Diana B. Petitti, MD, MPH, FACPM
Central/Southwest Regent

Dr. Petitti received her BA degree from Cornell University, her MD from Harvard Medical School and her MPH from Berkeley School of Public Health.  Her past employment includes two years with the Centers for Disease Control as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer, five years with the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, 10 years as a faculty member at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, and 15 years as a member of the senior management team that oversees clinical practice guidelines, technology assessment, quality improvement, and clinical and health services research for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group.  She currently holds a position as Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Arizona State University and Professor of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix campus. 

Dr. Petitti has authored more than 200 publications in journals and two books: Meta-analysis, Decision Analysis, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Methods for Quantitative Synthesis in Medicine and, with Ross Brownson, Applied Epidemiology.  Both books are in their second editions and have been used widely to teach medical students and students in schools of public health. 

Dr. Petitti has served on numerous national and international committees, including the Institute of Medicine’s committee that produced the report, “Knowing What Works in Health Care:  A Roadmap for the Nation.”  She recently completed service of a six year term as Vice Chair of the United States Preventive Services Task Force.

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