Ritu Agarwal has been appointed to the AHRQ Health Services Research Initial Review Group (IRG), Health Care Quality and Effectiveness Research (HCQER) Study Section. In this role, Dr. Agarwal will review programs related to the quality and cost-effectiveness of healthcare, such as clinical outcomes studies and methods to develop/test quality measures, tools and indicators.

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Ankit Agarwal is a first-year MBA student. He previously worked as a Business Analyst at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), India where he specialized in testing and designing the Lorenzo health IT system, which is being deployed across National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in the United Kingdom. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from Banaras Hindu University, India. He is interested in exploring how the application of technology in healthcare might improve patients' access to care. He enjoys outdoors activities and playing tennis and badminton.

Santosh Chavan is a second year MBA student. He has worked for 4 years as an onsite project coordinator for telecom client British Telecom (BT) and implemented technology transformation projects in areas of IT strategy and cost transformation. He has expertise in areas of IT systems implementation (SDLC), Program and Delivery management, business process design and data migrations projects. Santosh interned with CSC as Business Analyst creating profitability analysis for Product and Market Strategy group. Santosh is a board member of MBA Consulting Club and Vice President of Student Affairs for the MBA Association.

Andrew Cole is a first-year MBA student at the Smith School of Business. His background in the healthcare industry includes experience at CIGNA Healthcare focusing on outsourcing and operational improvement initiatives, as well as at a privately-held health information technology company where he developed and supported their patient management and health information exchange strategies. Andrew is interested in exploring how technology can be utilized to simultaneously improve patient care and reduce medical costs.

Clay Gaynor is a second-year MBA at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Prior to business school, he worked in print and digital media - first at Washington Life Magazine, a regional lifestyle publication, and then at Virilion, an interactive media firm in Washington, DC While at Virilion, Clay worked for a variety of clients, including PhRMA's Partnership for Prescription Assistance. Clay recently completed a graduate internship at Choice Hotels International, where he worked on the company's co-branded credit card and other rewards program initiatives.

Brad Greenwood is a fourth-year PhD Candidate in the Decisions, Operations, and Information Technology department. His research focuses on how discourse affects the perception of the "fashionability" of technology as well as gauging quality through different mediums of physician review. He earned his Bachelors and Masters in Information Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Virginia Tech respectively. He also holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and spent several years working as an IT consultant in the greater DC area.

Adam Kowalsky is a second year MBA student. He previously worked on Capitol Hill in the Washington, DC office of the Governor M. Jodi Rell (CT), where he worked on many issues including health and human services as well as environmental and energy issues. As the respresentative for the Governor, Adam worked closely with Congress, the Administration and the National Governors' Association. At Smith, he serves as the Executive Vice President of the MBA Association and enjoys spending his time playing on multiple intramural teams.

Shannon Lantzy is a second-year PhD student in Information Systems. Her health IT research interests include the impacts of IT on patient experience, the role of online information in provider choice, and meaningful use of health IT. Her other research interests involve studying the nature of online community membership and participation. Shannon recently finished her Masters of Information Management at UMD's iSchool. In the seven years before coming to Smith she worked as a management and IT consultant at NASA Headquarters.

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