CTR Seminar Series/COPH Grand Rounds – PCORnet, the GPC, and Networked Research Opportunities & Obstacles

Elizabeth Chrischilles, PhD

Dr. Chrischilles, is professor and department chair in the Department of Epidemiology and Director of its Health Effectiveness Research Center. She holds the Pomerantz Chair in Public Health in the College of Public Health. Dr. Chrischilles oversees and contributes to the population science programmatic areas of two interdisciplinary initiatives for the University, as Associate Director for Population Sciences in the University’s Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and Associate Director in the University’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS). Her research involves using electronic healthcare databases, engaging patients, and collecting patient-reported outcomes to address comparative effectiveness questions, particularly for older adults and patients with multiple chronic conditions. Dr. Chrischilles is currently leading a cancer outcomes research agenda in the Greater Plains Collaborative – part of the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network funded by the US Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. She is leading a research team that is investigating multiple uses of the mobile and web-based Iowa Personal Health Record as a patient-engagement tool in multiple prospective outcomes research studies.