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PHSR CyberSeminar
Methods Matter: Investigating Causation & Correlation
July 16, 11:00-12:30 EDT
Speaker Bios and Presentation Slides
Bryan Dowd, Ph.D., moderator
Bryan Dowd is Mayo Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. He has been at the University of Minnesota since 1980 and served as interim division head from 1998 to 1999. He has published over 100 articles, books and book chapters on his primary research interests, which include employment-based health insurance, Medicare policy and evaluation of non-experimental data. He is the recipient of three AcademyHealth Article-of-the-Year Awards. He received his Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters of Science from Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He teaches health services research methods and health policy analysis in the doctoral programs in the Division.
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 Glen P. Mays, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Glen P. Mays currently serves as associate professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He also serves as director of the Ph.D. Program in Health Systems Research at UAMS, and as associate professor of health policy in the William J. Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Mays' research focuses on strategies for organizing and financing public health services, health insurance, and medical care services for underserved populations. Currently, he serves as co-director of the AHRQ-funded Arkansas Consortium for Health Services Research, where he directs research on access and financing issues. Dr. Mays is a recipient of a HCFO grant, Causes and Consequences of Change in Local Public Health Spending, under the 2005 Special Topic Solicitation in Public Health Systems Research. Dr. Mays earned an A.B. degree in political science from Brown University, received Ph.D. and M.P.H. degrees in health policy and administration from UNC-Chapel Hill, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in health economics at Harvard Medical School 's Department of Health Care Policy.
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 David Grembowski, Ph.D.
David Grembowski is professor of health services in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine's Department of Health Services at the University of Washington. Additionally, he is an adjunct sociology professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, and a professor of dental public health sciences in the School of Dentistry. Dr. Grembowski has been on the faculty of Washington University since 1981. He is also currently the associate director of the Ph.D. program in Health Services, director of the Social and Behavioral Sciences M.P.H. Program, and is affiliated with the Extended M.P.H. and M.H.A. programs. Dr. Grembowski's research domains cover the design and performance of health care systems, prevention, and technology diffusion. His methodologic interests are program evaluation and survey research. Dr. Grembowski is a recipient of a HCFO grant, Public Health Funding and Population Health, under the 2006 Special Topic Solicitation in Public Health Systems Research. Dr. Grembowski holds a Ph.D. from his current institution, the University of Washington, in urban planning with a focus on evaluation methods. He holds an M.A. and a B.A. in sociology from Washington State University.
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