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Chris Dymek, Ed.D.
Chris Dymek leads the work of the Division of Digital Healthcare Research within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement. She is a computer scientist and digital healthcare researcher who is dedicated to advancing the productive use of information technology within healthcare.
Prior to joining AHRQ, Chris was a program manager in the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) where she led the HHS effort, supported by the Patient-centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund, to build data capacity for patient-centered outcomes research. Chris has… Read more about Chris Dymek, Ed.D.
Amy Lindinha
Amy Lindinha is a Program Analyst with 23 years of experience at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Ms. Lindinha supports the Division of Digital Healthcare Research (DDHR) in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) by providing extramural research program coordination, operations management, and directing research dissemination efforts.
Before joining the Division of Digital Healthcare Research (DDHR), Ms. Lindinha served as the Extramural Research Coordinator in the Center of Outcomes and Evidence (COE) serving as an expert in grant operations including policies, best practices, requirements,… Read more about Amy Lindinha
Edwin Lomotan, M.D.
Edwin Lomotan, M.D., is a Physician and Senior Advisor for Clinical Informatics in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He currently leads AHRQ’s clinical decision support (CDS) initiative, which aims to advance evidence into practice through CDS and to make CDS more shareable, standards-based, and publicly-available.
Before joining AHRQ, Dr. Lomotan was Health IT Branch Chief in the Office of Quality and Data in the Bureau of Primary Health Care at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). While at HRSA, he led the Health Center-Controlled Network grant… Read more about Edwin Lomotan, M.D.
James Swiger, M.B.E.
James Swiger, M.B.E., is a Biomedical Engineer and Health Scientist Administrator in the Division of Digital Healthcare Research in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) where he serves as a Program Official on digital healthcare research projects.
Prior to joining AHRQ, Mr. Swiger worked at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). At CDRH, he was a Deputy Division Director in the Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun), a program that collaborated with a volunteer network of hospitals nationwide to… Read more about James Swiger, M.B.E.
Kevin Chaney, M.G.S.
Kevin Chaney, M.G.S., is a Senior Advisor for Dissemination and Innovation in the Division of Digital Healthcare Research (DHR) in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). He serves as a strategic advisor on new and emerging digital healthcare tools, platforms, and methods to resolve critical issues involving digital healthcare and clinical informatics.
Prior to rejoining AHRQ, Mr. Chaney was Scientific Program Manager and Review Officer for the Veterans Health Administration, and a Senior Program Manager for the… Read more about Kevin Chaney, M.G.S.
Mario Terán, M.D., M.Sc., CPHIMS
Mario Terán, M.D., is a Physician and Clinical Informaticist for the Division of Digital Healthcare Research (DDHR) in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Prior to joining AHRQ, Dr. Terán, was in the private sector serving as a consulting physician informaticist focusing on electronic health record (EHR) implementation, end-user EHR adoption, and leveraging health technologies to improve patient outcomes and end-user satisfaction. He has overseen the implementation of EHRs across multiple health systems and has led efforts to improve physician EHR optimization and… Read more about Mario Terán, M.D., M.Sc., CPHIMS
Roland Gamache, Ph.D., M.B.A., FAMIA
Roland Gamache, Ph.D., M.B.A., FAMIA is a Staff Fellow for the Division of Digital Healthcare Research in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. His areas of focus include the effective use of information technology that suggests interventions to improve health outcomes and to enhance operational processes and tools that improve the utilization of health data.
Before joining AHRQ, Dr. Gamache worked as a researcher and educator at the Regenstrief Institute at Indiana University where he worked on projects that bridged public health and clinical care standards-based data… Read more about Roland Gamache, Ph.D., M.B.A., FAMIA
Sheena Patel, M.P.H.
Sheena Patel, M.P.H. is a Health Research Scientist in the Division of Digital Healthcare Research (DDHR) in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) where she serves as a Program Official on digital healthcare research projects.
Prior to joining AHRQ, Mrs. Patel worked at various MedStar Health entities. Most recently, she was a Project Manager and Clinical Health Informaticist on the Medstar Physician Informatics team. She led the Behavioral Health EHR optimization council and served as the informaticist on the Quality and Safety council. As a project… Read more about Sheena Patel, M.P.H.
LT Stephanie R. Pitts, Ph.D., CPH
LT Pitts is a Health Scientist Administrator in the Division of Digital Healthcare Research (DHR) in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) where she serves as the division’s Research Manager and as a Program Official. She is a Scientist Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Prior to joining AHRQ, LT Pitts was a Social Scientist in the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where she led multidisciplinary teams of scientists in premarket tobacco product application review, synthesized… Read more about LT Stephanie R. Pitts, Ph.D., CPH
Wendy Drys, D.N.P., N.P.-C.
Wendy Drys, D.N.P., N.P.-C. is a Staff Service Fellow for both the Division of Digital Healthcare Research (DHR) and the Division of Practice Improvement (DPI) in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). She supports AHRQ’s mandate related to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (PCORTF). Wendy serves as a project manager and coordinates activities and products from multiple initiatives related to clinical decision support (CDS) and dissemination and implementation of PCOR findings.
Dr. Drys joined AHRQ after working as an… Read more about Wendy Drys, D.N.P., N.P.-C.