PHRI bring decades of experience and expertise in applied epidemiology, planning, policy analyses and health care analytics. 

Gary Cattabriga

Data Management, Analytics and Application Development
King of Prussia, PA
gcatabr1@gmail.com

Gary’s career has focused on strategic technology consulting, application development, health informatics and data visualization; delivering solutions ranging from a web-based respiratory health information database and reporting system, to medical claims cost containment systems to automated process control equipment. His previous positions have included software and hardware engineer for several engineering firms, president and consultant of his own technology consulting company and VP of Technology for a healthcare informatics company.  He has experience with large health and administrative datasets, many programming languages and database systems, and statistical analyses and predictive modeling. Gary holds a BS in Physics from Cornell University.

Gail Evans MBA Health Care Administration

Retired, former SVP Marketing and Strategy Maine General Health
Waterville and Augusta, ME
gmevans@roadrunner.com 

Gail has served in senior executive positions in strategic, program, and facilities planning and marketing and communications in community hospital systems in VT, CT and ME.  Her work has been grounded in population health assessment to guide need-based service and facility planning always with a focus on comprehensive service continuum development including prevention, diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation, and disease management.  Her achievements include the development of Vermont’s first community cancer center (incorporating medical radiation, surgery and clinical trials) outside of a university hospital, the Stamford Health System (now Stamford Hospital) Tully Health Center—an integrated ambulatory facility including a full-service gym for individuals with health risks and, a consolidated regional cancer center and hospital facilities for MaineGeneral Health using IDEO and evidence-based design principles.  She has always believed that if you design services to meet the needs of the consumer they will market themselves.

Tim Ford, Ph.D.

Professor and Dean, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA
timfor1@gmail.com

Dr. Ford is a microbiologist who formerly served as Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of New England in Maine, as Department Head of Microbiology at Montana State University, and as founding director of the Program in water and health at the Harvard School of Public Health.  During his time in Montana, he also served as the director of the NIH-funded Montana IDeA Networks for Biomedical Research Excellence, a statewide program designed to build research and training in infectious disease and environmental health research at Montana’s Universities, four-year and tribal colleges.  Tim Ford was the founding Dean of Health Professions at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA before migrating back to New England to Umass, Amherst. Ford’s research interests have included source and drinking water microbiology, microbial cycling and transformation of pollutants, global environmental health, epidemiology of waterborne diseases, and community based participatory research methods for community engagement.  He has both directed and participated in water quality related projects in the US, Canada, the UK, Honduras, Mexico, India, Russia, the Philippines and China.   He has published more than 180 research articles, book chapters and commentaries, and was the first recipient of the American Society for Microbiology’s Gen-Probe Joseph Award for exemplary leadership and service in the field of public health.  He currently serves as co-chair on the technical advisory group for the Pan American Health Organization Foundation.

Christine Oliver MD, MPH, MS

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 
Co-Director, Mass General Hospital Center for Occupational Lung Disease
President, Occupational Health Initiatives, Inc. 
Boston, MA
coliver@ohiinc.com

Dr. Chris Oliver, President of Occupational Health Initiatives, Inc., is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician in the Department of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Division) at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.  Board certified in internal medicine and in preventive (occupational) medicine, Dr. Oliver’s primary specialty is occupational and environmental medicine, with an emphasis on occupational lung disease.  She is the Co-Director of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital.  Dr. Oliver is a co-founder and former Medical Director of Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) and, together with Dr. Ron Deprez and PHRI staff, has conducted research in the area of respiratory disease and other public health problems.  She is a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini and has published research in the area of occupational lung disease. 

William B. Stason, MD, MSci

Cardiologist, Epidemiologist
Boston, MA
wbstason@verizon.net

William B. Stason, MD, MSci is an internist, cardiologist, and epidemiologist who has devoted most of his career to health policy analysis, technology assessment, and health services research.  He has graduated from the University of Michigan, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health, and has served on the faculties of the latter two schools.  He was also a senior scientist at the Heller School of Brandeis University. His main interests have been in hypertension, alternative approaches to medical practice, health care reform, quality improvement, and the costs and cost-effectiveness of health care. He has authored three books and many scientific articles.

Richard K. Thomas, Ph.D.

Health & Performance Resources (partner), University of Mississippi (faculty), 
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (faculty/consultant) 
Memphis, TN
richardkthomas@att.net

Richard K. (Rick) Thomas, Ph.D., has spent four decades in health services research and planning.  He began his professional career with the Memphis Regional Medical Program and helped establish the research department at Baptist Memorial Hospital before embarking on a consulting career.  He provides consultation services to hospitals, physician practices, health plans, and other healthcare organizations and has long served as a consultant to faith-based organizations in Memphis such as Methodist-Le Bonheur Healthcare and Christ Community Health Services.  Much of his research and consultation has addressed the issue of health disparities and he is currently focusing on advancing the population health model.  Dr. Thomas holds a Ph.D. in medical sociology from Vanderbilt University and has authored dozens of articles and over twenty books on healthcare (including a forthcoming work on population health).  He holds faculty appointments at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the University of Mississippi and serves on the board of directors of the American Health Planning Association.