Clese Erikson, MPAff
Lead Research Scientist, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Department of Health Policy & Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
Ms. Erikson is the Deputy Director of the Health Workforce Research Center on emerging health workforce issues and a member of the senior leadership team of the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. She has published peer review articles on primary care and specialty-specific workforce issues, consumer interest in seeing nurse practitioners and physician assistants, workforce implications of new care delivery models, and on medical school enrollment trends.
Before joining GW, Ms. Erikson was senior director of the Center for Workforce Studies at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), where she was responsible for overseeing the Center’s research strategy, directing efforts on how workforce needs are evolving under new payment and delivery models and regularly convened workforce researchers to enhance methods and dissemination of findings. She is currently chairing the 16th International Health Workforce Conference and has had past leadership roles at various other workforce conferences, including chairing the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting Workforce Theme and the Health Workforce Interest Group. Ms. Erikson was also a founding member of the leadership team of a student learning collaborative on hot spotting sponsored by the Camden Coalition, Primary Care Progress, and the AAMC and is now a part of the advisory committee. Before joining the AAMC, Ms. Erikson was director of research for the American Medical Group Association, where she focused on patient safety and quality improvement initiatives and patient and provider satisfaction studies.
Lead Research Scientist, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Department of Health Policy & Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
Ms. Erikson is the Deputy Director of the Health Workforce Research Center on emerging health workforce issues and a member of the senior leadership team of the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. She has published peer review articles on primary care and specialty-specific workforce issues, consumer interest in seeing nurse practitioners and physician assistants, workforce implications of new care delivery models, and on medical school enrollment trends.
Before joining GW, Ms. Erikson was senior director of the Center for Workforce Studies at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), where she was responsible for overseeing the Center’s research strategy, directing efforts on how workforce needs are evolving under new payment and delivery models and regularly convened workforce researchers to enhance methods and dissemination of findings. She is currently chairing the 16th International Health Workforce Conference and has had past leadership roles at various other workforce conferences, including chairing the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting Workforce Theme and the Health Workforce Interest Group. Ms. Erikson was also a founding member of the leadership team of a student learning collaborative on hot spotting sponsored by the Camden Coalition, Primary Care Progress, and the AAMC and is now a part of the advisory committee. Before joining the AAMC, Ms. Erikson was director of research for the American Medical Group Association, where she focused on patient safety and quality improvement initiatives and patient and provider satisfaction studies.