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THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

SCHOOL OF NURSING

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Personal Information Name: Hugh R. Waters

Email: waters@unc.edu

2. Education Degree Awarding Institution Date Specialty

Doctor of

Philosophy

Johns Hopkins School of Public

Health, Baltimore, MD 1998

Public Health

Economics

Master of

Science

Georgetown University

Washington, DC 1987

International

Economics

Bachelor of

Arts

College of William and Mary,

Williamsburg, VA 1985 Government

3. Professional Experience Rank or Title Institution or Firm Dates

Associate Professor UNC School of Nursing 10/2014 to present

Visiting Associate Professor UNC School of Nursing 7/2014 to 10/2014

Adjunct Associate Professor UNC School of Public

Health – HPM Department

7/2011 to present

Consultant (full-time) Self-employed 2013 to 2014

Deputy Director RTI International 2011 to 2013

Senior Policy Researcher RAND Corporation 2010 to 2011

Associate Professor Johns Hopkins Bloomberg

School of Public Health

2007 to 2010

Assistant Professor Johns Hopkins Bloomberg

School of Public Health

2000 to 2007

Consultant (full-time) Self-Employed 1998 to 2000

Consultant (part-time) Self-Employed 1994 to 1998

Program Officer Academy for Educational

Development

1993 to 1994

Consultant (full-time) Self-Employed 1992 to 1993

Country Representative,

Cameroon

Management Sciences for

Health (MSH)

1990 to 1992

Senior Program Assistant MSH 1988 to 1990

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Refugee Relocation

Assistant, Kenya

Intergovernmental

Committee for Migration

1987 to 1988

4. Honors “Excellent class” award for Comparative Health Insurance, chosen by students, Johns

Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2010

Excellence in Advising, Master of Public Health Faculty Award, Johns Hopkins

University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2010

Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Recognition Award (AMTRA), Johns Hopkins

Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2006.

Delta Omega Honor Society, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public

Health, 1999.

Doctor of Philosophy, Graduation with Distinction.

Nabisco Brands Scholarship for Interest and Promise in the Field of International Public

Affairs, Georgetown University, 1986.

Koenig‐Nimmo Foreign Service Scholarship, College of William and Mary, 1985.

5. Bibliography and Products of Scholarship

Books and Book Chapters (12)

Frogner, B. K., Waters, H.R., and Anderson, G. F. (2010). Comparative Health Systems. In

Health Care Delivery in the United States (10th ed.). New York: Springer

Publishing.

Jacobs, R., Chaloupka, F., Tauras, J., Waters, H., and Yurekli, A. (2009). Taxation and the

economics of tobacco control. In S.‐Y. Yoon and J. M. Samet (Eds.), Women and the

Tobacco Epidemic – Challenges for the 21st century (2nd ed.). Geneva: The

World Health Organization.

Gottret, P. E., Schieber, G., and Waters, H. (2008). Good Practices in Health Financing:

Lessons from Reforms in Low and Middle‐Income Countries. Washington, DC:

World Bank.

Anderson, G. F. and Waters, H. (2008). Achieving universal coverage through Medicare Part

E(veryone). In Who’ Got the Cure? Four Options for Achieving Universal

Coverage. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution.

Waters, H., Garrett, B., and Burnham, G. (2008). Rehabilitating health systems in post‐

conflict situations. In T. Addison, and T. Bruck (Eds.), Making Peace Work;

Meeting the Conflict Challenge (pp. 200 – 227). London: Palgrave MacMillan.

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Weiner, J., Famadas, J. C., Waters, H., and Gikic, D. (2007). Private health insurance and

managed care in a global context. In P. R. Kongstvedt (Ed.), Essentials of Managed

Care (5th ed.). Boston and London: Jones and Bartlett.

Rosenberg, M., Butchart, A., Mercy, J., Narasimhan, V., and Waters, H. (2006).

Interpersonal Violence. In The Disease Control Priorities Project. Washington, DC:

National Institutes for Health, World Health Organization, and the World Bank.

Wagstaff, A. and Waters, H. (2005). How were the ‘reaching the poor’ studies done? In D.

Gwatkin, A. Yazbeck, and A. Wagstaff (Eds.), Reaching the Poor. Washington,

DC: The World Bank.

Bishai, D. and Waters, H. (2005). Targeting or universal coverage with vitamin A? Costs,

mortality and disparity reduction. In S. Matlin, S. (Ed.), Poverty, Equity and Health

Research. London: Pro‐Book Publishing and Global Forum for Health Research.

Waters, Hugh and Peter Hussey. At What Price? Affordable and Realistic Fees. Chapter 6

in: Preker, Alexander S. and John C. Langenbrunner (Eds.), Spending Wisely –

Buying Health Services for the Poor. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Waters, H., and Hussey, P. (2003). Pricing Health Services for Purchasers – A Review of

Methods and Experiences. In A. Preker (Ed.), Resource Allocation and Purchasing.

Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Steinwand, R. and Waters, H. (1993). Collaborating for Effective Health Communication in

Cameroon. In Implementing Diarrheal Disease Control Programs. Arlington, VA:

Management Sciences for Health.

Peer‐Reviewed Journal Articles (45)

Jha, A.K., Larizgoitia, I., Audera‐Lopez, C., Waters, H.R., Bates, D.W. (2013). The Global

Burden of Unsafe Medical Care: An Estimate of Harm. British Medical Journal

(BMJ), Vol. 22, No. (10), pp. 809‐15.

Lefevre, A., Shillcutt, S.D., Waters, H.R., Haider, Sabbir, El‐Arifeen, Shams, Mannan,

Ishtiaq, Shah, Seraji, Darmstadt, G.L., Wall, Steve N., Williams, Emma K., Black,

R., Santosham, M., and Baqui, A. Economic Evaluation of Neonatal Care

Packages in a Cluster‐Randomized Controlled Trial in Sylhet, Bangladesh. WHO

Bulletin, 91, 736‐ 745.

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Waters, H., Korn, R., Colantuoni, E., Berenholtz, S., Goeschel, C., Needham, D., Pham,

J.C., Lipitz‐Snyderman, A., Watson, S.R., Posa, P., and Pronovost, P.J. (2011). The

Business Case for Quality: Economic Analysis of the Michigan Keystone Patient

Safety Program in ICUs. American Journal of Medical Quality, 26(5), 333–339.

Donaldson, E. A., Waters, H. R., Arora, M., Varghese, B., Dave, P., and Modi, B. (2011). A

Cost‐Effectiveness Analysis of India’s 2008 Prohibition of Smoking in Public

Places in Gujarat. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,

8(5), 1271–1286.

Plescia, M., Wansink, D., Waters, H. R., and Herndon, S. (2011). Medical costs of

secondhand‐smoke exposure in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal,

72(1), 7–12.

Guerrero‐Lopez, C. M., Ruiz, J. A., Shigematsu, L. M., and Waters, H. R. (2011). The

economic impact of Mexico City’s smoke‐free law. Tobacco Control, 20(4), 273–278.

Bós, A. M., Howard, B. V., Beresford, S. A., Urban, N., Hutchinson, F., Tinker, L. F., et

al. (2011). Cost‐effectiveness analysis of a low‐fat diet in the prevention of breast

and ovarian cancer. The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Controlled

Dietary Modification Trial. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 111(1), 56–

66.

Sáenz de‐Miera, B., Thrasher, J. F., Chaloupka, F. J., Waters, H. R., Hernandez‐Avila, M.,

and Fong, G. T. (2010). Self‐reported Price of Cigarettes, Consumption and

Compensatory Behaviours in a Cohort of Mexican Smokers before and after a

Cigarette Tax Increase. Tobacco Control, 19(6), 481–487.

Faden, R. R., Chalkidou, K., Appleby, J., Waters, H. R., and Leider, J. P. (2009). Expensive

Cancer drugs: A Comparison between the United States and the United

Kingdom. Milbank Quarterly, 87(4), 789–819.

Rao, K. D., Waters, H., Steinhardt, L., Alam, S., Hansen, P., and Naeem, A. J. (2009). An

Experiment with Community Health Funds in Afghanistan. Health Policy and

Planning, 24(4), 301–311.

Steinhardt, L. C., Waters, H., Rao, K. D., Naeem, A. J., Hansen, P., and Peters, D. H.

(2009). The Effect of Wealth Status on Care Seeking and Health Expenditures in

Afghanistan. Health Policy and Planning, 24(1), 1–17.

Waters, H. R., Foldes, S. S., Alesci, N. L., and Samet, J. (2009). The Economic Impact of

Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Minnesota. American Journal of Public Health,

99(4), 754–759.

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Bós , A., and Waters, H. (2008). Determinants of Catastrophic Health Expenditures in

Brazil: The Impact of the Public System and Private Insurance. CEPAL Review,

No. 95. Also in Spanish as Bós, A. y Waters, H. Efectos de protección financiera

del sistema de salud pública y del seguro privado en Brasil. Revista de la CEPAL

(95), 125–139.

Dao, H. T., Waters, H., and Le, Q. V. (2008). User Fees and Health Service Utilization in

Vietnam: How to Protect the Poor? Public Health, 122(10), 1068–1078.

Hussain, H., Waters, H., Khan, A. J., Omer, S. B., and Halsey, N. A. (2008). Economic

Analysis of Childhood Pneumonia in Northern Pakistan. Health Policy Planning,

23(6), 438–442.

Jiménez‐Ruiz, J. A., Sáenz de Miera, B., Reynales‐Shigematsu, L. M., Waters, H. R., and

Hernandez‐Avila, M. (2008). The Impact of Taxation on Tobacco Consumption in

Mexico. Tobacco Control, 17(2), 105–110.

Waters, H. R., Hatt, L. E., and Black, R. E. (2008). The Role of Private Providers in

Treating Child Diarrhea in Latin America. Health Economics, 17(1), 21–29.

Waters, H. R., Hobart, J., Forrest, C. B., Siemens, K. K., Pittman, P. M., Murthy, A., et al.

(2008). Health Insurance Coverage in Central and Eastern Europe: Trends and

Challenges. Health Affairs (Millwood), 27(2), 478–486.

Weiner, J. P., Famadas, J. C., Waters, H. R., and Gikic, D. (2008). Managed Care and

Private Health Insurance in a Global Context. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and

Law, 33(6), 1107–1131.

Waters, H., Steinhardt, L., Oliver, T. R., Burton, A., and Milner, S. (2007). The Costs of

Non‐Insurance in Maryland. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved,

18(1), 139–151.

Hyder, A. A., Waters, H., Phillips, T., and Rehwinkel, J. (2007). Exploring the Economics

of Motorcycle Helmet Laws – Implications for Low and Middle‐Income Countries.

Asia‐Pacific Journal of Public Health, 19(2), 16–22.

Devgan, L., Waters, H., Pronovost, P.J., and M.A. Makary. (2007). A Cost Analysis of

Intra‐Operative X‐Ray Screening for Retained Surgical Foreign Bodies. Journal of

Surgical Research, 137(2), 186.

Hatt, L. and Waters, H. (2006). A Pooled Analysis of the Socioeconomic Determinants of

Child Morbidity in Latin America. Social Science and Medicine, 62(2), pp. 375–386.

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Hussain, H., Waters, H., Omer, S. B., Khan, A., Baig, I. Y., Mistry, R., et al. (2006). The

Cost of Treatment for Child Pneumonias and Meningitis in the Northern Areas of

Pakistan. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 21(3), 229-238.

Waters, H. R., Penny, M. E., Creed‐Kanashiro, H. M., Robert, R. C., Narro, R., Willis, J., et

al. (2006). The Cost‐Effectiveness of Child Nutrition Education Programme in

Peru. Health Policy and Planning, 21(4), 257–264.

Anderson, G. F., Hussey, P. S., Frogner, B. K., and Waters, H. R. (2005). Health Spending

in the United States and the Rest of the Industrialized World. Health Affairs

(Millwood), 24(4), 903–914. *This was the 4th most frequently viewed article on Health

Affairs’ website in 2005.

Bishai, D., Kumar, K. C. S., Waters, H., Koenig, M., Katz, J., Khatry, S. K., et al. (2005).

The Impact of Vitamin A Supplementation on Mortality Inequalities among

Children in Nepal. Health Policy and Planning, 20(1), 60–66.

Waters, H. R., Hyder, A. A., Rajkotia, Y., Basu, S., and Butchart, A. (2005). The Costs of

Interpersonal Violence – An International Review. Health Policy, 73(3), 303–315.

Pavlovich, W. D., Waters, H., Weller, W., and Bass, E. B. (2004). Systematic Review of

Literature on the Cost‐Effectiveness of Nutrition Services. Journal of the American

Dietetic Association, 104(2), 226–232.

Pronovost, P. J., Needham, D. M., Waters, H., Birkmeyer, C. M., Calinawan, J. R.,

Birkmeyer, J. D., et al. (2004). Intensive Care Unit Physician Staffing: Financial

Modeling of the Leapfrog Standard. Critical Care Medicine, 32(6), 1247–1253.

Waters, H. R., Anderson, G. F., and Mays, J. (2004). Measuring Financial Protection in

Health in the United States. Health Policy, 69(3), 339–349.

Waters, H. R., Dougherty, L., Tegang, S. P., Tran, N., Wiysonge, C. S., Long, K., et al.

(2004). Coverage and Costs of Childhood Immunizations in Cameroon. Bulletin of

the World Health Organization, 82(9), 668–675.

Waters, H. R., and Hussey, P. (2004). Pricing Health Services for Purchasers – A Review

of Methods and Experiences. Health Policy, 70(2), 175–184.

Waters, H. R., Hyder, A. A., and Phillips, T. L. (2004). Economic Evaluation of

Interventions to Reduce Road Traffic Injuries – A Review of the Literature with

Applications to Low and Middle‐Income Countries. Asia‐Pacific Journal of Public

Health, 16(1), 23–31.

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Waters, H., Morlock, L., and Hatt, L. (2004). How Healthcare Purchasers can Influence

Quality – A Conceptual Framework and Comparative Analysis of Contextual

Factors. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 19(4), 365–381.

Waters, H. R., Rehwinkel, J. A., and Burnham, G. (2004). Economic Evaluation of

Mectizan Distribution. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 9(4), A16–25.

Waters, H., Saadah, F., Surbakti, S., and Heywood, P. (2004). Weight‐for‐Age

Malnutrition in Indonesian Children, 1992‐1999. International Journal of

Epidemiology, 33(3), 589–595.

Waters, H., Hatt, L., and Peters, D. (2003). Working with the Private Sector for Child

Health. Health Policy Planning, 18(2), 127–137.

Waters, H., Saadah, F., and Pradhan, M. (2003). The Impact of the 1997–98 East Asian

Economic Crisis on Health and Health Care in Indonesia. Health Policy Planning,

18(2), 172–181.

Pronovost, P. J., Waters, H., and Dorman, T. (2001). Impact of Critical Care Physician

Workforce for Intensive Care Unit Physician Staffing. Current Opinion in Critical

Care, 7(6), 456–459.

Waters, H., Abdallah, H., and Santillán, D. (2001). Application of Activity‐Based Costing

(ABC) for a Peruvian NGO healthcare provider. International Journal of Health

Planning and Management, 16(1), 3–18.

Makinen, M., Waters, H., Rauch, M., Almagambetova, N., Bitran, R., Gilson, L., et al.

(2000). Inequalities in Health Care Use and Expenditures: Empirical Data from

Eight Developing Countries and Countries in transition. Bulletin of the World

Health Organization, 78(1), 55–65.

Waters, H. R. (2000). Measuring Equity in Access to Health Care. Social Science and

Medicine, 51(4), 599–612.

Waters, H. R. (1999). Measuring the Impact of Health Insurance with a Correction for

Selection Bias – A Case Study of Ecuador. Health Economics, 8(5), 473–483.

Book Reviews (1)

Waters, H. (2005). Health Financing for Poor People: Resource Mobilization and Risk

Sharing. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 83(3), 236.

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Other Products of Scholarship (29)

Waters, H., Sáenz de Miera, B., Ross, H., and Reynales Shigematsu. L. M. (2010). The

Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Taxation in Mexico. Paris: International Union

against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

Anderson, G. F., Waters, H., Pittman, P., Herbert, R., Chu, E., Das, K., and Diener, K. J.

(2008). Non‐Communicable Chronic Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Yang, R., Tian, X., Waters, H., and Shi, G. (2008). Financial protection in health in rural

China, 1978‐2005 – Trends and Current Status. Future Health Systems – Johns

Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Working Paper 3.

Anderson, G. F., and Waters, H. (2007). Achieving Universal Coverage through Medicare

Part E(veryone). The Brookings Institution Hamilton Project, Discussion Paper

2007– 10.

Waters, H., Foldes, S. S., and Alesci, N. L. (2007). The Economic Impact of Exposure to

Secondhand Tobacco Smoke in Minnesota – Final Report. Minneapolis, MN: Blue

Cross / Blue Shield of Minnesota.

Waters, H., Garrett, B., and Burnham, G. (2007). Rehabilitating Health Systems in Post‐

Conflict Situations. UNU‐WIDER Research Paper No. 2007/06, United Nations

University World Institute for Development Economics Research.

Waters, H., Hobart, J., Kinder, K., Forrest, C., Murthy, A., Vanderver, B., et al. (2006).

Health Care Modernization in Central and Eastern Europe. Washington, DC: Johns

Hopkins University and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Waters, H. (2006). The Economic Impact of Secondhand Smoke in Maryland. Report prepared

for the American Cancer Society.

Morlock L., Waters, H., Lyles, A., Özsarı, H., and Aktulay, G. (2004). Health Care Reform

in Turkey – Charting the Way Forward. Final report submitted to The Turkish

Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association Turk Saanayici ve Isadamlari

Dernegi (TÜSİAD).

Waters, H. and Hussey, P. (2004). Pricing health services for purchasers – A Review of

Methods and Experiences. Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion

Paper. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Waters, H., Hyder, A., Rajkotia, Y., Basu, S., Rehwinkel, J. A., and Butchart, A. (2004).

The economic dimensions of interpersonal violence. Geneva: Department of Injuries

and Violence Prevention, World Health Organization.

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Waters, H., Steinhardt, L., Oliver, T., Burton, A., and Milner, S. (2004). The costs of non‐

insurance in Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Department of Health and Human Hygiene

(DHMH).

Waters, H., Hatt, L., and Axelsson, H. (2002). Working with the private sector for child

health. Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper. Washington,

DC: The World Bank.

Waters, H., Abdallah, H., Santillán, D., and Richardson, P. (2000). Application of activity‐

based costing (ABC) in a Peruvian NGO healthcare system. Operations Research

Results, 1(3). Bethesda, MD: University Research Corporation.

Waters, H. (2000). The Costing of Community Maternal and Child Health interventions – A

Review of the Literature with Applications for Conducting Cost‐Effectiveness Studies for

Advocacy. Prepared for the Inter‐Agency Working Group on Integrated

Management of Childhood Illnesses. The Academy for Educational Development.

Xu, K., Lydon, P., Ortiz de Iturbide, J., Musgrove, P., Knaul, F., Kawabata, K., et al.

(2000). Analysis of the fairness of financial contribution in 21 countries. Geneva: World

Health Organization (GPE Discussion Paper 25).

Saadah, F., Waters, H., and Heywood, P. (1999). Indonesia: Undernutrition in young

children. Washington, DC: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Region Watching

Brief, Issue 1.

Saadah, F., Waters, H., and Heywood, P. (1998). Indonesia health sector analysis with the

1995 SUSENAS. Washington, DC: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Region

Watching Brief Number 5.

Morlock, L. L., Anderson, G. F., Wu, A. W., Chow, L. P., Wei, S., Malitz, F., and Waters,

H. (1997). National health insurance in Taiwan: Analysis of initial effects from an

international perspective. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University School of

Public Health.

Saadah, F., Waters, H., Heywood, P., and Horiuchi, K. (1997). Family planning pricing and

sustainability in Indonesia. Washington, DC: World Bank East Asia and Pacific

Region Watching Brief Number 3.

Waters, H. (1997). CDD and ARI programs in sub‐Saharan Africa: Redefining their roles in a

changing context. Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development.

Waters, H. (1997). Health Education in Ghana: A Case Study of Institutional Capacity

Building. Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development.

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Waters, H. (1997). Health and Health Systems in the Sahel. Background Paper for the

Comité permanent Inter‐états de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS).

Washington, DC: The Academy for Educational Development.

Setzer, J., MacFarland, D., and Waters, H. (1996). Accès et utilisation des services de Santé

Financés par L’état pour les Indigents et les Pauvres en République de Guinée: Une étude

de l’équité. Arlington, VA: BASICS Project II Project.

Mosley, W. H., and Waters, H. (1995). Child Health Diagnosis. Hopkins Population Center

Papers on Population, WP 96‐10. Paper commissioned by the Pan Arab Project

for Child Development, League of Arab States.

Waters, H. (1995). Regional Initiatives for Capacity Building in the Health Sector. Prepared

for the Academy for Educational Development for the Directors Joint

Consultative Committee Meeting, East African Commonwealth Health

Secretariat, Nairobi, Kenya. AED, SARA Project; AFR/SD, HHRAA Project.

Graeff, J., and Waters, H. (1995). A Strategic Framework for Setting Priorities for Research,

Analysis, and Information Dissemination for Behavior Change and Maintenance for Child

Survival in Africa. Washington DC: USAID Bureau for Africa, Office of Sustainable

Development.

Waters, H. (1995). Literature Review: Equity in the Health Sector in Developing Countries with

Lessons Learned for sub‐Saharan Africa. Arlington, VA: The BASICS Project.

Kutzin, J. and Waters, H. (1994). A Strategic Framework for Setting Priorities for Research,

Analysis, and Information Dissemination for Health Sector Financing and Sustainability

in Africa. Washington DC: USAID Bureau for Africa, Office of Sustainable

Development.

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6. Teaching Activities

Time

Period Course Title Role

Number of

Students

2014 Health Economics (715.001) - in the UNC School of

Public Health, HPM Department Primary

Instructor 36

2013-2014 The Economics of Tobacco Control (online course for

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health) Primary

Instructor 28

2012-2013 The Economics of Tobacco Control (online course for

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health) Primary

Instructor 21

2011-2012 The Economics of Tobacco Control (online course for

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health) Primary

Instructor 12

2010-2012 The Economics of Tobacco Control (online course for

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health) Primary

Instructor 15

2009-2010 Health Economics (at Johns Hopkins) Co-

Instructor 33

2009-2010 International Health Reform (at Johns Hopkins) Primary

Instructor 75

7. Grants

Title Role Amount Dates Agency / Funder

Evaluation of Hospital Value-Based

Purchasing Initiative

Team

Member $350,000

2012-

2013

Center for Medicare and

Medicaid Services (CMS)

Hospital-Acquired Conditions –

Present on Admission (HAC-POA)

Task

Leader $300,000

2011-

2013

Center for Medicare and

Medicaid Services (CMS)

Health Sector Modernization in

Brunei

Team

Member $425,000

2012-

2013 Government of Brunei

Understanding Pittsburgh’s

Provider and Insurance Markets

Team

Member $40,000

2011-

2012 Mellon Foundation

America’s Best Hospitals – revise

and apply methodology for

measuring hospital performance

Task

Leader $350,000 2011-

2012

U.S. News and World

Report

Analysis of health coverage options

for U.S. military reservists PI $30,000

2011-

2012

U.S. Department of

Defense

Economic analysis of Personal

Health Platforms (PHPs)

Task

Leader $60,000

2010-

2011 Dossia

Health insurance reform in Qatar Team

Member $150,000

2010-

2011 Government of Qatar

Economics Component of the

Bloomberg Global Initiative for

Tobacco Control

PI $200,000 2005-

2010

Bloomberg Family

Foundation

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Title Role Amount Dates Agency / Funder

Evaluation of Hospital Value-Based

Purchasing Initiative

Team

Member $350,000

2012-

2013

Center for Medicare and

Medicaid Services (CMS)

Hospital-Acquired Conditions –

Present on Admission (HAC-POA)

Task

Leader $300,000

2011-

2013 CMS

Health Sector Modernization in

Brunei

Team

Member $425,000

2012-

2013 Government of Brunei

Understanding Pittsburgh’s

Provider and Insurance Markets

Team

Member $40,000

2011-

2012 Mellon Foundation

America’s Best Hospitals – revise

and apply methodology for

measuring hospital performance

Task

Leader $350,000 2011-

2012

U.S. News and World

Report

Analysis of health coverage options

for U.S. military reservists PI $30,000

2011-

2012

U.S. Department of

Defense

Economic analysis of Personal

Health Platforms (PHPs)

Task

Leader $60,000

2010-

2011 Dossia

Health insurance reform in Qatar Team

Member $150,000

2010-

2011 Government of Qatar

Economics Component of the

Bloomberg Global Initiative for

Tobacco Control

PI $200,000 2005-

2010

Bloomberg Family

Foundation

The Business Case for Quality:

Comparing the Costs and Benefits

of a Statewide Program to Improve

Quality of ICU Care

PI $153,000 2007-

2010

Michigan Hospital

Association

Global Burden of Unsafe Medical

Care PI $250,000

2008-

2010

The World Health

Organization

Analysis of State-Level Health

Insurance Expansion Strategies

Team

Member $80,000

2008-

2010

Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation

Trinidad and Tobago -- support for

a new MHA Program

Team

Member $25,000

2007-

2010

University of Trinidad

and Tobago (UTT)

Abu Dhabi Health Authority --

health sector analysis and graduate

public health training

Team

Member $77,400 2009-

2010

Government of Abu

Dhabi

Cost and Coverage Tradeoffs for

Options to Expand Health

Insurance Coverage in the U.S.

Team

Member $46,440 2008-

2009 Commonwealth Fund

Future Health Systems – Making

Health Systems Work for the Poor

Team

Member $23,220 2008-

2010

Department for

International

Development (UK)

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Title Role Amount Dates Agency / Funder

Health Systems Evaluation,

Afghanistan

Team

Member $60,000

2004-

2006 World Bank

The Costs of Exposure to

Secondhand Tobacco Smoke in the

State of Minnesota

PI $75,000 2006-

2007

Blue Cross / Blue Shield

of Minnesota

“Good Practice” in Expanding

Health Care Coverage – Lessons

from Reforms in Low and Middle-

Income Countries

PI $52,000 2005-

2006 The World Bank

Economic Evaluation of Neonatal

Healthcare Programs PI $45,000

2004-

2006

Saving Newborn Lives

(Save the Children)

Demand Forecasting for Zinc

Supplementation for Children with

Diarrhea

Team

Member $320,000 2005-

2006 Gates Foundation

Health Insurance Expansion in

Ecuador PI $350,000

2004-

2006 World Bank

8. Professional Service I have worked closely with state health departments and Medicaid programs in North

Carolina, Michigan, Minnesota, Maryland, and Virginia. At Johns Hopkins, I worked

with a team of faculty from the School to support the efforts of the Maryland Citizens’

Health Initiative (MCHI) to expand health insurance coverage. These efforts resulted in

the passage of the State’s “Fair Share” health insurance law, which requires large

employers to set aside a percentage of their total payroll for health benefits. I also

worked actively with Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH)

on a project funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to

develop and analyze options for expanding health insurance coverage. This work was

used by DHMH and health coverage advocates to shape health insurance policies for the

State.

9. Research Statement My research has focused on the evaluation of health financing mechanisms – with an

emphasis on cost, coverage, equity, and access to care for vulnerable populations. I have

also developed a particular expertise in the economic evaluation of health interventions,

applying costing methodologies and cost‐effectiveness analysis to specific health

interventions. I have a strong record of managing research projects. At Johns Hopkins, I

led several large projects involving multiple faculty members, subcontractors, research

assistants, and a complex schedule of deliverables. At RTI, as Deputy Director of the

Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Program I successfully managed a staff of nine

researchers. I have a wide range of experience in using predictive models to forecast

health care outcomes, health expenditures, costs, and revenues.

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10. Teaching Statement I am deeply committed to teaching, mentoring, and research. At Johns Hopkins, I

taught a class entitled Comparative Health Insurance, which consistently had 65 or more

students and was ranked highly by students. The last year I taught this class, in 2010,

both the course and the instructor were rated as “excellent”. The class was one of 17 –

out of 151 classes taught that term – to realize this achievement. I was also a co‐

instructor for the course Introduction to Health Economics, and taught short‐term institute

courses in statistics, evaluation methods, and the Economics of Tobacco Control. I

continue to teach the online course The Economics of Tobacco Control, which was

selected by students as an excellent class in the 2013‐2014 academic year.

I was also the Health, Policy and Management (HPM) Department Representative on

the School’s Master of Public Health (MPH) Executive Committee, and co‐director of the

MPH concentration area in Comparative Health Systems & Policies Concentration. In

this role, I played an important role in shaping the MPH Program’s initiatives and

strategic directions. I was also a member of the Faculty Senate from 2004 to 2008.