New Project Proposal Form

Investigators who are not affiliated with CVRN are welcome to propose collaborative research projects with CVRN investigators. CVRN member organizations and site contacts appear on the list below. For questions about submitting a CVRN proposal, contact Ms. Sue Hee Sung at the CVRN (, 510-891-3807). For questions about designing a CVRN study, please contact a CVRN Executive Committee member.

Requests for CVRN approval must be sent to the CVRN at least 4 weeks before submission to a funding agency. this allows time for review by the CVRN New Proposals and Publications Committee (P&P) and the CVRN Steering Committee. Submit the New Project Proposal Form online or download the form here.

Contacts regarding policy and submission:

CVRN Executive Committee, Members
Alan S. Go, M.D., Chair
David Magid, M.D.
Jerry H. Gurwitz, M.D.
Barbara Wells, Ph.D
CVRN Project Director
Sue Hee Sung, MPH

Please contact a CVRN site representative if you have not contacted a researcher at CVRN sites with whom you would like to collaborate.  Below are primary contacts for each CVRN Member Site:

CVRN Site:	Site Principal Investigator	E-mail Address
Fallon/Meyers Primary Care	Jerry Gurwitz, MD
Geisinger Health System	Nirav Shah, MD, MPH
Group Health Cooperative	Katherine Newton, PhD
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care	Tracy Lieu, MD, MPH
HealthPartners	Karen Margolis, MD
Henry Ford Health System	Andrea Cassidy-Bushrow, PhD
Kaiser Permanente Colorado	David Magid, MD, MPH
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii	Rachel Novotny, PhD
Kaiser Permanente Northern California	Alan Go, MD
Kaiser Permanente Northwest	David Smith, RPh, MHA, PhD
Kaiser Permanente Southeast (Georgia)	Douglas Roblin, PhD/ Suma Vupputuri PhD
Kaiser Permanente Southern California	Kristi Reynolds PhD MPH
Lovelace Clinic	Robert White, MD, MPH/ Glen Murata, MD
Marshfield Clinic	Robert Greenlee, PhD
Scott and White	Catherine McNeal, MD, PhD