Mark Spranca, PhD is CCH’s Chief Scientific Officer. Mr. Spranca provides leadership and direction for all clinical research activities, including the collection, documentation, analysis of clinical trial data, and reporting of clinical research data. He also directs the strategic, administrative, operational, and financial initiatives that impact clinical research conducted across CCH. He collaborates with leaders at CCH and throughout Cook County participating in single and multi-site based human research studies, patient care, information technology, and health data science to evolve the delivery and effectiveness of clinical research.

Mr. Spranca is a behavioral scientist with expertise in quality of care, patient experience, clinical decision support and health behavior. He is also an experienced builder of research operations. Prior to joining CCH, Mr. Spranca provided consulting services to numerous health system CEOs around research strategy and served as the Chief Strategy Officer.