PBRN Conference June 20-21

You may have seen or heard that due to a grant from AHRQ, we are excited to be hosting the 8^th annual Practice Based Research Network Conference.

We’re busy putting together two days of sessions that not only address the science of research and operation of PBRNs, but also provide for the presentation of studies focusing on practice improvement, behavioral health, diagnosis and treatment issues encountered in primary care practice, and the efficacy of interventions and prevention modalities.

Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) Executive Director will be the first plenary speaker. He’ll discuss primary care quality improvement via collaborative partnerships and conducting research that not only informs service delivery but also facilitates sustainable quality improvement at the practice and systems level.

We have also put together an exciting plenary panel featuring Larry Green, MD, Jon Kerner, PhD, Jack Westfall, MD, MPH, and James W. Mold, MD, MPH. The panelists will give a brief overview of the IOM Report on the intersection between Public Health and Primary Care with each panelist presenting examples on how to make the interface.

We hope you’ll join us. Registration is open at www.napcrg.org.

A big thank you to our Steering Committee:

Chair: James W. Mold, MD, MPH, Professor and Director of the Research Division in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geriatrics.

Rowena Dolor, MD, MHS, Director, Primary Care Research Consortium, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University

Ardis Olson, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School and Director of the Clinicians Enhancing Child Health Network

Jack Westfall, MD, MPH, Associate Dean of Rural Health, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and Director of the High Plains Research Network

Donna Manca, MD, MCLSC, Assistant Professor and Director of Research, University of Alberta Department of Family Medicine; Clinical Director, Alberta Practice Research Network

R. "Mort" Wasserman, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Vermont, Director, Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), American Academy of Pediatrics