John Linnell has been a voice for the patient perspective, serving as a patient co-investigator in clinical studies and a consumer reviewer for medical peer review for the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. He has been involved in PCORI-funded studies through Johns Hopkins, the COPD Foundation, and the University of Illinois at Chicago’s PELICAN study on peer coaching to improve oxygen use in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Involvement with PCORI

Research Awards: Helping Patients with COPD Transition from Hospital to Home -- The BREATHE Study -- Project Investigator: Hanan Aboumatar, MD, MPH
PCORnet: COPD Patient-Powered Research Network -- Project Investigator: Barbara Yawn. MD
Research Awards: Roflumilast or Azithromycin to Prevent COPD Exacerbations (RELIANCE) -- Project Investigator: Jerry Krishnan, MD, PhD

Ambassador Interests

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