Group Health Research Advisory Board
The Group Health Research Advisory Board is responsible for assessing the quality, innovation, and relevance of Group Health research in enhancing quality of care and consumer value within Group Health and nationally. The Board is appointed by the president and chief executive officer of Group Health. It is staffed by the office of Eric B. Larson, MD, executive director of Group Health Research Institute.
- Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, CNAA, FAAN, chairs the group. She is currently the Alumni Endowed Professor of Nursing at the University of Washington (UW) School of Nursing and Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Dr. Berkowitz also directs the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research funded Center for the Advancement of Health Disparities Research at the UW School of Nursing.
Members are:
- Jerry Campbell, trustee, Group Health Board of Trustees
- Mary L. ‘Nora' Disis, MD, professor of medicine; and associate dean, Translational Science, School of Medicine, UW
- Mary Gruenewald, senior caucus member, Group Health
- James Hereford, executive vice president, Strategic Services and Quality, Group Health
- Pam MacEwan, executive vice president, Group Practice Division
- David McCulloch, MD, medical director, Clinical Improvement, Group Health
- Ross Prentice, PhD, principal investigator, Women's Health Initiative Clinical Coordinating Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and professor, biostatistics, UW
- Laura Rehrmann, president and chief executive officer, Group Health Foundation
- John Slattery, PhD, vice dean, Research & Graduate Education, School of Medicine; and professor, Pharmacology and Medicine, UW
- Michael Soman, MD, executive medical director, Group Health; and president, Group Health Permanente
- John Steiner, MD, MPH, senior director, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Research
- Walter F. "Buzz" Stewart, PhD, MPH, associate chief research officer, Center for Health Research, Geisinger Health System
- Michael Wanderer, MD, family practitioner, Group Health's Capitol Hill Family Health Center; and chair, Group Health Permanente Board of Directors