AHRQ Organization Chart

Office of the Director
Gopal Khanna, M.B.A., Director
Francis Chesley, Jr., M.D., Acting Deputy Director
Jeffrey Toven, Executive Officer

Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations
Francis D. Chesley, Jr., M.D., Director
Directs the scientific review process for grants and contracts, manages Agency research training programs, evaluates the scientific contribution of proposed and ongoing research and demonstrations; and supports and conducts heath services research on priority populations.

• Women's Health.
• Minority Health.

Office of Communications
Howard E. Holland, Director
Designs, develops, implements, and manages programs for disseminating the results of Agency activities with the goal of changing audience behavior.

Office of Management Services
Jeffrey Toven, Director
Directs and coordinates Agency-wide program planning and evaluation activities and administrative operations.

Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets
Virginia Mackay-Smith, Acting Director
Provides a locus of leadership and expertise for advances in health care delivery, organization, and markets through research.

Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends
Joel W. Cohen, Ph.D., Director
Conducts, supports, and manages studies of the cost and financing of health care, the access to health care services and related trends. CFACT also develops data sets to support policy and behavioral research and analyses.

Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
Arlene Bierman, M.D., M.S., Director
Generates new knowledge, synthesizes evidence, and translates science on what works in health care delivery for multiple stakeholders, and catalyzes practice improvement across health care settings.

Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
P. Jeffrey Brady, M.D., M.P.H., Director
Works to improve the quality and safety of our health care system through research and implementation of evidence.