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Kevin W. Ryan, JD, MA, RNAssociate
Director |
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| Kevin W. Ryan is
an attorney and health services researcher whose
academic interests center around public health
law and the development of state and Federal
policies targeted to improve health care
delivery and health care financing systems. Mr.
Ryan also has a keen interest in issues of
access and quality of care for children, women
and underserved populations. Prior to accepting appointment to the UAMS College of Public Health (COPH) and the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI), Mr. Ryan served as the Provider Relations Director for the Children’s Healthcare System (CHCS) Physician Hospital Organization (PHO). Mr. Ryan also served for a number of years at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and UAMS in clinical and managerial roles. Mr. Ryan graduated with High Honors from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) William H. Bowen School of Law, where he served as a member of the Law Review. He has a Master of Arts in Health Services Management from Webster University St. Louis, Missouri (LR campus). Clinical degrees include an Associate of Science in Registered Nursing from UALR and a Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Technology from UAMS. He is a recipient of the Squibb, Mallinkrodt, and Vickie Lynn Ables Awards. He also is a recipient of the 2005 UAMS COPH Student Council Outstanding Faculty Award and the 2005 inaugural UAMS Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award. Mr. Ryan currently serves as the Associate Director for Policy and Projects at ACHI. In that role, he has primary management and fiscal oversight of ACHI health policy initiatives. He serves as the Principal Investigator for the Health Information, Security, and Privacy Collaborative (HISPC). He also serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Arkansas State Health Insurance Expansion Initiative, a $4.5 million grant from HRSA to study mechanisms for addressing the status of the uninsured in Arkansas and Co-PI of the State Coverage Initiative, a $1.5 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to design and implement mechanisms to expand health insurance coverage and promote stabilization of the health care marketplace. Mr. Ryan has an appointment as Assistant Professor in the UAMS College of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management. Teaching responsibilities include instruction and student mentoring in COPH, the UAMS College of Medicine and the UALR School of Law. He developed and teaches a course in Public Health Law and Ethics. Mr. Ryan served as Project Co-Lead on the UALR / UAF Tobacco Resource Centers Community Readiness Assessment. He is a participant in several other grant-funded studies. Keenly interested in politics and current events, Mr. Ryan is also an active supporter of the Pulaski County Humane Society and Central Arkansas Rescue Effort for Animals. He is a long time resident of central Arkansas where he lives quietly with his family and four dogs. |
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