Health Systems, Managment & Policy

Biography:

Elaine Morrato, DrPH MPH CPH has over 20 years of experience in health services research with a focus on the diffusion and clinical translation of pharmaceutical innovation and policy.  She is currently a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee which advises the FDA on issues of risk management implementation.  Dr. Morrato has served on the NIH CER Key Function Committee and its Dissemination and Implementation Research Working Group since 2010.  She is also the Training and Education Leader for the University of Colorado’s AHRQ-funded Center for Research in Implementation Science and Prevention which is focused on increasing the use of preventive health services within primary care settings.  Previously, Dr. Morrato was a technical brand manager in the pharmaceutical industry where she directed prescription and over-the-counter drug development programs to promote the adoption of new medicines and indications.

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 Research Interests:

• Health outcomes 
• Healthcare dissemination and implementation
• Drug safety
• Risk management
• Mental health services

Courses Taught:

• Health Policy (HSMP 6605)
• Introduction to Health Policy Analysis and Communication
  (HSMP 6670)

Current Research:

• AHRQ: Colorado CER and Safety Scholars Program: Mental Health, CVD and Methods (7/1/10-6/30/13)
• AHRQ: Center for Research in Implementation Science and Prevention (CRISP) (10/2011 - 9/2014) 
• NIH: SocioWorks: Integrated Web Platform for Applications of Social Network Analysis (9/1/10-8/31/13)

• Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Comparative effectiveness of long‐acting paliperidone palmitate (Invega Sustenna®) versus oral second‐generation antipsychotics in a Medicaid population (1/2011 – 7/2013)

Education:

• Purdue University, Indiana, BS, Biology, Biochemistry, 1988
• The Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MPH, Epidemiology, 2003
• The Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, DrPH, General Epidemiology, 2006
• Board Certification in Public Health, National Board of Public Health Examiners, 2008

Awards:

• President's Excellence in Teaching Award (2012)

• AHRQ career development award on “Accelerating the Diffusion of Comparative Effectiveness Evidence into Clinical Practice”