Priyanka is a senior research scientist in the Health Sciences Department at NORC. She has over a decade of experience in health services research with methodological expertise in systematic literature reviews and qualitative research. 

Priyanka leads projects and tasks focused on implementation science, patient-centered outcomes research, and clinical decision support (CDS). Currently, she serves as NORC’s Project Director for the Maryland Statewide Prevention and Reduction Collaborative, which is a quality improvement project among public health, academics, and acute care hospitals. She is the Project Director for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s PCORnet Assessment and Convening project, which is assessing user experience during PCORnet Phase 3. Priyanka also co-leads the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-funded Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative (CDSiC) Stakeholder Community and Outreach Center. She is working collaboratively with NORC partners to convene four workgroups; engage diverse perspectives across the CDS ecosystem; and develop products that will advance patient-centered CDS. 

Prior to joining NORC, Priyanka was a research assistant with the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center where she supported data abstraction, management, and synthesis for systematic literature reviews. She is a co-author of several systematic reviews funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.