STAFF & INVESTIGATORS

David Buckley, MD, Investigator
Dr.
Buckley received his medical degree from the University
of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque in 1993
and did his residency in the school's Department of Family
and Community Medicine. From 1996 to 1998 he served as an
attending physician at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic in
Keene, New Hampshire. In 1999 he joined Kaiser Permanente
as an attending physician until 2001, when he joined the
faculty of the Oregon Health & Science University as an
Assistant Professor in Family Medicine. Dr. Buckley completed
an NIH NRSA post-doctoral fellowship in primary care research,
which included work on an MPH degree in epidemiology and
biostatistics. He has been a research investigator with
ORPRN since 2003 and serves as Vice Chairman of the Scientific
Review Committee. Dr. Buckley is Co-PI of the ORPRN Preventive
Services study in 2004 and is preparing to serve as PI on
an ORPRN study examining the provision of preventive services
to rural residents receiving chronic opioid therapy. He
is also working with OHSU's Alzheimer's Research Center
on a study of dementia screening in rural primary care practices.


Melinda Davis, MA, Eastern
Regional Research Coordinator
Ms.
Davis has previous experience in community program management,
sports medicine, and in community and medical research.
She is completing a PhD in social/developmental psychology
from the University of Vermont (Burlington) with an emphasis
on community and rural health. She also has an honors BA
in biology-environmental studies from Whitman College. Originally
a Columbia Gorge native and an outdoor enthusiast, Melinda
is excited to live in the heart of the Grande Ronde Valley
conducting ORPRN research to improve quality of life and
medical service delivery in rural communities. .


Lyle "L.J." Fagnan, MD, Network
Director and Investigator
Dr.
Fagnan has been with the Network since it was founded. He
received his medical degree from the University of Oregon
Medical School in Portland and following his internship
in Hartford, Connecticut he joined the Indian Health Service
in Bethel, Alaska where he was a general medical officer
and was the Community Health Director for the Bethel IHS
Service Unit. He completed his residency training at the
University of Washington Family Practice Residency of Southwest
Idaho in 1977. He has been board certified in Family Medicine
since 1977. In 1977, Dr. Fagnan founded a medical clinic
in the rural community of Reedsport, Oregon, which was one
of the 13 model rural practices funded by the Robert Johnson
Foundation's Rural Practice Project. Later he and the clinic
were part of the Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network (ASPN),
a national practice based-research network. Dr. Fagnan served
at the Reedsport clinic for 16 years before joining the
Department of Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science
University in 1993 as medical director of OHSU Gabriel Park
Family Health Center and is an associate professor of family
medicine. In 2002, Dr. Fagnan was named as Director of the
Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network. Dr. Fagnan
is the PI of several ORPRN studies, including: Evidence-Based
Practices: An Opportunity to Prevent Behavioral Health Disorders;
the National Children's Study PBRN pilot; the Clinical Information
Study; Primary Care Network Survey I and II; and the Rural
Clerkship Project. He is also a co-investigator on several
active ORPRN studies, including: Osteoporosis Screening
in Rural Oregon; the Rural Oregon Immunization Initiative;
and Using IT to Improve Mediation Safety for Rural Elders.


Monica Goubaud, MA, LPN,
Coastal Regional Research Coordinator
Ms.
Goubaud is a Licensed Practical Nurse, with a BA in Latin
American Studies, and an MA in Medical Anthropology. She
was a hospice nurse in Newport and was previously on staff
at the Siletz Community Health Clinic. Ms. Goubaud worked
as a clinical research coordinator for 10 years, managing
research trials of investigational drugs in family and psychiatric
practice settings. Her office is in Lincoln City.


LeAnn Michaels, Network Manager
Ms. Michaels joins ORPRN with a background in research design and implementation. After completing a bachelor’s degree in nutrition, she recruited patients for a glaucoma and genetics study at Casey Eye Institute (OHSU) and for clinical trials at the Vancouver Clinic. From 2001 to 2008 Ms. Michaels worked as the Clinical Research Manager of the Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative (CORI) at OHSU. She is the project manager of the Colonoscopy in Rural Oregon Practice (CROP) study, the joint project between CORI and ORPRN.
Ms. Michaels grew up in the farming country of the Red River Valley of northern Minnesota. She has a degree in Food and Nutrition (Dietetics) from North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND and a degree in Piano Performance from the University of Minnesota-Moorhead. Please welcome LeAnn to the ORPRN Team.

Jo Mahler,
MS, Senior Research Associate
Jo
Mahler joined ORPRN in Fall of 2006. She is responsible
for research project management, program evaluation, and
assisting with research design and data management systems
development. She has an MS in Counseling education and spent
more than two years in Anchorage, Alaska as a mental health
therapist with sexual abuse/assault survivors and a senior
legal assistant for Alaska oil and gas royalties litigations.
Most recently, Jo worked in Sitka, Alaska as the Data and
Program Evaluation Specialist at an Alaska Native rural
health consortium for the CDC's "Steps to a Healthier US"
cooperative agreement intitiative.
Ms. Mahler worked in research capacities at OHSU for 17
years, primarily as a Research Associate in the Department
of Pyschiatry. Prior to this she worked as a certified respiratory
therapist for 12 years.

Paul McGinnis, MPA, Community
Health, Quality and Practice Development Director
Paul
McGinnis joined the ORPRN staff July 1, 2005 as ORPRN's
Community Health and Practice Development Director. In this
capacity he will provide and/or arrange for technical assistance
services to ORPRN practices, communities, organizations,
and public bodies.
Mr. McGinnis will help ORPRN to design, develop, and conduct
projects related to community based participatory research
and will coordinate with the ORPRN Practice Enhancement
and Research Coordinators (PERCs) to support ORPRN’s
work in rural areas. He will also assist rural health care
providers by disseminating information regarding policy
development, regulations, reimbursement and other issues
relevant to rural practice.
Mr. McGinnis was previously the Director of Field Services
at OHSU’s Office of Rural Health, and he will continue
to provide guidance and training to the staff of that office.
Mr. McGinnis has 22 years of experience providing services
to rural communities throughout the nation. He is the creator
of the Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIP) community
health development model which directly involves citizens
in improving health status and health resources in rural
areas and has been used by hundreds of communities nationwide.
Paul has a BS in Community Development from Penn State
University and a Masters in Public Administration from Valdosta
State University.

Cynthia "Cindy"
Morris, PhD, Research Director and Investigator
Dr.
Cynthia Morris will serve as interim Research Director for
the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network as of May
1, 2005.
She is a Professor of Medicine at OHSU and serves as the
Vice Chair of the OHSU Department of Medical Informatics
& Clinical Epidemiology. She received a Master of Public
Health degree in 1982, and a Ph.D. in epidemiology in 1985
from the University of Washington. At OHSU, Dr. Morris researches
the etiology and epidemiology of congenital heart disease
and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Morris helped guide the development of ORPRN and is
a member of the Scientific Review Committee. As Research
Director, she will work with ORPRN researchers, rural clinicians/practices,
and partners to develop a systematic approach to our research
program focusing on research design, methods, data management,
analysis and publications. [read
biosketch]

Nancy Rollins, BA, Research
Associate
Ms.
Rollins joined ORPRN in 2005 and serves as a research associate
on a number of ORPRN projects. Prior to joining ORPRN, Ms.
Rollins worked in the OHSU Family Medicine department for
12 years, where she served as a development project coordinator.
She managed grant financials, organized educational and
training programs, and produced a newsletter. Prior to coming
to OHSU, Nancy worked as a graphic artist. She received
her undergraduate degree from Florida State University.

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