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Special Interest Groups

Groups of NAPCRG members with similar interests come together at Annual Meetings and communicate throughout the year to share experiences, resources, and plans. To begin a new Special Interest Group, contact pnoland@napcrg.org with the name, university, and e-mail address of the SIG chair and the title of the SIG. New SIGs may also be featured in future issues of the NAPCRG Newsletter, so new SIG chairs may provide NAPCRG with a brief description of the goals and focus of their new group. 

Current Special Interest Groups include:

Advanced Practice Nurses in Primary Care
Sharon M. Weyer, MSN, FNP
Case Western Reserve University
sharon.weyer@case.edu


Biobehavioral, Genomic, and Translational Research
Sean David, MD, SM
Brown University
Lee-Anne_Blakey@mhri.org


Cancer Research in Primary Care
Baukje (Bo) Miedema, PhD
Dalhousie University
bo.miedema@rvh.nb.ca


Cardiovascular Disease
Marty Player, MD, MS
Medical University of South Carolina
playerm@musc.edu


Complexity Science
Ben Crabtree, PhD
UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School
crabtrbf@umdnj.edu

David Katerndahl, MD
Univ of Texas HSC-San Antonio
katerndahl@uthscsa.edu


Connecting Primary Care Practices and Community Resources
Jodi Holtrop, PhD
Jodi.Holtrop@hc.msu.edu


Creating a Graduate Program in Primary Care/Family Medicine
Martin Dawes, MBBS, PhD
McGill University
martin.dawes@mcgill.ca

Charo Rodriguez, MD, MPH, PhD
McGill University
charo.rodriguez@mcgill.ca

Pierre Pluye, MD, PhD
McGill University
pierre.pluye@mcgill.ca

Gillian Bartlett, PhD
McGill University
gillian.bartlett@mcgill.ca


Diabetes
Richelle J. Koopman, MD, MS
University of Missouri- Columbia
koopmanr@health.missouri.edu


Doctor-Patient Relationship
John Scott, MD
UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School
scottjg@umdnj.edu


Evidence-based Medicine Teachers Group
Colleen Kirkham, MD, CCFP, FCFP
University of British Columbia
ckirkham@interchange.ubc.ca

Martin Dawes, MBBS, DRCOG, MD
Chair- Family Medicine
McGill University
martin.dawes@mcgill.ca


Faculty and Community Research Development
Mary Beth Plane, PhD
University of Wisconsin
mbplane@fammed.wisc.edu


Families and Health
Arthur E. Blank, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Department of Family and Social Medicine
ablank@aecom.yu.eu (primary)
ablank@montefiore.org (secondary)


Fellows
Hajar Kadivar, MD
University of Washington
Senior Fellow, NRSA Primary Care Research
hajark@u.washington.edu


Generalist Physician Initiative
Sean David, MD, SM
Brown University
Lee-Anne_Blakey@mhri.org


Geographic Information Systems
M. Norman Oliver, MD
University of Virginia
mno3p@virginia.edu

Robert L. Phillips, Jr., MD, MSPH
Robert Graham Center
bphillips@aafp.org


Geriatrics and Gerontology
Arvind Modawal, MD, MPH
University of Cincinnati
modawaa@uc.edu


Health Disparities
John Furler, MBBS, FRACGP
University of Melbourne
j.furler@unimelb.edu.au


 International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC)
Maurice Wood, MD
wood150w@verizon.net


Indigenous Health
Alexandra Adams, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin
alex.adams@fammed.wisc.edu


International Health Literacy
Gillian Rowlands, MD
rowlang2@lsbu.ac.uk


Legislative Advocacy
Frederick Chen, MD, MPH
University of Washington
fchen@u.washington.edu


Longitudinal Research in Family Medicine
Chris Van Weel, MD
University of Nijmegen
c.vanweel@elg.umcn.nl


Mental Health Problems in Primary Care
Michael S. Klinkman, MD
University of Michigan
mklinkma@umich.edu


Multimorbidity/Comorbidity
Martin Fortin, MD, MSc
University of Sherbrooke
martin.fortin@usherbrooke.ca
Elizabeth A. Bayliss, MD, MSPH
Kaiser Permanente, Institute for Health Research
University of Colorado
elizabeth.bayliss@kp.org


 

Medical Home Research
John Hickner, MD, MS
University of Chicago
hicknej@ccf.org


North American Respiratory Infection Study Group
Jonathan Temte, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin
jon.temte@fammed.wisc.edu


Obstetrics
Wendy Barr, MD, MPH
Institute for Urban Family Health
wbarr@chpnet.org

Patricia Fontaine, MD
University of Minnesota
pfontaine@umphysicians.umn.edu


Participatory Research in Primary Care
Ann C. Macaulay, CM, MD, FCFP
McGill University
ann.macaulay@mcgill.ca

William L. Freeman, MD, MPH
Northwest Indian College
WilliamLFreeman@att.net


Patient Safety
Susan Dovey, PhD, MPH
Dunedin School of Medicine
susan.dovey@stonebow.otago.ac.nz


Prison Research
Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP
University of British Columbia
ruth.martin@familymed.ubc.ca


Research Fellowship Program Directors
Beth Barnet, MD
University of Maryland
bbarnet@som.umaryland.edu


Residency-based Research and Scholarly Activity
No chair at this time


Shared Decision Making in Primary Care
France Legare, MD, MSc, PhD
Laval University
France.Legare@mfa.ulaval.ca


Violence and Traumatic Stress
John R. Freedy, MD, PhD
freedyjr@musc.edu


Women in Research
Sandra Burge, PhD
Univ of Texas HSC-San Antonio
burge@uthscsa.edu

Valerie Gilchrist, MD
East Carolina University
valerie.gilchrist@fammed.wisc.edu













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