Network Directors

  • Alex Krist, MD, MPH

    ACORN Co-Director

    Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health

  • Jacqueline Britz, MD, MSPH

    ACORN Co-Director

    Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health

Practice Advocates

Our goal is to engage primary care practices across the state of Virginia, manage the longitudinal projects for the ACORN team, and create a cohesive PBRN.

  • Gaby Villalobos, MSW

    Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health

  • Ben Webel

    Research Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health

Biostatistical Team

Our goal is to improve primary care practice by advancing the field of primary care research, in the Commonwealth of Virginia and beyond. To that end we employ state-of-the-art techniques in data science, including biomedical informatics and biostatistics, to help turn data into information, information into evidence, and evidence into knowledge.

  • Roy Sabo, PhD

    Professor, Department of Biostatistics

    Interim Chair, Department of Epidemiology

    Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Public Health

  • Jong Hyung Lee, PhD, MS

    Data Analyst, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health

  • Adam Funk

    Graduate Research Assistant, Fourth Year PhD Candidate, Department of Biostatistics

Investigators

As a team, we hope to improve the way care is delivered in the United States. We focus on primary care and our research ranges from children to adults and includes topics such as mental health, substance use, workforce, and social needs.

  • Marshall Brooks, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health

  • Bernard Fuemmeler, PhD, MPH

    Director of Research, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health

  • Jennifer Gilbert, PsyD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health

  • Tony Kuzel, MD, MHPE

    Chair Emeritus, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health

  • Carrie A. Miller, PhD, MPH

    Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health

  • Bergen Nelson, MD, MS

    Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

  • Scott Strayer, MD, MPH

    Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health

  • Elizabeth Wolf, MD, MPH

    Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics