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MEDIA ADVISORY: PCORI leaders outline priorities, opportunities in 2023 in January 31 webinar
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hear about the bold vision, funding priorities and opportunities, and groundbreaking initiatives the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has planned for the coming year in a live webinar…
PCORI offers up to $308.5 million through new funding opportunities
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has opened the application periods for nine funding opportunities that offer up to $308.5 million in total funding. The latest PCORI…
Tracy Wang, MD, MHS, MSc Joins PCORI
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PCORI is delighted to welcome Tracy Wang, MD, MHS, MSc as Chief, Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research (CER). Wang will draw upon her clinical expertise as a cardiologist and her extensive…
Annual Meeting Highlights Essential PCORI Values
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The eighth PCORI Annual Meeting last month highlighted so much of what makes our community special: a broad, diverse range of engaged stakeholders; inspirational expert speakers; compelling results from patient-centered…
PCORI approves $96 million for research on mental health, delirium, adolescent alcohol use among other conditions
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $96 million to support 18 new research studies. These studies aim to fill evidence gaps and…
PCORI Landscape Review on Value in Health Will Inform Continuing Conversation
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PCORI’s recently published Landscape Review and Summary of Patient and Stakeholder Perspectives on Value in Health and Health Care provides a comprehensive resource to help inform ongoing conversations between and…
Helping Teens with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Navigate the Transition to Adulthood
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About this Blog Series Kristin Lee Berg, PhD, LCSW, was never a rebellious teenager, but she did have to navigate total vision loss in one eye and partial blindness in…
Topic Themes: Informing Future PCORI Funding Opportunities
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This summer, PCORI’s Board of Governors approved a set of eight broad topic themes that will inform PCORI’s funding opportunities over the next several cycles. The themes speak to everyday…
Promoting Health Equity through Telehealth Policy
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About this Blog Series Growing up in California, Mei Kwong, JD, dreamed of becoming a singer or an actress, but never planned on becoming an attorney, much less a nationally…
Innovative Care Inspired by COVID-19
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About this Blog Series On March 10, 2020, the Department of Public Health confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in Philadelphia. Eleven days later, COVID Watch, a patient outreach program…
PCORI releases details about innovative $63 million funding opportunity to reduce maternal health inequities
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) this week shared details about a forthcoming $63 million funding opportunity for comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies to reduce inequities…
GAO announces six new appointments to the PCORI Board of Governors
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Comptroller General of the United States, Gene L. Dodaro, who serves as the head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), has announced the appointment of…
Kidney Transplant Recipient and 'Hope Spreader' Advocates for Kidney Health
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About this Blog Series When Patrick Gee, PhD, first learned he needed dialysis, he was stunned. He had never even seen a kidney doctor before and was shocked to find…
PCORI Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker -- Co-Founder and President of Sick Cells -- Continues to Honor her Late Brother's Vision
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Every day of the year, and not just during National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, Ashley Valentine, co-founder, and president of Sick Cells, celebrates the legacy of her late brother, Marqus…
Veteran Turned Family Therapist Helps Empower Patients
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About this Blog Series As a former Marine, Ana Aluisy, MA, LMFT, has seen her fair share of conflict. In her work as a marriage and family therapist, she has…
Spotlight on National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month
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More than 100,000 people in the United States have sickle cell disease—a group of inherited red blood cell disorders that affect blood flow and the body’s use of oxygen. Sickle…
MEDIA ADVISORY: Health equity, COVID-19 research headline PCORI’s 2022 Annual Meeting October 26-27
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Registration is now open for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)’s 2022 Annual Meeting, a free, virtual event running October 26-27 that brings together patients and caregivers…
PCORI offers up to $467 million through new research funding opportunities on high-priority topics
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting proposals for new studies and implementation projects through nine funding opportunities. These PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) include up…
Prioritizing Maternal Health with Community Collaboration
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About this Blog Series NeKeshia Jones, MPH, Senior Grant Specialist at Alameda Health System and prior PCORI Engagement Award recipient, says “the value of the collective community voice” guides her…
Funding Opportunities Focused on Management of Multiple Chronic Conditions, Healthy Aging, Results Implementation, and More Open September 7
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PCORI’s third funding cycle of the year opens September 7, seeking projects that answer questions about the most effective treatments for a variety of high-priority topics, study the best ways…
Integrating Hearing Care into Health Care
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In 2019, PCORI issued a call for research proposals to help address the highly prevalent, but often undertreated, condition of age-related hearing loss. Sherri Smith, AuD, PhD, Associate Professor of…
PCORI's Strategic Plan: What Is Next?
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At its June 2022 meeting, PCORI’s Board of Governors approved the PCORI Strategic Plan, putting the finishing touches on a rigorous and thoughtful planning approach underpinned by extensive input from…
Promising Evidence for Telehealth Strategies for the Delivery of Maternal Health Care
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The COVID-19 pandemic triggered many uncertainties and concerns for pregnant people, who were faced with navigating frequent prenatal and postpartum healthcare visits under risk of COVID-19 exposure. The pandemic has…
PCORI's Board of Governors approves 32 new members to advisory panels
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved proposed slates with a total of 32 people to serve on PCORI’s five multi-stakeholder advisory panels…
PCORI approves $258 million to fund research studies addressing mental health, heart-related care, and a range of chronic and acute conditions
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved funding awards totaling $258 million to support 26 new research studies. These studies aim to fill evidence gaps and…