Neely Williams, a member of our Stakeholder Engagement Team, shares why she was a natural fit for the PCORnet Bariatric Surgery Study.  As a patient and a health advocate, she recognizes that clinical research outcomes are for all stakeholders. From clinicians, to the patients they serve.  “Everybody wins, if we are able to develop a […]

Dr. Consuelo Wilkens and Dr. Cuffe, along with stakeholders Neely Williams and Bob Stevens, recently attended the Building Trustworthiness in PCORnet conference in Washington, D.C. on March 28-29th. In clinical research, we often ask: why don’t they trust us? This puts the burden on the patient/participant. Instead, the question is: how are we trustworthy?  The […]

On October 12, 2015, PCORI posted 10 PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) under Cycle 3 2015, which invite applications for studies under their five national priorities for research, four targeted projects and Pragmatic Clinical Studies. Click the links below to find out more about each PFA, key dates for submitting Letters of Intent (LOI), applications, dates […]

Neely Williams Co-Principle Investigator (Co-PI) with Group Health Research Institute in partnership with the Mid-South CDRN has been approved for a three-year $4.5 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study Obesity. The study aims to produce results faster and more efficiently by using PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. […]