Denise Hynes, PhD, MPH, RN, is Professor in Health Management & Policy in CPHHS and Director of Health Data and Informatics, Center for Genome Research & Biocomputing at Oregon State University.

In addition she is a Research Scientist at the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), US Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Portland Healthcare System.

Dr. Hynes earned her PhD in Health Policy and Administration with concentration in Economics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and her MPH in Health Policy from Johns Hopkins University.

Her research interests include comparative effectiveness, economic burden of illness, health policy, quality of care for chronic disease management and informatics approaches. Dr. Hynes’ work has been recognized as a Faculty Fellowship Awardee by the College of Medicine, Drexel University, and she is a Faculty Fellow, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago.

She serves as a reviewer for several agencies, including PCORI, NIH/NIDDK, US Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Defense, and has served on expert panels/advisory committees for US Department of Veterans Affairs, US Department of Health and Human Services; NIH All of US, and others.

Her current research is funded by NIH/National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health with Department of Defense, and the US Department of Veterans Affairs.