2021 PCORI Virtual Annual Meeting Plenary Session

(with closing remarks from PCORI Executive Director Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH)

As the nation continues to grapple with a pandemic of enormous impact and scale, systemic issues surrounding inequity in care related directly to COVID-19 and care in other areas have surfaced with ever greater urgency. A diverse panel of health professionals will describe lessons learned from the pandemic, offer best practices, and share the role of evidence in their COVID-19 response. The panelists will also discuss PCORI’s role in helping to address pandemic challenges through stakeholder-engaged research and how to mitigate future public health crises.

Participants (Moderators and Discussants)

Jay Bhatt
Chief Clinical Product Officer, MoreCare, Medical Home Network
Faculty, School of Public Health, University of Illinois Chicago

Lisa Cooper
James F. Fries Professor of Medicine/Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Founder and Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity

Mohammad Dar
Senior Medical Director; Internist
Massachusetts Medicaid & Executive Office of Health & Human Services; Department of Veterans Affairs

Leslie Frane
Executive Vice President
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Joseph W. Thompson
President and CEO
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI); Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Science

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