The Oregon Health Study is being conducted by an interdisciplinary team of researchers and policymakers in the fields of public health, economics, sociology, social work, medicine, and health policy.
Providence/CORE Research Team
The Providence research team is responsible for fielding the mail surveys and conducting the in-person interviews. A significant portion of the analysis will also happen at Providence.
- Heidi Allen, PhD, Research Scientist (CORE)
- Bruce Bayley, PhD, Director (CORE)
- Ruben Halperin, MD, MPH, General Medicine Faculty
- Bill Wright, PhD, Senior Research Scientist (CORE)
Harvard/MIT/NBER Research Team
The Harvard/MIT/NBER research team is working closely with Providence on the study design and analysis.
- Kate Baicker, PhD, Professor of Health Economics (Harvard)
- Amy Finkelstein, PhD, Professor of Economics (MIT)
- Jonathan Gruber, PhD, Professor of Economics (MIT)
- Joe Newhouse, PhD, Professor of Health Policy (Harvard)
- Eric Schneider, MD, MSc., Associate Professor of Medicine (Harvard)
- Sarah Taubman, PhD, Research Fellow (NBER)
National Advisory Board
- Paul Cleary, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and Dean of the School of Public Health (Yale University)
- Arnold Epstein, MD, Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management (Harvard School of Public Health)
- Alan M. Garber, MD, PhD, Founding Director, Center for Health Policy and the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Professor of Medicine and Economics (Stanford University)
- Rep. Mitch Greenlick, PhD, Oregon State Representative
- Glenn Rodriguez, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Portland Service Area (Providence Health and Services)
State of Oregon
The State of Oregon is providing the research team with access to administrative data on costs and utilization from hospital and emergency departments, on public costs from the state Medicaid budget, and on mortality from vital statistics.
- Charles Gallia, PhD, Research and Analysis Manager, Divison of Medical Assistance Programs
- Sean Kolmer, MPH, Deputy Administrator, Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research
- Jeanene Smith, MD, MPH, Administrator, OHPR
Oregon Health Research and Evaluation Collaborative (OHREC)
OHREC is the primary forum through which the Oregon Health Study researchers communicate with Oregon policymakers.
- Heidi Allen, PhD, Research Scientist (CORE)
- Matt Carlson, PhD, PSU Department of Sociology and Center for Health and Social Inequality Research
- Tina Edlund, MS, Deputy Director, Oregon Health Authority
- Charles Gallia, PhD, Research and Analysis Manager (DMAP)
- Alyssa Holmgren, MPA, Director (OHREC)
- Sean Kolmer, MPH, Deputy Administrator (OHPR)
- Bob Lowe, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine and Professor (OHSU)
- John McConnell, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine (OHSU)
- Jeanene Smith, MD, MPH, Administrator (OHPR)
- Bill Wright, PhD, Senior Research Scientist (CORE)
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