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Kathleen Lohr, PhD, Distinguished Fellow in health services research, has more than 30 years of experience in health care services and health policy research. She also directs the RTI International University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center. In 2000, she was named a chief scientist at RTI after four years of directing a broad program of health services research and policy analysis. In addition, Dr. Lohr holds the rank of research professor, Health Policy and Administration, UNC School of Public Health; senior investigator, UNC Program on Health Outcomes; and senior research fellow at the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Dr. Lohr spent nine years at the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, where she directed the Division of Health Care Services portfolio of studies. During 12 years at The RAND Corporation, she led or worked on numerous health care studies, including the RAND Health Insurance Experiment. She has written or edited dozens of reports and nearly 100 peer-reviewed articles. | 