Staff

The Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) collaborates with a large number of physicians, social scientists, methodologists, and support staff, within and outside of RAND. Core positions are described below.

Directors

• Susanne Hempel EPC Co-Director
• Paul G. Shekelle Email EPC Co-Director
• Kathryn McDonald EPC Associate Director, UCSF-Stanford University

Program Management and Administration

• Aneesa Motala Email EPC Program Coordinator and Project Manager (EPC point of contact)
• Sydne Newberry EPC Program Manager
• Naemma Golshan Email EPC Administrative Assistant
• Goke Akinniranye Email EPC Research Assistant

Core Statisticians and Methodologists

• Marika Suttorp Booth Email EPC Senior Statistical Data Analyst
• Owen Hall Email EPC Statistical Analyst
• Carolyn Rutter EPC Statistician
• Jeremy Miles EPC Methodologist, Google
• Kanaka Shetty Email EPC Methodologist
• Joyce Marks Email EPC Research Programmer
• Martha Timmer Email EPC Senior Research Programmer
• John P.A. Ioannidis EPC Methodologist, Stanford University
• Steven Goodman EPC Methodologist, Stanford University
• David Moher EPC Methodologist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Sally Morton EPC Statistician, University of Pittsburgh

Library

• Jody Larkin Email EPC Librarian
• Sachi Yagu EPC Librarian
• Roberta Shanman Email EPC Librarian

Medical Editor

• Sydne Newberry Email EPC Lead Medical Editor
• Mary Vaiana Email EPC Communications Analyst

Stakeholder Engagement

• Paul G. Shekelle Email EPC Stakeholder Engagement Lead
• Thomas Concannon Email EPC Stakeholder Engagement
• Margaret Maglione Email EPC Stakeholder Engagement

Associate Editor

• Margaret Maglione Email EPC Program Associate Editor