PCORI

Nationwide, 93 million adults and one in five adolescents have obesity. But the concerns they face go well beyond excess weight. They are at greater risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer, among other health problems. People with obesity have numerous options to consider when looking...

When we held PCORI’s first Annual Meeting in 2015, it was largely an opportunity to convene our stakeholders to meet each other, discuss their goals and our plans for a still-new research organization, and to report on progress being made by some of our earliest-funded studies. Now, just days away...

We at PCORI have just marked our eighth anniversary as the nation’s leading funder of research comparing which healthcare options work best, for whom, given outcomes important to patients. We’ve also just welcomed seven new members to our Board of Governors. And we’re only a few weeks way from our...

Eight years ago, PCORI’s 21-member Board of Governors convened for the first time to start building a major new national health research funder from the ground up. I’m reminded of those early days–and how much PCORI has achieved since–as we welcome a new class of Board members who replace some of...