Ambassador

David White

American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) – Board Member
Kidney Health Initiative – Board Member
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) – Advisor

Years Involved in Patient Centered Research: 2-5 years
State: Maryland

David White is a grateful kidney transplant recipient and a veteran of six years of dialysis. He serves as co-chair of PCORI’s Advisory Panel on Patient Engagement, and is an inaugural member of the FDA Patient Engagement Collaborative. He currently is a patient-centered research partner in a Eugene Washington Engagement Award-funded anemia research project entitled “ESRD Anemia Research Priorities: Perspectives from Dialysis Patients and Other Stakeholders” and serves as a patient partner with the National Committee for Quality Assurance in its “Serious Illnesses Standards and Measures for Accountability” multiyear initiative. He has been a PCORI Ambassador since 2017. His motivation is to learn more about PCOR so he can be a better research partner and facilitator. 

Involvement with PCORI

Engagement Award: ESRD Anemia Research Priorities: Perspectives from Dialysis Patients and Stakeholders – Advisory Member
Engagement Award: Building Research Capacity in the Dialysis Community at the Local Level – Conference Panelist
Engagement Award: 2017 KDOQI Home Dialysis Controversies Conference – Conference Attendee
Advisory Panel on Patient Engagement

Ambassador Interests

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