Administration
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| Margaret Gunter, PhD, President and Executive Director |
In addition to serving as Executive Director of LCF Research since its incorporation in 1990, Dr. Gunter is a medical sociologist whose areas of research interest and expertise include health outcomes, disease management, patient safety, the role of health information technology in quality improvement, racial/ethnic health disparities, cultural and linguistic competence, and health care systems evaluation.
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| Pam Carpenter, Office Administrator and Human Resources Director |
Ms. Carpenter coordinates the day-to-day operations of the office as well as manages employee benefits, employee relations, and coordinates policies and procedures. She has over 20 years of healthcare management experience.
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| Dwight Washington, MBA, Chief Financial Officer |
Mr. Washington has 20 years of experience in finance and banking industries, with experience in public accounting, private and government contracting industry sectors. Mr. Washington comes to LCF Research from his private company, Washington Business Services, LLC, which he owned and operated for 12 years. Mr. Washington holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Eastern New Mexico University majoring in accounting and business, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.
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Health Services Research
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| Sarah Beaton, PhD, Senior Research Associate |
Dr. Beaton’s areas of research expertise include health outcomes research, survey development, healthcare systems evaluation, and all aspects of research design, implementation, analysis, and reporting. She holds a PhD in industrial-organizational psychology with an emphasis on research methodology and statistics.
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| Shelley Carter, RN, MPH, MCRP, Director of Research and Education |
A Senior Research Associate and Project Manager, Ms. Carter has extensive experience designing and managing programs to improve the health of New Mexico communities. Ms. Carter possesses expertise in designing and testing data collection tools, gathering Medicaid data, and in research project coordination and management.
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| Gene Hill, BBA, MA, Data Warehouse Manager/Data Analyst |
Mr. Hill holds a BBA degree in General Management and an MA in Economics from the University of New Mexico and has acquired over 12 years as a business intelligence analyst and database developer. Mr. Hill’s duties include oversight of data management for the IT department and health services research projects with an emphasis on logical design, database performance, and the building of reporting systems. Mr. Hill’s past experience includes consulting and/or staff positions at AllianceBernstein, L.P. (New York), the City of New York (FDNY), Antena 3 Televisión (Madrid, Spain) and Thornburg Mortgage (Santa Fe).
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| Douglas Mapel, MD, MPH, FACCP, |
Dr. Mapel’s areas of expertise include health outcomes and healthcare delivery research, pulmonary epidemiology and toxicology, and clinical study design. In addition to his extensive work in pulmonary disease, Dr. Mapel has conducted health economics research in a broad range of chronic disease areas. He has published numerous original articles and state-of-the-art reviews in the medical outcomes research literature, and he has presented his work at numerous international conferences.
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| Michael Schum, PhD, Senior Research Associate |
Dr. Schum holds a BS, MS, and PhD in biology from the University of New Mexico and has over 30 years experience in toxicology, biomathematical consulting, and as Professor of Biology. He has provided scientific expertise in toxicology, environmental statistics, environmental fate and transport modeling, risk assessment, data reduction and statistical analysis.
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| Ann Von Worley, RN, BSHS , CCRP, Clinical Research Associate |
Ms. Von Worley has varied experience in health services research including program coordination, medical record review, and clinical studies administration. She coordinates all medical record reviews and contributes to the data collection methodology, instrument design, abstract protocol, and abstractor training and oversight. Ms. Von Worley has been the Clinical Coordinator for several clinic-based studies and has worked extensively with clinics to identify and implement effective processes to reach study goals. She is certified by the Society of Clinical Research Associates as a Certified Clinical Research Professional.
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Continuining Professional Education
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| April Salisbury, MBA, Director of Education |
Ms. Salisbury is responsible for maintaining LCF Research’s continuing education accreditation, to provide credit-designated activities to physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. With over eleven year’s experience, she is skilled at managing projects and coordinating large and small medical symposia. Ms. Salisbury has a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Psychology and an MBA in Healthcare Management.
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Health Information Technology
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| Jeff Blair, MBA, Director of Health Informatics |
Mr. Blair served in many different staff and management positions within IBM for 30 years, with a primary focus on clinical information systems. He has been appointed for three consecutive four-year terms to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) by the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Blair has played a leadership role in the evaluation, selection, and recommendation of federal standards for EHR systems, e-prescribing systems, the functional requirements for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), and privacy and security issues related to health information technology. At LCF Research, he currently has lead responsibility for the NHIN Trial Implementations contract.
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| David Perry, Chief Information Officer |
With over 25 years experience in information technology in health care, Mr. Perry has experience in executive level IT management, including more than seven years as Director of IT Infrastructure. His responsibilities include supervision of all LCF Research IT staff, oversight and strategic planning responsibility for all IT services, and serving as the Project Manager for the newly awarded Nationwide Health Information Network Trial Implementation federal contract.
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Adjunct Scientist
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| Ludmila Bakhireva, MD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor |
Division of Dysmorphology and Teratology, College of Pharmacy and Department of Family and Community Medicine, UNM School of Medicine. Interest in HIV/AIDS, bone loss in older men (Rancho Bernardo Study), asthma, role of statins in prevention of osteoporosis, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
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| Richard Hoffman, MD , MPH, Director of Cancer Prevention |
UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center. Also Staff Physician at NM VA Health Care System and Associate Professor of Medicine at UNM School of Medicine. Interest in Type 2 Insulin Dependent Diabetes, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer screening. Was involved with the Diabetes Outcomes in Veterans Study (DOVES). Collaborates with LCF Research.
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| Richard Lauer, MD, FACP, Executive Medical Director |
Executive Medical Director of the UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center and Professor of Medicine at the UNM School of Medicine. His interest is in treatment outcomes and comparative effectiveness research. He is involved in helping design and implement cancer treatment trials.
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| Glen Murata, MD, Director of Outcomes Research Program |
NM VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM. Also Professor of Medicine at UNM School of Medicine. Interest in Type 2 Insulin Dependent Diabetes; was involved with the Diabetes Outcomes in Veterans Study (DOVES). Collaborates with LCF Research and UNM.
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