, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Speakers:

Deborah Cohen, PhD 

Professor of Family Medicine

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine

Cynthia Klein, PhD 

Principal Associate

Abt Associates

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Katharine Bradley, MD, MPH

Senior Investigator and General Internist

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

Discussant:

Therese Miller, DrPH

Deputy Director, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Improving Care and Outcomes for People

with Anxiety Disorders

Moderator:

Alfiee Breland-Noble, PhD, MHSc

Founder, The AAKOMA Project, Inc.

CEO, The AAKOMA Center

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Speakers:

Gretchen Brenes, MA, PhD

Professor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

Wake Forest School of Medicine

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Gena Hargis, MPH

Research Project Manager

Wake Forest School of Medicine

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Elizabeth Hoge, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Georgetown University School of Medicine

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Olga Cannistraro

Patient Representative

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Discussant:

Risa Weisberg, PhD

Assistant Chief of Psychology, VA Boston Healthcare System

Training Director, Psychology Doctoral Internship Program, Boston University School of Medicine

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Navigating Complex Choices:

Shared Decision Making across the Care Continuum

Moderator:

Angie Fagerlin, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Population Health Sciences

University of Utah

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Speakers:

Kathleen Tebb, PhD

Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California, San Francisco

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Rosario Rico, MPH

Associate Program Director

The L.A. Trust for Children's Health

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Jasvinder Singh, MD, MPH

Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research Endowed Professor

Board of Trustees, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Candace Green

Clinical Trial Specialist

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Kimberly Johnson, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine

Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development

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Ina Stern

Community Stakeholder​

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Patient Perspective:

Learnings and Strategies for Partnership in Research

Moderator:

Al Richmond, MSW

Executive Director

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

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Speakers:

Martha Carnie

Senior Patient Advisor; Co-Chair of Patient and Family Advisory Council Steering Committee

Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Sonya Ballentine

Peer Researcher

Illinois Institute of Technology College of Psychology

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Peter Thomas, JD

Principal

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC

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Discussant:

Marizen Ramirez, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences

University of Minnesota School of Public Health

A Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

Approach to Prevention

Moderator:

Gyasi Moscou-Jackson, PhD, MHS, RN

Program Officer, Science, Healthcare Delivery and Disparities Research

PCORI

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Speakers:

Debra Moser, PhD, RN

Linda C. Gill Endowed Chair of Nursing; Assistant Dean of PhD Program and Scholarly Affairs

University of Kentucky College of Nursing

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Wayne Noble

Clinical Research Protocol Coordinator

Center of Excellence in Rural Health, University of Kentucky

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Susan Flocke, PhD

Professor of Family Medicine

Oregon Health & Science University

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Eileen Seeholzer, MD, MS

Director, Weight Loss Surgery and Weight Management Center, The MetroHealth System

Faculty, Center for Health Care Research and Policy

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Ronald Myers, DSW, PhD

Director, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson

Director, Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University

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Brian Stello, MD

Vice Chair, Quality and Research

Lehigh Valley Health Network

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Discussants:

Eduardo Sanchez, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer for Prevention

American Heart Association

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Michael Jones, RN, MSN, MBA

Assistant Vice President for Health Plan Operations

Molina Healthcare of Mississippi, Inc.

Advancing Methods for

Observational Studies

Moderator:

Cindy Girman, DrPH

President

CERobs Consulting, LLC

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Speakers:

Roee Gutman, PhD

Associate Professor of Biostatistics

Brown University School of Public Health

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Romain Neugebauer, PhD

Research Scientist II, Division of Research (Biostatistics Core)

Kaiser Permanente Northern California

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Scott Zeger, PhD

Professor of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

John C. Malone Professor of Biostatistics and Medicine, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

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Discussant:

Elizabeth Stuart, PhD

Professor, Associate Dean for Education

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Improving Care and Outcomes for Patients

within the Medicaid System

Moderator:

Jill Morrow-Gorton, MD, MBA

Deputy Medical Director, Office of Clinical Affairs

Commonwealth Medicine, MassHealth, Massachusetts Medicaid Program

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Speakers:

Erika Cottrell, PhD, MPP

Investigator, OCHIN, Inc.

Research Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University

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Angela Lima, MBA, RD, LD

Program Manager, Center for Healthy Weight and Wellness

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

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Discussants:

Stewart Gordon, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Louisiana Healthcare Connections

Maureen Hensley-Quinn, MPA

Senior Program Director

National Academy for State Health Policy

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Taking Better Care of Veterans

Moderator:

David Hickam, MD, MPH

Program Director, Science, Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science

PCORI

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Speakers:

Elisa Borah, PhD, MSW

Research Associate Professor; Director, Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness

University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work

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Beth Cohen, MD, MAS

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Staff Physician, San Francisco VA Medical Center

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Cheryl Krause-Parello, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN

Professor and Faculty Fellow, Institute for Healthy Aging and Lifespan Studies

Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

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David Atkins

Director, Health Services Research and Development

US Department of Veterans Affairs

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The Potential and Challenges for Telehealth

to Improve Access to Care

Moderator:

Penny Mohr, MA

Senior Advisor, Emerging Technology and Delivery System Innovation

PCORI

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Speakers:

Mary M. McDermott, MD

Jeremiah Stamler Professor of Medicine

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Susan Emmett, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Surgery; Assistant Research Professor of Global Health

Duke University School of Medicine

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Discussants:

Kristine Sande, MBA

Associate Director, Center for Rural Health

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Victor Wu, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer, TennCare

Dissemination and Implementation:

Putting Evidence into Practice

Moderator:

Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD

Director of Dissemination and Implementation

PCORI

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Speakers:

Meg Simione, PhD

Research Scientist, MassGeneral Hospital for Children

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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Holly Frost, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Pediatrician, Denver Health

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Christopher Landrigan, MD, MPH

Chief of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital

William Berenberg Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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Sairam Parthasarathy, MD

Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

University of Arizona

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Sharon Cray, BBC

Member, Family Advisory Council

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

How Research Can Drive Healthcare

Value for Employers

Moderator:

Michael Thompson

President and Chief Executive Officer

National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions

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Speakers:

Wayne Burton, MD

Former Chief Medical Officer

American Express

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Paul Fronstin, PhD

Director, Health Research and Education Program

Employee Benefit Research Institute

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Jennifer Bright, MPA

Executive Director

Innovation and Value Institute

​

Karen Moseley

President

Health Enhancement Research Organization

Improving Healthcare Equity through Engagement,

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research & Practice Change

Moderator:

Nadine Barrett, PhD, MA, MS

Director, Office of Health Equity and Disparities and Assistant Professor

Duke Cancer Institute

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Speakers:

Sari Reisner, ScD

Director of Transgender Health Research, The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital

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Dana Pardee

Director of Epidemiology Projects

The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health

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Carolyn Tucker, PhD

UF Florida Blue Endowed Chair in Health Disparities Research

University of Florida

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Mildred Fox

Patient Representative

​

Jeanhee Chung, MD

Instructor in Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospita

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Sandra Baker

Director of Operations and Family Support

Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles

​

Discussant:

Ignatius Bau, JD

Health Policy Consultant

PCORnet in Action

Moderators: 

Elizabeth Shenkman, PhD, MSN

Professor and Chair, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics

University of Florida

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Neely Williams, MDiv

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer

Community Partners Network

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Speakers:

Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS

Vice Dean, Clinical Research

Duke University School of Medicine

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Kevin Haynes, MS, PharmD

Principal Scientist

HealthCore, Inc.

​

Jeffrey Curtis, MD, MPH, MS

Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology

University of Alabama at Birmingham

​

Shilpa Venkatachalam, PhD, MPH

Associate Director, Patient-Centered Research

Global Healthy Living Foundation/CreakyJoints

​

Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH

Chair, Healthcare Policy and Research

Weill Cornell Medicine

​

Paul N. Casale, MD, MPH

Executive Director, NewYork Quality Care

Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Reducing the Burden of Chronic Conditions on Patients,

Families, and the Healthcare System

Moderator:

Carly Khan, PhD, MPH, RN

Program Officer

PCORI

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Speakers:

Risa Richardson, PhD

Senior Research Director, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center

James A. Haley Veterans Hospital

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Joseph "Pepper" Coulter and Jill Coulter

Patient Representatives

​

Mary Charlson, MD

William T. Foley Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Chief

Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluative Sciences Research, Weill Cornell Medicine

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Guillerma Maritza Martinez

Patient Representative

​

Heather Baer, ScD

Associate Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Renee Blocker

Patient Representative

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Discussant:

Andrew Renda, MD, MPH

Associate Vice President, Population Health

Humana