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Douglas Owens

Administrative Appointments

  • Associate Director, Fellowship in Health Care Research and Health Policy, Stanford University , (1994– present )
  • Director, Program on Clinical Decision Making and Guideline Development, Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University , (1997– present )
  • Director, VA Informatics Fellowship Program, VA Palo Alto and Stanford University , (1994– present )
  • Director, VA Physician Post-Residency Fellowship in Health Services Research, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford , (2006– present )
  • Director, Stanford-UCSF Evidenced Based Practice Center, Stanford University , (2002– present )

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

Industry Relationships

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  • Consulting: GE Healthcare

Research Interests

Our research concerns health policy, clinical policy, and the development of analytic methods for evaluating policy questions. I am particularly interested in technology assessment and the application of decision theory to clinical/health policy problems. My group has a special interest in questions related to disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and cardiovascular disease. We also perform systematic reviews on a variety of topics as part of the Stanford-UCSF Evidenced Based Practice Center, which I direct. I am also developing methods for producing normative, model-based practice and screening guidelines.

Publications