Susan Pelletier of Stockbridge will serve on the first panel of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Re­search Institute (PCORI) in Wash­ington, D.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

PCORI is an independent, non- profit organization created by Con­gress in 2010. Its mission is to fund research that will provide patients, their caregivers, and clinicians with the evidence-based information needed to make better-informed health care decisions. More infor­mation is available at www.pcori.org.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) values and encourages public input. At all public meetings of the PCORI Board of Governors, a public comment pe­riod shall be included on the agen­da. To ensure that public comment periods are efficient and productive, PCORI will adhere to the following guidelines:

Any member of the public wish­ing to provide public comment must sign up via email to info@pcori.org at least one day prior to the start of the meeting.

“I encourage anyone that has a study or is looking for funding for patient health based research, to visit the website for more informa­tion,” Pelletier said. “I can also be contacted at susanht@aol.com for my personal view of this important meeting.”