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Meet Our Staff
ERIN CALLAHAN OWEN, MPH
SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Erin Owen received her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from San Diego State University. Erin has over 10 years of healthcare-related experience in both the private and public sectors. Her experience includes basic research, applied epidemiology, community health program development and evaluation, health promotion and clinical trials. Her efforts to measure community health status have been presented at national conferences and in publications. She has participated in research covering a diverse range of topics such as healthcare access for the uninsured, emergency department utilization, Medicaid quality improvement, healthcare workforce sustainability, web-based care coordination programs, immunizations, arthritis and osteoporosis. Throughout her career, Erin has remained active in local community health improvement coalitions and advisory boards. She currently serves on the United Way of Lane County Research and Evaluation Committee and is an active member of the 100% Access Healthcare Initiative.
HEIDI HASCALL, MA
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Heidi received her Masters in Policy Studies from the University of Washington and graduate certification in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from Drexel University. She currently directs the development of the Obesity Prevention Toolkit (OPT) for Healthy Lane Neighborhoods performing built environment assessments, community health planning and program evaluation. She also carries out a programmatic coordination role for the 100% Access Medical Access Program (MAP) pilot and designs and conducts program evaluations for Project Access NOW and the Department of Children and Families. She has presented her research findings at national and local conferences. Her research interests include health care access for vulnerable populations, obesity prevention through the built environment, veterans' health and perinatal health promotion. Heidi is an active member of the Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth; she sits on the Board of Directors of the Cascade Medical Team Foundation and Doulas Supporting Teens.
RYAN BURKE, MPH
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Ryan received her Master of Public Health in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from Saint Louis University. While there, she worked at the Center for Tobacco Policy Research on a multi-state tobacco control program evaluation, performing data analysis, survey development, and technical report writing. Most recently, Ryan completed an applied epidemiology fellowship program sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. During this two year fellowship, she was placed at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene where she served as Project Director for an evaluation of a major department HIV/AIDS initiative. She also led an evaluation of an HIV partner notification surveillance system and served as lead analyst on several large datasets, fulfilling analysis requests and conducting multivariate analyses. Ryan has a BS in Statistics, and extensive experience in data management and analysis. Her research interests include program evaluation, tobacco control policy and HIV/AIDS. She has presented her research findings in conferences and peer-reviewed publications.
CHRISTOPHER EBERT
PROGRAMMER
Christopher received his Associates degree in computer programming from Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon and has over 24 years of expertise in his field. Christopher has developed an innovative, HIPAA compliant, web-based system that is designed to track and coordinate care for uninsured Lane County residents. The technology is currently being piloted by the 100% Access Healthcare Initiative. Prior to joining HPRN, Christopher worked for World Vision and as a private contractor.
ROBERT A. LOWE, MD
CONSULTANT, EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN & HEALTH POLICY RESEARCHER
Dr. Lowe is the founding director of the Oregon Health & Sciences University Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine. He has extensive experience in analyzing emergency department data, other large administrative datasets and using the results to inform policy decisions to improve access to medical care. After receiving his medical degree from the University of California-Davis in 1977, Dr. Lowe completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and in Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Lowe received his Masters in Public Health in 1991 from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine.
JOHN SATTENSPIEL, MD
CONSULTANT, MEDICAID AND MEDICARE PROGRAMS
Dr. Sattenspiel is the Senior Medical Director for Lane Individual Practice Association (LIPA) in Eugene, Oregon. LIPA administers the Oregon Health Plan for Lane County. The relationship between HPRN and LIPA allows for HPRN to pursue projects that are relevant to the scope of services provided by local Medicaid and Medicare programs. Dr. Sattenspiel has 24 years of experience working in private practice family medicine. Since 1982, Dr. Sattenspiel has been a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and in 2002 was elected to its Board of Directors. He served as Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), and received the 2001 Master Teacher Award and the 2002 Alumni Association Meritorious Achievement Award from the Department of Family Medicine. A board certified family physician, Dr. Sattenspiel received his bachelor's and medical degrees from the University of Arizona in Tucson. He completed his family medicine residency at OHSU in Portland Oregon.
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