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Dept. of Health Services
Program Affiliations
James D. Ralston
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education

Associate Investigator
Group Health Cooperative,
Research Institute

Research Interests:
Electronic tools to improve health

Contact Information

email:   ralston.j@ghc.org

address:
Group Health Research Institute
1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600
Seattle, WA 98101-1448

voice:   206-287-2076
fax:   206-287-2871
email:   jralston@u.washington.edu

Education

MPH   University of Washington, 2003   (Health Services)
MD   University of Washington, 1994   (Medicine)
BA   Stanford University, 1988   (Classics)

Dissertation, Thesis & Capstone Committees (recent HSERV graduates)

2012
Chair, dissertation committee for Lynne Harris
Electronic patient-provider communication in diabetes care

2009
Member, dissertation committee for Kelly McCarrier
Evaluating novel interventions to improve health: Web-based diabetes management and state-level minimum wage policy

2009
Chair, thesis committee for William Weppner
Use of a Web-based Shared Medical Record by Medicare-Aged Group Health Enrollees with Diabetes