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
President
Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut
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, PhD
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, PhD, MS
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Victor Villagra, MD, FACP
Founder & President
Health & Technology Vector, Inc.