Affiliated Investigators - Kaiser Permanente
Gloria D. Coronado, PhD, Distinguished Investigator
Dr. Coronado is the Merwyn R. Greenlick Distinguished Investigator in Health Disparities; she designs and evaluates clinic-based interventions to improve participation in cancer care among patients at Latino-serving community health clinics.
Stephen P. Fortmann, MD, Distinguished Investigator, Interim CHR Director
Dr. Fortmann is an internist and epidemiologist conducting studies of cardiovascular risk factors and disease rates, smoking cessation, health education through the mass media, and exercise and diet change.
Eric S. Johnson, PhD, Senior Affiliate Investigator
Dr. Johnson, who has 20 years of experience in the area of pharmacoepidemiology, conducts research describing prognosis in the usual care setting and the prediction of clinical events.
Lawrence H. Kushi, ScD, Co-investigator
Dr. Kushi is a nutritional epidemiologist whose research interests focus on the role of diet and nutrition in the etiology of coronary artery disease and breast and other cancers. Dr. Kushi is the associate director for Etiology and Prevention Research at the KP Northern California Division of Research.
Erin S. LeBlanc, MD, Senior Investigator
Dr. LeBlanc is an epidemiologist and board-certified adult endocrinologist specializing in women’s health research.
Frances L. Lynch, PhD, Distinguished Investigator
Dr. Lynch is a health economist with a focus on the organization and financing of care for people with mental health and substance abuse problems.
Richard T. Meenan, PhD, Senior Investigator, Science Director
Dr. Meenan is a health economist who studies methods of economic evaluation of health care interventions, such as decision modeling and return on investment analysis
Joy A. Melnikow, MD, MPH, Affiliate Investigator
Dr. Melnikow, a former USPSTF member, oversees the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research at University of California at Davis where she fosters the development of patient-centered outcomes research, comparative effectiveness research, and health policy research.
Richard A. Mularski, MD, Distinguished Investigator
Dr. Mularski is board-certified in pulmonary, critical care, and palliative medicine; he has expertise in quality improvement, translating research into practice, and implementing evidence-based medicine.
Susan L. Norris, MD, MPH, MSc, Affiliate Investigator
Dr. Norris is a surgeon, family physician, and highly experienced systematic reviewer and methodologist, having previously conducted reviews for the USPSTF and many other guideline developers. She is the principal investigator on NIH's study of conflict of interest in clinical practice guideline development.
Kimberly K. Vesco, MD, Senior Investigator
Dr. Vesco is a board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist and Kaiser Permanente physician with more than a decade of clinical experience caring for normal and high-risk pregnancies.
Affiliated Investigators - Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI)
Diana S.M. Buist, PhD is an epidemiologist and health services researcher whose work focuses on early detection of cancer, most recently co-leading the USPSTF review on aspirin for prevention of colorectal cancer.
Jessica Chubak, PhD, is an epidemiologist working on cancer screening and survivorship. She is currently leading the USPSTF reviews on aspirin for prevention of colorectal cancer and thyroid cancer screening.
John B. Dunn, MD, MPH, is a pediatrician and co-chair of immunization practices at Kaiser Permanente Washington. He is co-leading the USPSTF review on screening for dyslipidemia in children.
Nora B. Henrikson, PhD, is a geneticist and epidemiologist whose research focuses on the influences of health policy and costs on patient choices and experiences of clinical care. Dr. Henrikson has conducted reviews on genetic services, low-back pain, and nearly a dozen health technology assessments.
Paula Lozano, MD, MPH, is a pediatrician who is co-leading two USPSTF reviews on screening for dyslipidemia in children and childhood overweight.
Bruce M. Psaty, MD, PhD, MPH, is a general internist whose research focuses on cardiovascular epidemiology, hypertension, diabetes, epidemiological methods, meta-analyses, drug safety, pharmacoepidemiology, genetics, genomics, and pharmacogenetics. In addition to dozens of meta-analyses Dr. Psaty has conducted systematic reviews on statins and intracerebral hemorrhage and progesterone and progestins' relationship with cardiovascular disease in women.
Gregory E. Simon, MD, MPH, is psychiatrist who researches mental health, obesity, health plan coverage for antidepressants, the impact of mood disorders in the workplace, and suicide risk. Dr. Simon is an associate editor in Cochrane Collaboration Depression and Anxiety Group, with a systematic review on adherence.
Karen J. Wernli, PhD, is an epidemiologist focusing on women's health and cancer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. She is currently leading the USPSTF review on skin cancer screening.