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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced the members of the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research. Authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the new Council will help coordinate research and guide investments in comparative effectiveness research funded by the Recovery Act...

...The Recovery Act authorized $300 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, $400 million for the National Institutes of Health, and $400 million for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support comparative effectiveness research.

A list of Council members is included below.

HHS

Anne C. Haddix, Ph.D.
Chief Policy Officer, Office of Strategy and Innovation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thomas B. Valuck, MD, MHSA, JD
Medical Officer and Senior Advisor, Center for Medicare Management
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Peter Delany, PhD, LCSW-C
Director, Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Deborah Parham Hopson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Administrator, HIV/AIDS Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration

David Hunt, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, Office of the National Coordinator

James Scanlon
Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Elizabeth Nabel, M.D.
Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health

Garth N. Graham, M.D., M.P.H.
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Minority Health

Jesse L. Goodman, M.D., M.P.H.
Acting Chief Medical Officer, FDA
Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA

Michael Marge, Ed.D.
Acting Director, Office on Disability

Neera Tanden, J.D.
Counselor
Office of the Secretary, HHS


OTHER DEPARTMENTS

Joel Kupersmith, M.D.
Chief Research and Development Officer
Veterans Administration

Michael Kilpatrick, M.D.
Director of Strategic Communications for the Military Health System
Department of Defense

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
Special Advisor for Health Policy
Office of Management and Budget

Read on at: http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/os/cerbios.html

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