E-STAR Mentors

The Washington Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research (LHS E-STAR) Center's mentors - faculty from training institutions that are available to support potential scholar's development.

Washington LHS E-STAR Mentors

Scholars of the LHS E-STAR Center will be supported by an outstanding set of mentors with diverse expertise in LHS and primary care research.

Mentor Name

Primary institution

David Arterburn, MD, MPH

KPWHRI

Laura-Mae Baldwin, MD, MPH

UW Fam Med

Anirban Basu, MS, PhD

UW Pharmacy

Wendy Barrington, PhD, MPH

UW Nursing

Katharine Bradley, MD, MPH

KPWHRI

Geetanjali Chander, MD, MPH

UW GIM

Tumaini Coker, MD, MBA

UW Pediatrics

Allison Cole, MD, MPH

UW Fam Med

Katie Coleman, MSPH

KPWHRI

Yates Coley, PhD

KPWHRI

Paul Fishman, PhD

UW HSPop

Peggy Hannon, PhD, MPH

UW HSPop

Jeffrey Harris, MD, MPH, MBA

UW HSPop

Andrea Hartzler, PhD

UW BIME

Christian Helfrich, PhD, MPH

UW HSPop & VA

Nora Henrikson, PhD, MPH

KPWHRI

Andrea Hoopes, MD, MPH

KPWHRI

Clarissa Hsu, PhD

KPWHRI

Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD

UW HSPop & SW

Larry Kessler, ScD

UW HSPop

Linda Ko, PhD

UW HSPop

Gwen Lapham, PhD

KPWHRI

Kendra Lijlenquist, PhD

UW Pediatrics

Casey Lion, MD, MPH

UW Pediatrics

Paula Lozano, MD, MPH

KPWHRI

Jennifer Nelson, PhD

KPWHRI

Karin Nelson, MD MPH

UW GIM & VA

India Ornelas, PhD, MPH

UW HSPop

Roberto Orellana, MSW, MPH, MPhil, PhD

UW SW

Myra Parker, JD, MPH, PhD

UW Psychiatry

James Ralston, MD, MPH

KPWHRI

Maggie Ramirez, PhD

UW HSPop

Ashok Reddh, MD, MPH

UW GIM/VA

Susan Shortreed, PhD

KPWHRI

Gregory Simon, MD, MPH

KPWHRI

Sebastian Tong, MD, MPH

UW Fam Med

Bryan Weiner, PhD, MA

UW Global Health & HSPop

Karen Wernli, PhD, MS

KPWHRI

Emily Williams, PhD, MPH

UW HSPop

Abbreviations in order of appearance. KPWHRI: Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute; UW: University of Washington; Fam Med: family medicine; GIM: general internal medicine; HSPop: health systems and population health; BIME: biomedical informatics and medication education; VA: Veterans Affairs; SW: social work