Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD
Senior Advisor

Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD is Vice President, Research for the Health Research and Educational Trust/American Hospital Association. Dr. Hasnain-Wynia is the principal investigator of a number of studies examining quality of care for vulnerable populations. These include the project, Developing a Uniform Framework for Collecting Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language Data in Hospitals, and the project, Linking Race and Ethnicity Data to Inpatient Quality of Care Measures, both funded by the Commonwealth Fund. She is the director of the "Consortium for Eliminating Disparities in Health Care Through Community and Hospital Partnerships." Dr. Hasnain-Wynia works with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as an advisor and member of the technical advisory panel for the project, Hospitals, Language and Culture: A Snapshot of the Nation. She serves as a Senior Associate Editor for the journal, Health Services Service. Prior to joining HRET, Dr. Hasnain-Wynia was a Senior Research Analyst for the Center for Health Economics Research and Senior Program Faculty in Carney Hospital’s Community-Oriented Primary Care Residency Training Program. She holds a doctorate in Health Policy from Brandeis University’s Heller Graduate School for Social Policy.