Evelyn P. Whitlock, MD, MPH
Senior Investigator, CHR Northwest
Director, Evidence-based Medicine (TCHR),
Associate Director, Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center

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Dr. Whitlock is a Senior Investigator at The Center for Health Research (TCHR); a board-certified preventive medicine physician; and the TCHR Director of Evidence-based Medicine. She serves on the Senior Leadership Team under Dr. Mary Durham at KPCHR, representing scientific issues, particularly those focused on evidence-based medicine and policy.   

Dr. Whitlock is Associate Director of the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC), a multi-institute collaboration between TCHR, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The Oregon EPC is under a multi-year contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to produce evidence syntheses based on systematic reviews, lead methodological development for systematic reviews, and support the increased application of systematic reviews and other evidence-based products into policy and practice. Dr. Whitlock serves as the Principal Investigator for the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) contract, an EPC program that systematically reviews the evidence to support USPSTF recommendations for clinical preventive services. She is also co-Principal Investigator of AHRQ’s Scientific Resource Center for its Effective Healthcare Program and leads the Topic Triage group, which evaluates topics nominated for systematic review in comparative effectiveness.

Dr. Whitlock is a member of the senior faculty of the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI), one of 12 NIH-funded awards for Clinical and Translational Sciences, and has helped develop and implement OCTRI's Translation of Research into Policy and Practice Program (now Community and Pracrtice-based Research). She previously served as the Portland clinical site PI and Medical Director for the Women's Health Initiative and is now a co-investigator. Dr. Whitlock has significant experience conducting clinical trials, epidemiological studies, and health-services research using large observational datasets, survey data, and administrative datasets. Other recent research includes a collaboration with the CDC that created and validated an algorithm to determine pregnancy episodes and their outcomes within Kaiser Permanente Northwest, with ongoing work investigating important public health issues during pregnancy.

In addition to her appointment at CHR, Dr. Whitlock is an adjunct associate professor in OHSU’s Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology. She also serves as a clinical associate professor in the Department of Health and Preventive Medicine at OHSU, where she directed the Residency Program from 1993-1997.

E-mail: Evelyn.Whitlock@kpchr.org
Current Studies:
    		• Centers for Education & Research on Therapeutics Coordinating Center—CERTS
    		• Childhood Overweight Treatment: Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    		• Evidence-Based Laboratory Medicine: Quality/Performance Evaluation in CKD—CKD LAB
    		• Evidence-based Practice Center—U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    		• Extent of Maternal Morbidity in a Managed Care Setting—Mat Morb
    		• Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute—OCTRI
    		• Patterns of Utilization of Ambulatory Care in Oregon: Comparison of Insured and Uninsured Populations
    		• Scientific Resource Center—SRC
    		• Screening for Colorectal Cancer: A Targeted, Updated Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    		• Validity of Diabetes Self-Reports in the Women's Health Initiative — WHI Diabetes Anc
    		• Women's Health Initiative—WHI

    Recently Completed Studies:
    		• Alcohol Use and Drug Interactions in Elderly Women-SOF Supplement
    		• Behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce risky/harmful alcohol use by adults: A summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    		• Counseling about proper use of motor vehicle occupant restraints and avoidance of alcohol use while driving: a systematic evidence review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
    		• Defining Common Core Elements of Effective Primary Care Health Behavior Change Counseling: Supplemental Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force – Cross-Topical SER
    		• Screening and interventions for childhood overweight: A summary of evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    		• Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: A best evidence systematic review for U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    		• Screening for gestational diabetes melitus: a systematic review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    		• Screening for hereditary hemochromatosis: a systematic review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    		• Screening for primary open-angle glaucoma in the primary care setting: An update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    		• Translating Chlamydia Guidelines into Practice – Chlamydia Screening


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