Dr. Randall Stafford is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices at Stanford University. He is trained in both Internal Medicine and Epidemiology. Before coming to Stanford in 2001, he was on the faculty of Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital. His research focuses on: evaluating the quality and cost-effectiveness of how chronic disease medications are used; conducting randomized clinical trials testing the efficacy of online prevention tools and nurse case-management; and performing comparative effectiveness research, including the formulation of related health care policy.