In May 2006, AcademyHealth's board of directors appointed a panel of esteemed researchers to serve on the first AcademyHealth Methods Council. Comprised of experts in the variety of fields that represent health services research and health policy, its purpose is to assist AcademyHealth in developing strategies for professional development in Health Services Research methods that take into account member needs, as well as the Council's view of future needs in the areas of training in best practices and the development of new methods. The Methods Council is appointed for a term of 3 year terms.

Methods Council Members

Bryan Dowd, Ph.D., Chair
Professor
Division of Health Services Research and Policy
University of Minnesota 

Lu Ann Aday, Ph.D.
Lorne Bain Distinguished Professor in Public Health and Medicine
School of Public Health
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Peter Buerhaus, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Senior Associate Dean for Research
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Steven Cohen, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Kelly Devers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Health Administration and Family Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University

José Escarce, Ph.D., M.D.
Senior Natural Scientist
RAND

Jack Hadley, Ph.D.
Principal Research Associate
Health Policy Center
The Urban Institute

Mark Helfand, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
EPC Director
Oregon Health Policy Institute, Portland VAMC
Oregon Health and Science University

Emmett Keeler, Ph.D.
Senior Mathematician
The Health Program
RAND

Richard Kronick, Ph.D.
Professor
Family and Preventive Medicine
University of California San Diego 

Bryan Luce, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Science Policy
United BioSource Corporation  

Diane Martin, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Health Services
University of Washington

Timothy McBride, Ph.D.
Professor
Health Management and Policy
School of Public Health
Saint Louis University 

Barbara McNeil, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairperson
Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School

Sharon-Lise Normand, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Health Care Policy and Biostatistics
Harvard Medical School

John O'Donnell, Ph.D., M.A.
Regional Director and Global Lead
Health Economics and Outcomes Research
AstraZeneca

Steven Pearson, M.D.
Special Advisor, Technology and Coverage Policy
Clinical Bioethics
National Institute for Health

Sara Rosenbaum, J.D.
Hirsh Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy
School of Public Health and Health Services
George Washington University 

Dana Gelb Safran, Sc.D.
Vice President
Performance Measurement and Improvement
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Jean Slutsky, P.A., M.S.P.H.
Director
Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Edward Sondik, Ph.D.
Director
DHHS, CDC
National Center for Health Statistics

Michael A. Stoto, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Services Administration and Population Health
Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies

John Ware, Jr., Ph.D.
CEO and Chief Science Officer
QualityMetric, Inc.

Milton Weinstein, Ph.D.
Henry J. Kaiser Professor of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health, Harvard University