The National Institute of Clinical Studies invited Ms Slutsky to Australia in July 2005. Getting your research into policy is her presentation at the General Practice & Primary Health Care Research Conference in Adelaide on 26 July 2005.
Jean Slutsky is Director of the Centre for Outcomes & Evidence (COE) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Prior to Ms Slutsky's appointment as Director of COE, she served as Acting Director of the Center for Practice and Technology Assessment at AHRQ. Ms Slutsky oversees the evidence-based practice center program; technology assessment program; extramural and intramural research portfolios concerning translating research into practice, outcomes and effectiveness including pharmaceutical outcomes, and cost-effectiveness analyses; and the national guideline, quality measures, and quality tools clearing houses.
Prior to becoming Acting Director of the Center for Practice and Technology Assessment, Ms Slutsky directed the development of the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) Project. The NGC is an internet-based repository for comparative information on evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. In addition, Ms Slutsky served as project director of the US Preventive Services Task Force, an internationally recognised panel of experts who make evidence-based recommendations on clinical preventive services.
Ms Slutsky received her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Iowa, a Masters of Science in Public Health (Health Policy and Administration) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and trained as a Physician Assistant at the University of Southern California.
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