[August 06, 2015]

The Medica Research Institute Forms Research Advisory Committee

The Medica Research Institute announces the creation of a Research Advisory Committee within its governance structure. The committee will bring an unprecedented level of thought leadership and expertise to the Institute as it advances its research agenda. Now fully established and producing research of record, the Medica Research Institute has elected national experts to serve in an advisory capacity.

Research Advisory Committee members were selected for their expertise and sincere interest in the potential the Institute holds for conducting high-impact research to improve health care and promote health.

"I am looking forward to working with this group of distinguished leaders on positioning our research agenda to improve health for all Americans," says Kristina Bloomquist, executive director of the Medica Research Institute. "The Research Advisory Committee is yet another way we are delivering on our mission to produce scientific evidence for public good and to inform national conversations on issues of health care."

The Research Advisory Committee comprises a blend of senior-level physician researchers and health policy experts and a balanced geographical mix of local leaders and those from throughout the country. Group members have a significant depth and breadth of experience in analyzing the complexities of health care delivery and financing.

Physician researchers are called to offer insights on future lines of research, with an eye toward the knowledge and skills the next generation of clinicians will need in a post-ACA health care environment. Health care affordability, value-based care that is patient-centric, social determinants of health, and addressing the widening gap in health disparities are key focus areas.

The committee's health policy researchers include tose who have contributed to scientific knowledge on health insurance, industrial organization, health care organization structure, pharmacoeconomics, and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.

In addition to developing the research agenda, Research Advisory Committee members will help to increase public awareness of the Medica Research Institute, disseminate research findings to targeted audiences, and attract the best minds to produce high-impact research.

Research Advisory Committee members:

Jon Christianson, PhD
James A. Hamilton Chair in Health Management
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy & Management

Guy David, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, Department of Health Care Management

Sherine Gabriel, MD, MSc, FACP
Dean
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Sharon Long, PhD
Senior Fellow
The Urban Institute, Health Policy Center

Marc Martel, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Faculty Physician
Hennepin County Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine,
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota, Department of Emergency Medicine

Timothy Sielaff, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS
Chief Medical Officer
Senior Vice President, Specialty Care and Research
President, Oncology Clinical Service Line
Allina Health

Neeraj Sood, PhD
Director of Research
Associate Professor
University of Southern California, Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
Vice Dean for Research,
Sol Price School of Public Policy

About the Medica Research Institute
The Medica Research Institute is an applied, academic-like environment in Minneapolis, Minnesota that conducts leading-edge research which informs high value health care. Institute investigators explore key issues in health care by resourcing its regional health plan affiliation (Medica) and health care systems serving patients in the upper Midwest. Optimizing health care delivery, enhancing health care user engagement, and informing community health are the three main pillars of the Institute's research agenda. To learn more, visit MedicaResearchInstitute.org.

About Medica
Medica is the parent company to the Medica Research Institute and operates as a health care services company headquartered in Minneapolis and active in the Upper Midwest. With nearly 1.5 million members, the non-profit company provides health care coverage in the employer, individual, Medicaid, Medicare and Medicare Part D markets in Minnesota and a growing number of counties in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Medica also offers national network coverage to employers who also have employees outside the Medica regional network.

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