Colene Byrne, PhD is a CITL Senior Analyst, where she researches and develops value models around specific health information technologies. She has over 20 years of healthcare evaluation, outcomes and policy research experience in the private sector and government, and has successfully written and managed several large research grants. She received a Ph.D. in Information Science, with specializations in health information policy and management, from SUNY at Albany, where she also held a faculty appointment. Dr. Byrne is an Instructor of Medicine in the Harvard Medical School. Prior to joining CITL, she held research and informatics positions in long-term care and in public health. Her research experience and interests include quality measurement, outcomes research, and the adoption and evaluation of clinical IT applications and tools in healthcare settings.

Jane Farrow is the Operations Assistant for CITL and CIRD. Jane's key responsibilities are to support senior management and staff in the areas of Finance, Facilities, Contracts and other operations activities. Prior to joining Partners, Jane’s roles included: Office Manager, Executive Assistant and Human Resource Manager at various companies within the software and manufacturing industries.

Douglas Johnston is the Executive Director of CITL, where he leads the development and execution of research strategy and operations. Mr. Johnston has a diverse background in health care IT research and public policy. Prior to CITL, he served as the Director of Research at the New England Healthcare Institute; an analyst at Forrester Research; and a Senior Consultant with Ernst & Young, LLP.

Eric Pan, MD is the CITL Senior Scientist who develops value modeling, assessment, and projection methodologies for CITL. He is also the associate fellowship director for CITL’s medical informatics program, which is a part of the Boston-area Biomedical Informatics Research Training Program (BIRT) sponsored by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). He is an Internist and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Prior to joining CITL, Dr. Pan completed an National Library of Medicine Medical Informatics fellowship at the Children's Hospital Informatics Program, and a Master of Science in Informatics degree at Harvard/MIT. His research focuses on HIT value assessment, interoperability, telemedicine, patient privacy and confidentiality, healthcare information system security, and patient-controlled electronic medical record systems (PHRs).

Ellen Rosenblatt, Manager of Operations is the Manager of Operations at CITL. She is responsible for managing the ongoing business activities for CITL including financial management, program management and grant/contract administration. Previously, she managed the Project Management Office for VideoShare, an application service provider offering streaming media solutions to top tier clients; and Vice President at BankBoston, where she spent 10 years working as a Project Manager on key technology initiatives, including Y2K and a multi-million dollar financial accounting conversion within its Private Bank. Prior to BankBoston, Ellen spent many years in financial services.

Chandrika Samarth, MBA, MS is a CITL Research Analyst who researches on healthcare IT industry dynamics and also specializes in applying innovative methodologies to improve process efficiencies in healthcare. He has used Social Network Analysis techniques and studied IT Governance mechanisms to optimize delivery in clinical care processes. Previously he has spent 6 years with Siemens in the healthcare IT area. He is a graduate of the Sloan Fellows Program from the MIT Sloan School and also has degrees from the Indian Institute of Management (MBA) and the Indian Institute of Technology (mechanical engineering).

Adam Vincent, MPP is an Associate Senior Analyst at CITL. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and his Master of Public Policy with a concentration in Health Policy from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University. Mr. Vincent's master's project was on practice variation predictors in the treatment of asthma, finding that practice guidelines do not appear to be followed in the United States, with patients rarely receiving the adequate medication for prevention of their exacerbations. Mr. Vincent has been involved in the Value of Telehealth project since its inception, applying his extensive experience in modeling to the CITL Telehealth cost-benefit model. Prior to joining CITL, Mr. Vincent was an associate at the Cadmus Group where he primarily worked on contracts with the Environmental Protection Agency.