Bryant-Moore Named Chair of Advisory Board for National Organization
| Keneshia Bryant-Moore, Ph.D., APRN, will serve as chair of the patient engagement advisory panel (PEAP) for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
A professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Bryant-Moore joins other researchers, patients, policy experts and clinicians on the institute’s advisory board.
“To even be selected for the panel is an honor and to serve as chair is especially a huge honor,” said Bryant-Moore.
“Personally, serving on the panel is like a thank you to PCORI as well. I’ve received funding from that organization numerous times since its inception. For example, The Arkansas Faith-Academic Initiatives for Transforming Health (FAITH) Network — which has provided health-related research capacity building, programs, education and other assistance to communities throughout the state — exists due to funding from PCORI.”
The institute funds patient-centered, comparative clinical effectiveness research throughout the nation. It strives to hear all community voices to assure that the research is on target and meeting the people that it needs to reach.
The organization also helps individuals make informed health care decisions and improves health care delivery and outcomes by producing and promoting high-integrity, evidence-based information that comes from research guided by patients, caregivers and the broader health care community.
The institute’s advisory panels give feedback to PCORI’s staff about how best to engage patients and the community.
As chair, Bryant-Moore will lead the planning of its meetings, which occur twice a year in Washinton, D.C. She also provides feedback on the advisory panel’s agendas to make sure they align with the needs of the institute and the needs of the community as well.
Being an advocate for the people is among the main reasons why Bryant-Moore is excited about serving as chair of the advisory panel.
“It’s my heart’s passion to make sure that voices, which aren’t normally heard, are being brought to the forefront,” she said. “I prefer for people to share their own voice. But if not, I want to be a source to help them magnify their voice.”
Bryant-Moore especially plans to advocate for Arkansas while also providing the state’s researchers with intel on funding opportunities, she added.
“I can bring the voice of Arkansas to D.C.,” Bryant-Moore said. “Some of the things that people are experiencing in Arkansas, I can be their voice in our nation’s capital. Also, I can serve in a supporter role for people wanting to receive funding from PCORI. I can offer an insider’s perspective of what they’re looking for regarding projects that it will fund.”