The Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN), formerly the HMO Research Network, is led by Executive Director Sarah Greene. She is the first-ever Executive Director of the HCSRN, and is responsible for all strategic and operational activities as overseen by the HCSRN Governing Board.  The all-volunteer Board operates as a democratic constituency, guided by a set of agreed upon bylaws.

Together, these visionary leaders are helping shape the future of the HCSRN and health systems-based research.  

GOVERNING BOARD OFFICERS

Five Board officers make up the HCSRN's Executive Committee. The Executive Director is on the Executive Committee in an ex officio capacity

• Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD - Immediate Past Chair, 2015-2016
  Executive Director, Meyers Primary Care Institute 
  Reliant Medical Group | Fallon Community Health Plan 

• Tracy A. Lieu, MD, MPH
  Director, Division of Research
  Kaiser Permanente Northern California 

• Harold S. 'Hal' Luft, PhD
  Director, PAMF Research Institute  
  Palo Alto Medical Foundation 

• Lucy Savitz, PhD, MBA  Chair-Elect, 2019-2020
  Director, Center for Health Research, Northwest & Hawai'i  
  Kaiser Permanente Northwest 

• Stephen C. Waring, DVM, PhD  Board Chair, 2017-2018
  Senior Research Scientist
  Essentia Institute for Rural Health

ADDITIONAL GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS

• Claudia Steiner, MD, MPH
  Executive Director, Institute for Health Research
  Kaiser Permanente Colorado

• Gabriel Chodick, PhD
  Maccabi Institute for Health Services Research  
  Maccabi Healthcare Services

• John Zeber, PhD
  Co-Director, Health Outcomes Core, Center for Applied Health Research   
  Baylor Scott & White Health

• Kristi Reynolds, PhD, MPH
  Assistant Director for Epidemiology, Department of Research & Evaluation 
  Kaiser Permanente Southern California

• Robert T. Greenlee, PhD, MPH
  Research Scientist, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation  
  Marshfield Clinic Health System

• Michael A. Horberg, MD, MAS
  Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute 
  Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group

• Lois E. Lamerato, PhD
  Senior Epidemiologist, Henry Ford Health System Research 
  Henry Ford Health System | Health Alliance Plan

• Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH
  Executive Director, KP Washington Health Research Institute 
  Kaiser Permanente Washington

• Karen Margolis, MD, MPH
  Executive Director, Research, HealthPartners Institute  
  HealthPartners

• Richard Platt, MD, MSc
  Professor & Chair, Harvard Univ School of Medicine, Dept of Population Medicine
  Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 

• Drew Bradlyn, PhD 
  Executive Director, Center for Research and Evaluation
  Kaiser Permanente Georgia 

• Stephen C. Waring, DVM, PhD
  Senior Research Scientist, Essentia Institute of Rural Health 
  Essentia Health

• Eric Wright PharmD, MPH
  Investigator and Director, Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes
  Geisinger Health System

   

FORMAL HCSRN COMMITTEES

Governing Board

• Outward facing, network positioning. Set policy budget and strategic direction.

Executive Committee

• Increase Board efficiency and agility. Manage Board strategies, policies and initiatives.

Asset Stewardship Committee

• Cross-network coordination of assets, knowledge and resources.

Multi-Institutional IRB Coordination

• Develop and implement Network-wide IRB ceding process and other IRB streamlining initiatives.

Virtual Data Warehouse (VDW) Implementation Group

• Coordinate, support, and oversee VDW development and management across sites.

Research Administrators Forum

• Share best practices. Create HCSRN-wide administrative processes to build efficiencies.