Annie E. Larson PhD, MPH

Dr. Annie E. Larson is an investigator at OCHIN. With a doctorate in public health policy, Annie has over 16 years of public health work experience, including policy work in state and local health departments, quantitative and qualitative research, applied epidemiology, and statistical and evaluation consulting for nonprofit organizations. She has extensive experience in analysis and data extraction using electronic health record data, administrative claims and eligibility data, vital statistics data, hospital discharge data, cancer registries, and community-level data.

Her research expertise encompasses a range of health policy topics, focusing on the impact of health system reform on preventive and behavioral health services use and quality of care for populations experiencing barriers to accessing care, particularly those in rural areas. She is currently funded by a career development award (K01) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to evaluate the impact of the wide-scale expansion of telemedicine on the use of preventive health care services and quality of care among rural patients compared to those residing in more urban areas. These findings will inform efforts to improve health care access and quality of care among rural patients.