Dr. Tunis appointed by National Academy of Sciences to the Institute of Medicine Committee for Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities

An ad hoc committee will conduct a study to recommend national priorities for comparative effectiveness research to be conducted or supported with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  The study will be informed by and extend the views of stakeholders and the recent and ongoing IOM work relevant to comparative effectiveness research such as that on the national capacity to identify what works in health care, standards for systematic reviews of evidence, and standards for developing trustworthy clinical practice guidelines.  After delivery of a report, a substantial effort will be expended to disseminate and build public interest in, and understanding of, the results of the project.

The project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Academies. The approximate start date for the project is February 18, 2009. A report will be issued at the end of the project.

For more information, see: http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=49051

Other provisional committee members include:

Dr. Harold C. Sox - (Chair) (American College of Physicians)
Dr. Sheldon Greenfield - (Co-Chair)(University of California, Irvine College of Medicine)
Dr. Christine K. Cassel - American Board of Internal Medicine
Dr. Kay Dickersin - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Alan M. Garber - Stanford University
Dr. Constantine Gatsonis - Brown University
Dr. Mark Helfand - Oregon Health & Science University
Dr. JoAnn E. Manson - Harvard Medical School
Ms. Katie Maslow - Alzheimer's Association
Dr. Mark B. McClellan - The Brookings Institution
Dr. Sally C. Morton - RTI International
Dr. Neil R. Powe - Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Dr. Joe V. Selby - Kaiser Permanente
Dr. I. Steven Udvarhelyi - Independence Blue Cross
Dr. James N. Weinstein - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center