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Additional Roles:

• Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Center
•  Chief of Research and Education, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Saint Louis

Key interest(s): Payment reform, health information technology, care coordination

Research area(s): Evaluating policy levers and payment models that effectively improve care coordination and outcomes for underserved populations, assessing the role of policies and incentives on the use of health information technology in care coordination and management

Tristan McIntosh, PhD – Tristan McIntosh is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Bioethics Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine in the Division of General Medical Sciences. Dr. McIntosh earned her Master’s and PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology with a minor in Quantitative Psychology at the University of Oklahoma, where she specialized in ethical decision-making, innovation, and leadership. Currently, Dr. McIntosh leads federally-funded and foundation-funded research on ethical and social issues in science and medicine that arise at individual, team, and institutional levels. Her research spans three domains: 1) the responsible conduct of research, including addressing root causes of research wrongdoing and creating supportive research environments to support scientific excellence, 2) neuroethics, including responsibly navigating industry-academia partnerships in the research and commercialization of brain technologies, and 3) preventing and responding to egregious wrongdoing by physicians, with special emphasis on the role of state medical boards. Dr. McIntosh also has expertise in designing, delivering, and assessing educational programming on the aforementioned topics. She is the co-director of Compass, a leadership and management training and mentoring program for early-career researchers, and serves on the editorial boards of Accountability in Research and Ethics & Behavior.

Meredith has been a research staff member in the Bioethics Research Center (BRC) in the Division of General Medical Sciences since joining Washington University in October of 2017. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Science with concentrations in public health and health administration from Truman State University, and she is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). She has experience working in health education, community and public health, and public health research. Meredith’s interests include research methods, health and medical education, and social determinants of health.

After retiring from 22 year career in the United States Air Force, Chris began working for Washington University in October 2016 with the Business Office for the Department of Neurology. He administered payroll and administrative functions for over 800 employees throughout the department. Chris transferred to General Medical Sciences Division in February 2019 and serves as an integral part of the division’s grant team .