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Glen P. Mays, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair |
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| Glen P. Mays
currently serves as associate professor, chair
pro tem, and director of research for the
Department of Health Policy and Management in
the 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
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. He has led a series of studies examining the institutional and economic factors that influence the availability and quality of public health services. Currently, he is principal investigator of two national studies examining the causes and consequences of recent changes in public health spending levels and delivery systems. Dr. Mays’ work in health insurance and safety-net care includes economic evaluations of state strategies to expand health insurance coverage and access to care, as well as studies of health promotion and disease management initiatives pursued by private health insurers and employers. As part of this work, he has served as a senior researcher on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-supported Community Tracking Study at the Center for Studying Health System Change, where he studied the decisions of insurers and employers regarding health benefits. 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 has served on numerous health policy advisory committees including those for CDC, HRSA, the Institute of Medicine, and various professional associations and state legislative bodies. He chaired the Public Health Systems Research Interest Group at AcademyHealth during its initial two years, and received the Dissertation of the Year Award from AcademyHealth in 2000. He has published more than 50 journal articles, books and chapters on his research. Dr. Mays earned an A.B. degree in political science from Brown University (1992), received Ph.D. (1999) and M.P.H. (1996) 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 (2000). |
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