Advisory Committees

Policy Advisory Committee

Biree Andemariam, MD

Hematology Oncologist
Associate Professor
University of Connecticut School
of Medicine

Carol Buckheit

Principal Consultant

Just Giving Communications

Caprice Taylor Mendez, EdM

Principal
Global Living Consulting

Russell J. Munson, MD

Senior Medical Director
CarePartners of Connecticut

Bryce Raymond, QPA, ERPA

Principal
PASI, LLC.

Alycia Santilli, MSW

Director

Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE)

Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU)

Lauren Vo, APRN

Hartford HealthCare Medical
Group

Lawrence S. Young, MPH

Chief of Staff

Charter Oak Health Center

Another Look: Better Health for Elders in Care Facilities Review Committee

Lisa Barry, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor, Psychiatry
University of Connecticut Center on Aging

Eilon Caspi, PhD

Gerontologist & Dementia Behavior Specialist
Assistant Research Professor, UCONN

Emil Coman, PhD

Research Associate
University of Connecticut

Leslie Curry, PhD, MPH

Senior Research Scientist in Public Health (Health Policy)

Co-Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

Yale School of Public Health

David M. Dosa, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Services, Policy and Practice

Brown University

Jennifer Gaudet Hefele, PhD

Fellow appointment, UMass Boston Gerontology Institute

Roee Gutman, PhD

Associate Professor, Brown University

David V. Hunter, MBA

President & CEO of Mary Wade

Bing Lu

Professor

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

UConn Health

Nora OBrien-Suric, Ph.D

President of the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York

Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE

Associate Professor, Quantitative Health Sciences

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Julio Urbina, MPH, PhD

Vice-President
Director, Healthy Aging Program
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

Greater Value Portfolio Review Committee

Ruta Brazauskas, PhD

Associate Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin

Diana Buist, PhD, MPH

Senior Investigator and Director of Research and Strategic Partnerships

KP Washington Research Institute

Sarah Greene, MPH

Consultant & Strategic Advisor

Michael Gusmano, PhD

Research Scholar
The Hastings Center

Laura A. Hatfield, PhD

Associate Professor of Health Care Policy (Biostatistics), Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

Patrick Heagerty

Professor

Department of Biostatistics

University of Washington

Tricia Johnson, PhD

Associate Chairperson, Professor, Department of Health Systems Management, College of Health Sciences
Rush University

Donald G. Klepser, PhD., MBA

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs College of Pharmacy
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Jeff Kullgren, MS, MD, MPH

Research Scientist, Associate Professor

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine

University of Michigan Medical School

Simon Mahler, MD, MS

Professor and Director of Clinical Research

Department of Emergency Medicine

John Pakutka, MPPM

Managing Director
The Crescent Group

Sarah Robertson, MS

PhD Candidate in Health Services, Policy, and Practice

Brown University

Victor Villagra, MD, FACP

Founder & President
Health & Technology Vector, Inc.