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Board of Governors

Members of PCORI’s Board of Governors, including its Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, are appointed by the Comptroller General of the United States. Under PCORI’s authorizing law, the Board includes the Directors of the National Institutes of Health and of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or their designees, and 19 other members representing a range of stakeholder audiences, specifically:

Members of the PCORI Board of Governors with Exec. Director Joe Selby. Taken in December 2015.

Members of the PCORI Board of Governors with Executive Director Joe Selby, MD, MPH. (December 2015)

  • Three representing patients and health care consumers
  • Seven representing physicians and providers, including four representing physicians (at least one of whom is a surgeon), one nurse, one state-licensed integrative healthcare practitioner, and one representative of a hospital
  • Three representing private payers, of whom at least one member shall represent health insurance issuers and at least one member shall represent employers who self-insure employee benefits
  • Three representing pharmaceutical, device, and diagnostic manufacturers or developers
  • One representing quality improvement or independent health service researchers
  • Two representing the federal government or the states, including at least one member representing a federal health program or agency

According to the law, Board members represent "a broad range of perspectives and collectively have scientific expertise in clinical health sciences research, including epidemiology, decisions sciences, health economics, and statistics."

Current Members

  • Debra Barksdale, PhD, RN
  • Kerry Barnett, JD (Vice Chairperson)
  • Lawrence Becker
  • Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD
  • Allen Douma, MD
  • Alicia Fernandez, MD
  • Christine Goertz, DC, PhD
  • Leah Hole-Marshall, JD
  • Russell Howerton, MD
  • Gail Hunt
  • Robert Jesse, MD, PhD (deceased, September 2, 2017)
  • Gopal Khanna, MBA
  • Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
  • Richard E. Kuntz, MD, MSc
  • Sharon Levine, MD
  • Freda Lewis-Hall, MD
  • Barbara J. McNeil, MD, PhD
  • Grayson Norquist, MD, MSPH (Chairperson)
  • Ellen Sigal, PhD
  • Kathleen Troeger, MPH
  • Robert Zwolak, MD, PhD

Past Members

  • Sharon P. Arnold, PhD (Former AHRQ Acting Director): March 2016 – May 2016 & January 2017 – May 2017
  • Andrew Bindman, MD (Former AHRQ Director): May 2016 – January 2017
  • Carolyn Clancy, MD (Former AHRQ Director): September 2010 – August 2013
  • Arnold Epstein, MD: September 2010 – September 2014
  • Andrew Imparato, JD: September 2010 – November 2010
  • Richard Kronick, PhD (Former AHRQ Director): September 2013 – March 2016
  • Steven Lipstein, MHA (Former Vice Chairperson): September 2010 – September 2016
  • Eugene Washington, MD, MSc (Former Chairperson): September 2010 – December 2013
  • Harlan Weisman, MD: September 2010 – September 2016

Posted: September 29, 2011; Updated: September 2017

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Meetings & Events

April 24
PCORI Online: Cycle 1 2018 Application Submission Webinar
April 30
Board of Governors Meeting: April 30, 2018
May 2
Advisory Panel on Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science Spring 2018 Meeting

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