PCORI In Brief: New Board Member, Funding Opportunities
Executive Summary
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute welcomes UCSF professor Alicia Fernandez to the board, announces pragmatic trials funding opportunity; Senate bids farewell to PCORI champion Max Baucus.
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