HEAL Talks: Using Mixed Methods Research to Address Complex Problems

Dr. Arden Morris

Arden M. Morris, MD, MPH is Professor of Surgery and Vice-Chair for Clinical Research in the Stanford Department of Surgery. She is Director of the S-SPIRE Center, a health services research collaborative to study patient-centered care, clinical optimization, and health care economics. In her own work, Dr. Morris uses quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methods to focus on quality of and equity in cancer care. To that end, she currently is funded by American Cancer Society and NIH to study access to care, clinical outcomes, and policy related to insurance design. Dr. Morris currently serves as Vice Chair of the American College of Surgeons Surgical Research Committee, the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons’ representative to the American Joint Commission on Cancer, and Associate Editor for Surgery at JAMA Network Open.