wwami center for health workforce studies
Staff Directory

Mark Doescher, MD, MSPH
Principal Investigator; Director of the WWAMI CHWS; Associate Professor of Family Medicine
  • Directs Center and leads studies of the physician workforce.

  • Susan Skillman, MS
    Deputy Director
  • Manages CHWS program development and Center staff.
  • Leads studies of the nursing workforce, surveys of Washington's health professionals, and other various projects.

    Freddy Chen, MD
    CHWS Investigator
  • Leads various studies of the physician workforce.

    Laura-Mae Baldwin, MD, MPH
    CHWS Investigator and Associate Professor of Family Medicine
  • Leads studies of the mental health workforce and obstetrician/gynecologist and American Indian/Alaskan Native health provider projects.

    Roger Rosenblatt, MD, MPH
    CHWS Investigator and Professor and Vice Chairman of Family Medicine
  • Leads various studies of the physician workforce and the public health workforce.

    John Coombs, MD
    CHWS Investigator and Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs; Associate Dean for Regional Affairs and Rural Health; T.J. Phillips Professor of Family Medicine
  • Coordinates the Center with the WWAMI region, the UW Health Sciences, and the UW School of Medicine.
  • Contributes to studies of the physician workforce.

    Thomas Norris, MD
    CHWS Investigator, Assocate Dean; Medical Executive; Associate Professor of Family Medicine
  • Team member on various physician workforce studies.

    Holly Andrilla, MS
    CHWS Investigator, biostatistician
  • Conducts statisical analysis and serves as lead analyst for several studies.

    Meredith Fordyce, PhD
    Research Associate
  • Lead data analyst for the international medical graduates study and other physician workforce studies.

    Denise Lishner, MSW
    Research Coordinator; Associate Director of the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  • Preforms literature reviews, assists with Center administration, and edits CHWS reports and working papers.

    Rowena de Saram
    Program Coordinator
  • Provides support for WWAMI CHWS staff, including procuring reference materials, coordinating and scheduling meetings and conference calls, and printing and distributing working papers.

    Robert Boggs
    Manager
  • Handles the fiscal management of the WWAMI CHWS cooperative agreement and provides liaison to the university's accounting and contracting offices.

    Martha Reeves
    Word Processor
  • Prepares all WWAMI CHWS correspondence, documents, project overviews, working papers, and manuscripts.
  • updated 11.23.05