Ambassador

Desiree Collins Bradley

Texas Children's Hospital – Advisor
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – National Person & Family Engagement Faculty
Society to Improve Diagnosis Medicine (SIDM) – Patient Partner

Years Involved in Patient Centered Research: 5-10 years
State: Texas

Desiree Collins Bradley has been involved as a PCORI Ambassador for a couple of years. She has participated in a research project related to diagnostic errors conducted by the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM). She has learned a lot about the specifics of research and how partnering with patients can drive this work. She is also a national faculty member for the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI) through CMS and sees that there is a great need on the national level for research that not only drives change but produces positive patient outcomes. She hopes to become as involved as possible in PCORI.

Involvement with PCORI

Research: Diagnosis Errors Research (PI: Society in Diagnosis Medicine) – Patient Partner 

Ambassador Interests

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