LA Net Advisory
Council Members

John A Kotick, JD (Chairman)
Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles

Mohsen Bazargan, Ph.D.
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Condessa Curley, MD
Eisner Pediatrics and Family Medical Center

Ignacio DeArtola , MD
Cleaver Family Wellness Center

Grace Floutsis, MD
Clinica Msr. Oscar A. Romero

Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH
University of California, Los Angeles

Ricardo G. Hahn, MD
University of Southern California

Sally Hur, Pharm. D.
QueensCare, Echo Park

Sarah Ingersoll, MSN, MBA, RN
American Medical Informatics Association
University of Southern California

Cristina Jose Kampher, PhD
AltaMed

June Levine. RN, MSN
Access to Care Collaborative

Carmela Lomonaco, PhD

Imelda Meza, MA
The Children’s Clinic

Kiki Nocella, PhD
University of California, Riverside

Felix Nuñez, MD, MPH
Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County

Elise Pomerance, MD
East Valley Community Health Center

Jehni Robinson, MD
The Los Angeles Free Clinic

Michael A. Rodríguez, MD, MPH
University of California, Los Angeles

Richard Seidman, MD, MPH
LA Care

Maureen Strohm, MD
California Hospital Medical Center

Ava Lenda Waldman
AIDS Research Alliance

Influenced by early pioneering doctors involved in research, practice based research networks (PBRNs) began during the 1970s. These early PBRNs were regional and successfully produced scholarship that developed our understandings of primary care. Their success led to the development of a national PBRN, which set the stage for more regional networks as well as federal interest and acknowledgement on the important of network research to increase health services and decrease health care disparities. [1]

PBRNs are comprised of practice sites that are devoted to the primary care needs of their patients. The network provides these practices with an affiliation to other primary care practices, and a commitment to researching and investigating community-based, patient population specific issues in primary care. The clinician and practice staff have the familiarity and expertise to identify pertinent areas of research that can produce effective and immediate interventions in the care of their patients and thus, research is practice-driven, instead of researcher-driven.

AHRQ's PBRN Resource Center

[1]Green, 1999. To read more about the history of Practice Based Research Networks by Larry Green and the current state of PBRN research in the United States, read Practice Based Research Networks in the 21 st Century: The Pearls of Research which can be obtained from the American Academy of Family Physicians Catalog (800-944-0000)

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