She is also Director of the Health Services Research & Development Program at the Wm. S. Middleton Memorial VA Hospital. She is deputy editor for Medical Care, the official journal of the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association. Prior to her relocation to Wisconsin, Dr McHorney was Scientist at The Health Institute, New England Medical Center, and on the faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr McHorney's research focuses on outcomes research and health [Page xix]status assessment, with particular emphasis on quality of life and quality of care assessment. As the Picker/Commonwealth Scholars Program Finalist, Dr McHorney examined attitudinal and methodological barriers to the use of health status measures in clinical practice.