Child Health Services Research Interest Group Advisory Committee

Dr. Xu Ji is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Ji's research focuses on leveraging quantitative research skills (big data analysis, administrative data, data linkage, statistical modeling) and theoretical grounding in health services research into pediatric cancer care and cancer survivorship Read Bio

Dr. Kao-Ping Chua, M.D., Ph.D., is a primary care pediatrician and health services researcher in the Department of Pediatrics and the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. Read Bio

Dr. Frances Lynch is a health economist and services researcher whose work focuses on vulnerable children and families, including children with mental health conditions and children in foster care. Read Bio

Rose Hardy, Ph.D., M.P.H., is a health services researcher and data scientist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in the Center for Child Health Equity and Outcomes Research. Read Bio

Suzanne Courtwright, PhD, MSN, PNP, RN, NEA-BC is a child health services researcher and pediatric nurse practitioner. Her program of research examines the role of pediatric primary care in child health equity, particularly in adolescents aged 10-24 with chronic conditions. Read Bio

Dr. Coates recently received her Ph.D. in 2021 from the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. She currently works for CareOregon, as a QI Program Administrator, and at Portland State University. Read Bio

Dr. Ettinger de Cuba is an applied health services researcher focused on health-related social needs, (difficulties affording food, housing, utilities, child care) and public assistance program policy. Read Bio

Erin M. Mobley, Ph.D., M.P.H. is an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery at the University of Florida, College of Medicine in Jacksonville, Florida. Read Bio

Mitch Harris, Ph.D. is currently the Director of Research and Statistics at the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) where he executes and oversees research and analytic projects, primarily focused on pediatric health policy. Read Bio

Elyse Llamocca, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist and health services researcher whose work focuses on the impact of health-related social needs and social determinants of health on mental health-related outcomes, particularly suicide and its related outcomes. Read Bio

Dr. Shih is an Assistant Professor of Health Administration at the Virginia Commonwealth University and a health services and behavioral science researcher. Read Bio

Joyce L. Woo, MD, MS, is a pediatric and fetal cardiologist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University. Read Bio

Venice Ng Williams is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Prevention Research Center for Family & Child Health at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Read Bio