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    Carrie Farmer

    Codirector, RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute
    Senior Policy Research and Director of Health Care Quality Measurement and Improvement Program, RAND

    Dissertation Title:  "Chronic Illness, Depression, and the Patient-Provider Relationship: Toward a Model of Biopsychosocial Care"... Read more about Carrie Farmer

    Cara James

    President and CEO, Grantmakers in Health

    Dissertation Title:  "End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD): Factors Affecting Patient's Treatment and Care Assessments"... Read more about Cara James

    Audiey Kao

    Vice President, Ethics Group, American Medical Association Internist, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Hospital

    Dissertation Title:  "Trust and Agency: The Patient-Physician Relationship in the Era of Managed Care"... Read more about Audiey Kao

    Minah Kim

    Professor, Dept of Public Administration, College of Social Science, Ewha Womans University

    Dissertation Title:  "Consumer's Values on Health Care Services"... Read more about Minah Kim

    John Lavis

    Professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact; Associate Member, Department of Political Science, McMaster University
    Director, McMaster Health Forum
    Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Systems

    Dissertation Title:  "An Inquiry into the Links between Labour-Market Experiences and Health"... Read more about John Lavis

    Jessica Mittler

    Associate Professor, Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Allied Health Professions

    Dissertation Title:"Medicare Beneficiaries and Market Variations in Service Use, Quality of Care, and Plan Choice"... Read more about Jessica Mittler

    Ingrid Nembhard

    Fishman Family President’s Distinguished Associate Professor and Associate Professor of Health Care Management, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

    Dissertation Title:"Organizational Learning in Health Care: Insights from a Multi-Method Study of Quality Improvement Collaboratives"... Read more about Ingrid Nembhard

    Hector Rodriguez

    Kaiser Permanente Endowed Professor of Health Policy and Management, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
    Director, UC Berkeley Center for Organizational and Innovation Research

    Dissertation Title:"Continuity and Team Approaches to Care: Effects on Physician-Patient Relationship Quality, Patients’ Experiences, and the Technical Quality of Care"... Read more about Hector Rodriguez

    Stephanie Shimada

    Research Health Scientist, Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Bedford VA Medical Center
    Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health

    Dissertation Title:  "Selection in the Medicare Program"... Read more about Stephanie Shimada

    Loel Scott Solomon

    Professor, Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

    Dissertation Title: "Assessing Patient-Reported Quality in Medical Group Practices: An Analysis of Data from the National Field Test of the Group-Level CAHPS Instrument"... Read more about Loel Scott Solomon

    Annie Steffenson

    Medical Writer, Independent Consultant

    Dissertation Title: "Toward a Better Understanding of HIV Risk among Young South Africans: Risk Perceptions and the Risk of Concurrent Sexual Partnerships"... Read more about Annie Steffenson

    Malcolm Williams

    Senior Policy Researcher, and Associate Research Department Director, Behavioral and Policy Sciences Department, RAND Corporation
    Professor and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

    Dissertation Title: "Individual, Clinical, and Contextual Factors Affecting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Quality"... Read more about Malcolm Williams

    Thomas Williams

    Senior Fellow, Health Care Division, NORC at The University of Chicago

    Dissertation Title: "Physician Experiences and Evaluations of Managed Care Organizations: Perceived Organizational Support in Health Care"... Read more about Thomas Williams

    Wei Wilson Zhang

    Assistant Dean of Global Executive Education and Associate Professor of Applied Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

    Dissertation Title: "Hospital Quality and Patient Trust in Care for Colorectal Cancer"... Read more about Wei Wilson Zhang