Activities

Academic Roles

• CPS President, Dr. Vahé A. Kazandjian, is Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, as well as Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine.
• Dr. Kazandjian is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine.
• Dr. Nikolas Matthes, Senior Director of Research at CPS, is Adjunct Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management.

Advisory Roles

CPS staff have been appointed to the following advisory roles:

• Policy Advisor to "Improving Inpatient Psychiatric Payment: Cost and Quality Implications" Project, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Member of the ABS International AntiBiotic Strategies project in Austria, Belgium, and Germany in the design and analysis of antibiotic use indicators
• Advisor to the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Taiwan University's College of Public Health in the design and testing of local health care accountability models
• Scientific Advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) Europe office for the design and implementation of performance indicators through the Performance Assessment Tool for quality improvement in Hospitals (PATH)
• National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems Performance Measures Advisory Board member
• Consultant to Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System for a quality assurance project improving the registration of the Emergency Rooms
• Advisor to the Unified Central and Eastern European Surveillance/Monitoring System for Healthcare Quality and Efficiency Indicators 
• Member of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Technical Expert Panel set up by the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care to explore and discuss various options for analyzing and reporting health care quality measures to consumers nationwide
• Advisor to the Vereinigung für Qualitätssicherung und Quälitatsförderung im Gesundheitswesen (VQG), Zurich, Switzerland
• The World Bank Project for Systematic Review of Performance of Health Organizations in Low and Middle Income Countries
• Advisor to the American International Health Alliance (AIHA) on the development of performance measures within Eastern European health care systems
• Advisor on statewide quality measurement to the Michigan Hospital Association and the Michigan Blue Cross and Blue Shield
• Advisor to the Health Care Finance Administration (HCFA) on the development of quality indicators for the care of Medicare patients
• Advisor to the Prudential Health Care Obstetrical/Gynecological Quality Improvement Committee
• Advisor to the World Health Care Congress
• Consultant to Abt Associates, Inc., Cairo, Egypt
• Consultant to the Ministry of Health, Armenia
• Consultant to the Northern Health Care Authorities, Newcastle, England
• Gallup Senior Scientist to The Gallup Organization Board of Directors and Council of the Gallup International Research and Education Center
• Research and Policy Advisor to US Pharmacopeia
• Advisor to the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
• Consultant to the Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan