Meet our PROGRESS Team

Executive

Beth Darnall, PhD

Overall Principal Investigator

Matt Cheung, PhD, RPh

Co-Investigator, Engagement Chair

Stanford

Sean Mackey, MD, PhD

Data Core Director
Site Director, Stanford

Brittany Dorsonne

Study Coordinator for Stanford

bjdor@stanford.edu

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN)

Steve Denton, MSW, LCSW

Site Director, Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN)

Lizz Heggan

Study Coordinator for LVHN

elizabeth_a.heggan@lvhn.org

Intermountain Healthcare

Joel Porter, MD

Site Director, Intermountain Healthcare

Coordinator TBD

Study Coordinator for LVHN

SCAN

Sophie Howlett, BSSc MPASR

Site Director, SCAN Healthplan

Gabby Riazi, MPH

Study Coordinator for SCAN

g.riazi@scanhealthplan.com

Humana

Stephen Stemkowski, MHA, PhD

Site Director, Humana

Arayam Hailu

Study Coordinator for Humana

arayamyh@stanford.edu

VA Phoenix Health Care

Eric Hanson, PhD

Site Co-Director, VA Phoenix Health Care

Coordinator TBD

Study Coordinator for VA Phoenix Health Care

Aram Mardian, MD

Site Co-Director, VA Phoenix Health Care

Patient Engagement and Diversity Board

The PROGRESS study team includes the following professionals who are dedicated to inclusivity, diversity, and patient-centeredness in our study materials and methods. Our collective goal is to ensure diverse patient engagement in our pain treatment study – so that we can answer the questions that are most meaningful to patients.