​Alexandra Vinson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Learning Health Sciences
University of Michigan

Alexandra Vinson is Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan. Alexandra's research investigates how the American healthcare system can be transformed by embracing robust multi-stakeholder engagement in healthcare improvement work. At the University of Michigan, she is Co-Lead of the Bipolar Disorder Learning Community in the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program. This multi-stakeholder healthcare improvement collaborative, established in August 2022, works to build a Learning Health System to produce improvements in organizational care processes and health outcomes for individuals with a bipolar diagnosis. She is also the Learning Health Network Co-Lead for the Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving With Bipolar Disorder (BD2) study. This multi-sited national collaboration bridges discovery and implementation research using a learning health system framework with the goal of improving our understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of bipolar disorder, using these new insights to improve clinical care. Her research in these areas has been featured in Learning Health Systems, Social Science & Medicine, and Contexts.

• April 3, 2023: “Implementing Evidence at Scale: Clinical Best Practice Integration at Intermountain Health”
  Raj Srivastava, MD, FRCP(C), MPH

• May 15, 2023: “We the Scientists: How Patient Researchers and Doctors can be Partners in Advancing Science and Accelerating Drug Development”
  Amy Dockser Marcus, MBE

• July 28, 2023: “Using Practical Theories in Implementation Science: Examples and Implications for Better Implementation Support”
  William Aldridge, PhD

• August 23, 2023: “Evaluating QI for Learning and Credibility”
  Pierre Barker, MD, MBChB
  
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• September 18, 2023: “Context Matters in Implementation: Developing and Testing Multilevel Adaptive Implementation Strategies”
  Daniel Almirall, PhD
  
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• November 7, 2023: “Designing for System Transformation: Learning Health Systems”
  Stacey Chang

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• February 14, 2024: “Supercharging Implementation Science with Insights from Behavioral Economics”
  Rinad Beidas, PhD

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• February 26, 2024: “Panel Discussion: “Coproducing Change: Caregiver Experiences Leading in Learning Health Networks”
  Breck Gamel, Maria Lester, DeeJo Miller, Jane Weyer

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• April 4, 2024: “A River Runs Through It: Explaining EHR Data Ecosystems and How to Access Them”
  Philip A. Hagedorn, MD, MBI
  Eneida Mendonca, MD, PhD
  Umberto Tachinardi, MD

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National Academy of Medicine’s Learning Health System Series

To facilitate progress toward the development of a learning health system the Leadership Consortium for a Value & Science-Driven Health System has marshaled the insights of the nation’s leading experts to explore in detail the prospects, and the necessity, for transformational change in the fundamental elements of health and health care. The assessments are reported in the 15 volumes of the Learning Health System Series, published by the National Academies Press. Click here to learn more.

Anderson Center Learning Networks

The Anderson Center Learning Networks Program helps to build and support sustainable collaborative networks that measurably improve health outcomes. The Learning Networks Program offers expert training, tools and services to help others start networks and to accelerate the pace of improvement in existing networks. Click here to learn more.

Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) Science

D&I science can help bridge the gap between research and practice by: building an actionable and pragmatic knowledge base to help understand determinants of implementation and dissemination; developing strategies to accelerate and improve scale up and spread of effective innovations to prevent and control chromic disease; and improving healthcare and public health practice to increase population health. The CCHMC Learning Health Systems Model considers D&I science to be a foundational capability. Click here to learn more.

Michael Seid, PhD

Module PI
Director, Health Outcomes & Quality Care Research, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Member, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence
Professor, Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: michael.seid@cchmc.org

Peter Margolis, MD, PhD

Scientific Advisor
Co-Director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence
Professor, Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: peter.margolis@cchmc.org

Evaline Alessandrini, MD

Module Co-I
Chief Operating Officer
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: evaline.alessandrini@cchmc.org

Joseph Broderick, MD

Module Co-I
Professor, Neurology
Director, UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute
Email: joseph.broderick@uc.edu

Tracy Glauser, MD

Module Co-I
Associate Director, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Co-Director, Genetic Pharmacology Service
Professor, Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: tracy.glauser@cchmc.org

Brett Kissela, MD, MS

Module Co-I
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research
Chair and Professor, Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Email: brett.kissela@uc.edu

Stephen Muething, MD

Module Co-I
Chief Quality Officer
Michael & Suzette Fisher Family Chair for Safety
Professor, Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: stephen.muething@cchmc.org

Anne Paul, MA, MBA

Learning Health System Lead
UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute
Email: anne.paul@uchealth.com

Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD, MPH

Dissemination & Implementation Science
Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Director of Research, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Email: rohit.ramaswamy@cchmc.org

Susan Cronin, PhD

Research Associate, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: susan.cronin@cchmc.org

Angie Black, MBA

Executive Administrative Director
UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute

Amy Chima

Senior Director
Performance Improvement
UC Health

Sandy Fuller, med

QI Advisor
Director, Quality Improvement & Project Management Learning Networks
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: sandra.fuller@cchmc.org