Leadership

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  Sean C. Dowdy, M.D.

  • Mayo Clinic Chief Value Officer
  • Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Associate Dean of Practice Transformation
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  Subashnie Devkaran, Ph.D.

  • Chair, Mayo Clinic Quality and Affordability
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  Elizabeth B. Habermann, Ph.D.

  • Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Deputy Director of Research
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  Shannon M. Dunlay, M.D., M.S.

  • Associate Medical Director
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  Renaldo C. Blocker, Ph.D.

  • Associate Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Honored Investigator for Diversity Science
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  Lois E. Krahn, M.D.

  • Deputy Director of Education
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  Christopher (Chris) P. Tommaso, M.S.

  • Vice Chair, Quality

Strategic focus areas

The Mayo Clinic Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery works from within the Mayo Clinic medical practice to identify, investigate, implement, validate and disseminate practice-transforming innovations. We accomplish this through the following strategic focus areas:

• Data science
  Curtis (Curt) B. Storlie, Ph.D., Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Scientific Director for Data Science
  storlie.curt@mayo.edu
• Health care systems engineering
  Susan Hallbeck, Ph.D., Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Scientific Director for Health Care Systems Engineering
  hallbeck.susan@mayo.edu
• Health services and outcomes research
  Bijan J. Borah, Ph.D., Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Scientific Director for Health Services and Outcomes Research
  borah.bijan@mayo.edu
• Implementation and evaluation science
  Jennifer L. Ridgeway, Ph.D., Scientific Director
  ridgeway.jennifer@mayo.edu