Cindy Van

Cindy Van is a senior researcher in the Health Division at AIR. Her primary responsibilities include guiding performance improvement, providing technical leadership on learning system strategies, and developing creative solutions to address client needs. Van leads and contributes to tasks on federally funded projects. She has extensive experience in leading quality improvement initiatives, coaching learning health system participants, and training diverse audiences in improvement methodologies. 

Her areas of expertise also include project management, quality measurement, consensus building, program evaluation, quantitative data collection, and health plan quality reporting. Van has experience in developing technical specifications, standardizing data collection procedures, and implementing patient survey protocols. Prior to joining AIR, Van managed projects focused on clinical quality measurement, health outcomes, and assessing program performance at nonprofit organizations and health systems.