Research Committee

The Research Committee is a cross-practice committee that oversees the Academy's research functions. Specifically, the Task Force:

Formulates guidelines, policies and rules for: the conduct of the Academy in engaging in research initiatives, including the process by which practice council-initiated and -directed public policy research initiatives will be proposed, and the selection and approval process for research projects.
Develops and oversees policies for practice councils with respect to mortality, morbidity and industry experience studies in conjunction with relevant research bodies to facilitate public policy application of those studies.
Develops protocols for joint ventures with external research partners.
Recommends annually appropriate budget requests for research initiatives, and provides oversight of the research budget.

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Staff Liaison: Steve Jackson

Chairperson: Peter Ott

Vice Chairperson: Becky Sheppard

Members:

Shawna Ackerman
John Blocher
Alison Chafin
Tiffany Christner
Brent Dooley
Fernando Garcia Alvarado
Andrew Larocque
Yazhan Lin
Robert Miccolis
Maambo Mujala
Norman Niami
Jennifer Point
Joseph Silvestri
Lisa Slotznick
Yixuan Song
Frank Todisco
Aaron Ziegler

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