Seattle Children’s Practice-Based Research Network
Mission
The mission of Seattle Children's Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) is to improve child health and eliminate child health disparities by accelerating innovative and collaborative community-based research.
To achieve this mission, the PBRN seeks to serve as a hub for the Pacific Northwest region to connect researchers, clinicians, community members and patients/families to identify and collaborate on important new areas of research.
Key Information About the PBRN
A practice-based research network is a group of pediatric practices (specialty and primary care) that collaborate with researchers to ask and answer questions on clinical practice, quality targets and population health.
The PBRN is a core component of the research infrastructure and core services available to Seattle Children's Research Institute investigators.
The PBRN initially includes the member sites of Seattle Children’s Care Network (SCCN), a group of primary care pediatric practices clinically integrated with Children’s University Medical Group and Seattle Children’s Hospital.
- 16 practices
- 23 sites
- >135 providers
- ~140,000 active patients
- 8 Puget Sound counties
Meet the Team
- For general inquiries or questions, email PBRN@seattlechildrens.org.
- Doug Opel, MD, MPH, PBRN medical director
- Heather Spielvogle, research manager
- Daksha Ranade, MPH, MBA, director of Research Informatics and BEAR
- Anna Marie Jolley, director, Data Coordinating Center
- Alison Cole, MD, MPH, associate director for WWAMI PBRN
- Sheryl Morelli, MD, MS, chief medical officer, Seattle Children’s Care Network
- Brian Saelens, PhD, research director, Center for Diversity and Health Equity
- Vanessa Shorte, associate vice president of Quality and Safety