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.