Deanna Willis, MD, MBA, FAAFP, FNAP, is the Family Medicine Professor of Primary Care and Population Health Research and Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Family Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her Masters of Business Administration at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. She has been on faculty at IU School of Medicine since 1999. She served as Chief Medical Officer of Quality and Medical Management for Indiana University Medical Group-Primary Care from 2001 to 2012; co-Director of ResNet Practice Based Research Network from 2004 to 2011; and statewide competency director for the Social and Community Context of Healthcare Competency from 2007 to 2014. From 2013 to 2016, she was Transformation Officer/Senior Medical Director of Quality Improvement for IU Health Physicians. She has served as Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Family Medicine from 2012 to present. She was Principal Investigator of the Indiana University/Indiana University Health Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative Health System Preparedness Early Detection Flagship site. As an implementation science expert, Dr. Willis has developed expertise in early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in primary care, including the use of blood biomarkers.
