PCORI

At PCORI, we fund work that aims to reduce healthcare disparities, bringing underserved populations whose everyday healthcare needs often go unmet into the research process, such as those in the transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) community. For TGNC people, gender identity differs from...

It’s been an eventful year for Scott Berns, MD, MPH. In September 2019, Berns and his wife, Leslie Gordon, MD, PhD, were keynote speakers at the PCORI Annual Meeting. Then, in November, Berns was elevated to Chair of PCORI’s Advisory Panel on Rare Disease. In observance of Rare Disease Day, on...

Since 2014, the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program has awarded more than $95 million to fund more than 477 projects that build communities ready to engage in patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). Supporting communities to...

With holiday celebrations behind us and the new year under way, I’d like to share some thoughts about PCORI’s accomplishments over the past 12 months and some of our plans for 2020. Although I only recently assumed the role of Interim Executive Director, it’s clear to me that 2019 was an important...