The Office of Reputational Capital and Technical Leadership is pleased to announce that, as of January 1, 2015, Lisa LeRoy became a Co-Chair of JASG/the Journal Author Support Group and a member of the D&D Steering Committee.  Lisa brings a strong qualitative methods background to those groups. 

Lisa is a Principal Associate in USH and a Co-Director of Abt’s Qualitative Methods Center.  Her work has spanned a range of projects in domestic health (collaborative networks, chronic conditions, person-driven care, vulnerable populations, primary care) and she has published widely on a variety of health topics (including papers in Medical Care and the American Journal of Public Health).  Lisa holds a PhD in Social Policy from Brandeis and an MBA in Health Care Management from Boston University. 

The D&D program is Abt’s twice a year internal competition to fund the writing of refereed journal articles.  The competition is open to all Abt staff with rank Associate and below.  The application can be found here as well as the Bidder’s Conference presentation.  The next round of applications is due February 2, 2015. 

JASG/Journal Author Support Group is Abt’s internal seminar.  It meets Monday-Thursday, 2-3:30 simultaneously in Bethesda, Cambridge, Durham, and over the web.  The seminar is open for those preparing written products, for presentation dry runs, and for “Design Seminars” to discuss plans for analyses.  Those interested in being put on the announcement list or in making a presentation should contact Kathryn Niforos.

Thanks,

Mark