AHRQ Appoints New Members to Agency’s National Advisory Council

AHRQ is pleased to welcome 10 new members to the agency’s National Advisory Council. The panel, which includes representatives from health plans, providers, purchasers, consumers and researchers, advises the agency director and the Secretary of HHS on AHRQ activities and priorities for a national health services research agenda. The new members are:

• Dr. Karen Amstutz, M.D., M.B.A., corporate chief medical officer, Magellan Healthcare
• Cathy J. Bradley, Ph.D., associate director of cancer prevention and control, University of Colorado Cancer Center
• Sheila Burke, M.P.A, R.N., F.A.A.N., faculty member at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a chair of the public policy group at Baker Donelson
• Beth Ann Daugherty, B.S.N., R.N., M.P.H., vice president of patient care services and chief nurse officer, Sparrow Clinton Hospital, St. Johns, Michigan
• Barbara A. Fain, J.D., M.P.P., executive director, Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety
• Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., associate professor of medicine, biomedical data sciences, and surgery at Stanford University
• Andrew Masica, M.D., M.S., vice president and chief clinical effectiveness officer, Baylor Scott & White Health
• Sally C. Morton, M.S., Ph.D., MSc, dean, College of Science, Lay Nam Chang Dean’s Chair, and professor of statistics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Jerry Penso, M.D., M.B.A, chief medical and quality officer, American Medical Group Association (AMGA), president of the AMGA Foundation
• William Shrank, M.D., M.S., chief medical officer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan

In addition, AHRQ will select seven more members to serve on the council beginning in spring 2019. The deadline for nominations is Aug. 8. Access the Federal Register notice for more information.