LeAnn Michaels (she/her)

  • Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine

Biography

LeAnn Michaels is a Research Administrator with Care Management Plus (CMP), supporting CMP’s research and operational mission. Her work focuses on advancing the CMP research agenda through project and program management, grant administration, and research operations. She manages CMP’s portfolio of grants and contracts related to care management, health information technology (HIT), care coordination, quality measurement, and pragmatic trial design. She helps coordinate complex projects, align resources with team goals, and support effective communication and professional development across multidisciplinary research teams.

Prior to joining CMP, she worked at the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network directing multi-site clinical trials. Outside of work, LeAnn enjoys exploring the outdoors on hiking trails, getting lost in a good book, watching movies, and spending an evening playing games.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., North Dakota State University
  • Certifications

    • CCRC, ACRP

Honors and awards

  • NAPCRG Research Professional, 2022

Publications

Selected publications

  • M. M.Davis, J.Coury, Z.Nagykaldi, et al., “Person-Centered Care Planning for Persons With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Summary of an Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Sponsored Summit,” Learning Health Systems10, no. 2 (2026): e70073, https://doi.org/10.1002/lrh2.70073.
  • Canfield, S. M., Rolbiecki, A. J., Ghosh, P., et al. Qualitative User-Centered Design: Programming Changes in a Self-Management Blood Pressure Application. Appl Clin Inform. . 2026;17(2):127-137. doi:10.1055/a-2823-4533
  • Simpson EL, Michaels LC, Ramsey K, et al. Emollients to Prevent Pediatric Eczema: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Dermatol. 2025;161(9):957–965. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2025.2357
  • Lokossou, K.L., Assan, O.Q., Gadio, S. et al. Comparison of the sustainability of the impact of team-based versus individual clinician-focused training of primary care professionals in serious illness conversations on caregiver burden of care: a secondary analysis of a cluster randomized trial. BMC Geriatr 25, 795 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06324-7
  • Totten, A. M., Daly, J. M., Ramsey, K. L., et al. Caregiving Burden and Wellbeing From the Meta-LARC Cluster Randomized Trial of Advance Care Planning in Primary Care for Patients With Serious Illness. J. prim. care community health. 202617doi:10.1177/21501319261430488
  • Cohen DJ, Sweeney SM, Springer R, Balasubramanian BA, Michaels L, Marino M, Nesse J (2025). Intervention to improve psychosocial care for people with type 2 diabetes. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: JABFM, 38(2), 253-274. https://dx.doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240265R1
  • Dorr DA, Montgomery E, Ghumman AJ, Michaels L, Rolbiecki A, Canfield S, Koopman R (2024). Study protocol: collaboration oriented approach to controlling high blood pressure (coach) in adults - a randomised controlled trial.. BMJ Open, 14(7), e085898. https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085898
  • Broach J, Achenbach C, Behar S, O'Connor L, Tarrant S, Ferranto J, McManus D (2024). Design, creation, and use of the test us bank (tub) covid-19 sample biorepository. BMC Infectious Diseases, 24(1), 1282. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-10154-0
  • Izumi SS, Caron D, Guay-Belanger S, Archambault P, Michaels L, Heinlein J, Legare F (2023). Development and evaluation of serious illness conversation training for interprofessional primary care teams.. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 26(9), 1198-1206. https://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2022.0268
  • Coleman KF, Krakauer C, Anderson M, Michaels L, Dorr DA, Fagnan LJ, Hsu C, Parchman M. Improving Quality Improvement Capacity and Clinical Performance in Small Primary Care Practices. Ann Fam Med. Nov 2021;19(6):599-406. Doi: 10.1370/afm.2733.

Publications