Amplifire’s Advisory Boards comprise the foremost authorities in the fields of neuroscience, healthcare, and operations, whose collective wisdom and expertise are unparalleled in the industry. We are privileged to work alongside accomplished individuals whose insights and guidance shape our work in a way that is both innovative and grounded in the latest research.
World-renowned leaders and applied researchers, CIAB members are recognized for their contributions in large-scale quality improvement, patient safety, care model innovation, and population health. Their insights help guide the Amplifire team and Healthcare Alliance members to achieve their patient safety goals and set the gold-standard of the industry.
MD, Stat
Clinical Professor at the Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine
MD
President Emerita and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
MD, MS
Senior Vice President and Chief Quality and Safety Officer, Medstar
Ph.D, MBA
Director, Center for Health Research and Vice President, Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Amplifire’s patented learning platform is built from cognitive science techniques stemming from pioneering researchers in the field. The Science Advisory Board continually reviews, validates, and enhances the platform’s methodology and algorithms.
Ph.D
Robert Bjork, PhD is UCLA’s former Chair of Psychology and past president of the Association of Psychological Science. He is a pioneer in understanding the role of desirable difficulties, testing effects, and the counterintuitive nature of learning. His work is the basis for Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath.
Ph.D
Elizabeth Bjork, PhD is the Co-principal investigator of the Bjork Learning and Forgetting Laboratory at UCLA. Her work has shown the public that forgetting is not the unfortunate tendency of a limited system, rather, it is the consequence of an adaptive one.
Ph.D
Chad Lane, PhD is a professor at the University of Illinois and is interested in the foundational theories and practices of educational psychology, including learning and development. His work seeks to build advanced learning environments that reap the benefits of timely and appropriate guidance.
Ph.D
Rich Mayer, PhD is UCSB’s former Chair of the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences. For fifteen years, Educational Psychology ranked him the “most productive educational psychologist in the world.”
Ph.D
Kathleen McDermott, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at Washington University who investigates human memory encoding and retrieval and how they interact.
Ph.D
Roddy Roediger, PhD is Washington’s former Chair of Psychology and Chair of the governing board of the Psychonomic Society. He is the author of Make It Stick and over 175 research papers.
Ph.D
Dan Schacter, PhD is Harvard’s former Chair of Psychology. He has written eight books, including The Seven Sins of Memory, The Brain, the Mind, and the Past, and Psychology a university-level textbook, and 300 scientific articles.
We are honored to benefit from the rich and diverse operational expertise and leadership experience of our strategic advisory board across the healthcare and public sectors. Their valuable perspectives enable Amplifire to improve our offerings to the highest standards.
MD, MBA
Former Managing Director and Chief Healthcare Innovation Officer of the Healthcare Alliance, Bryan represents Amplifire to health systems, supporting innovative workforce development strategies.
Retired
Former 39th surgeon general of the US Navy, lends his expertise in healthcare innovation strategy and public service initiatives.
MBA, CPA (inactive)
Former Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Essentia Health, a seasoned senior finance executive with more than 25 years of experience leading and transforming integrated healthcare systems.
MBA, CPA
Former Vice President and System Chief Financial Officer at UCHealth, an experienced CFO and Board member with deep expertise in Healthcare Finance, Technology and Strategic Governance.
Ph.D, MD
Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Geisinger Health System (2001-2015), lends his expertise balancing financial and clinical priorities for health system operations and workforce development.
