HCSRN Committees

Annual Conference Abstract Review Committee
Purpose: To provide policy and procedures for the Annual Conference Abstract Review Subcommittee and support the Annual Conference Planning Committee. Committee composition determined annually.
Annual Conference Awards Committee
Purpose: To provide policy and procedures for the Awards Committee. The Awards Committee oversees the Awards program including criteria development, call for nominations/submissions, application review and scoring and winner notification for the following awards: Early Career Investigator, Mentor of the Year, Paper of the Year, Multisite Collaborator of the Year. Committee composition determined annually.
Annual Conference Planning Committee
Purpose: Develop scientific programming as well as oversee logistics and other aspects of planning for the annual conference. Program content will be determined annually based on strategic initiatives and ongoing education needs of members as identified by the Governing Board.
Leslie Hinyard, PhD, MSW (Co-Chair) Advanced HEAlth Data (AHEAD) Institute
Ivana A Vaughn, PhD, MPH (Co-Chair) Henry Ford Health System
Jinmyoung Cho, PhD Advanced HEAlth Data (AHEAD) Institute
Inih Essien, OD, MPH HealthPartners
Veronica Fitzpatrick, DrPH, MPH Advocate Aurora Research Institute
Corinna Koebnick, MSc, PhD, FAHA Kaiser Permanente Southern California 
Robert Penfold, PhD KP Washington Health Research Institute
Apoorva Pradhan, MD, MPH Geisinger
Katherine Sanchez, PhD, LCSW Baylor Scott & White
Abdul Shour, MSP, PhD Marshfield Clinic Research Institute
Claudia Steiner, MD, MPH Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Ann Marie Warren, PhD Baylor Scott & White
Kanetha B. Wilson, PhD Kaiser Permanente Georgia
 

Annual Conference Volunteer Management Committee

Purpose: To provide policy and procedures for the Volunteer Management Committee. The Volunteer Management Committee oversees the identification and scheduling of volunteers for conference registration, session room managers and other conference-related volunteer needs. Committee composition determined annually.

Purpose: To establish DEI initiatives and a commitment to related practices which reflect the diversity of the patients, clinicians and stakeholders served by the HCSRN. To develop an implementation plan that is inclusive of all HCSRN activities and communication platforms and is fully integrated into the strategic plan.
Tina Davis, PhD, MPH (Chair) Kaiser Permanente Georgia
Melissa Harry, Essentia Health
Leslie Hinyard, PhD, MSW Advanced HEAlth Data (AHEAD) Institute
Jana Hirschtick, PhD, MPH Advocate Aurora Research Institute
Gwen Lapham, PhD, MPH, MSW  Kaiser Permanente Washington
Rebecca Rossom, MD, MS HealthPartners Institute
Katherine Sanchez, PhD, LCSW Baylor Scott & White
Julie Schmittdiel, PhD, MA Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
Jamie Thompson, MPH Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Ivana Vaughn, PhD, MPH Henry Ford Health System
Dea Papajorgji-Taylor, MPH Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research
Purpose: The Executive Committee includes the Governing Board Chairperson, Chairperson-Elect, Immediate Past Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary. The Executive Director participates in an ex officio capacity. The Executive Committee prioritize issues that the Executive Committee needs to address in partnership with the Executive Director, reports monthly to the Governing Board, drives Executive Committee business and discussions between formal monthly calls to move work forward, and guides the Governing Board’s strategic vision in collaboration with the Executive Director.
Purpose: The Finance Committee is a standing three-person committee of the Board chaired by the Treasurer. The Committee meets quarterly to prepare and recommend a yearly budget to the Board. In addition to Budget development, the Finance Committee advises the Executive Director on finance decisions related to the HCSRN and reports to the HCSRN Governing Board on a quarterly basis. Committee members include Leslie Hinyard, PhD, MPH,( Advanced HEAlth Data (AHEAD) Institute),  Kristi Reynolds, PhD (Kaiser Permanente Southern California) and Melissa Poulsen (Geisinger College of Health Sciences).

Purpose: The Membership Committee is responsible for providing guidance to develop membership in HCSRN and to help define the values and benefits of membership. This Committee is also charged with working to increase and maintain HCSRN membership in alignment with HCSRN’s overall goals.

Julie Schmittdiel, PhD, MA (Co-Chair) Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
Stephanie Hooker, PhD, MPH (Co-Chair) HealthPartners Institute
Veronica Fitzpatrick, DrPH, MPH Advocate Aurora Research Institute
Suzanne Gillespie, MA, MS Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Yonah Karp Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Rita Mangione-Smith, MD, MPH Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Thomas Sessa Saint Louis University