Harkness Project Title: What Lessons Can Be Learned from the More Integrated Parts of the U.S. Health Care System, and How Could They Spread?

Placement: Stanford University

Mentors: Alan Garber, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Stanford University
Stephen M. Shortell, Ph.D., Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy & Management, and Dean, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley

Biography at time of Harkness Fellowship: Martin Connor, Ph.D., a 2010-11 Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, is programme director of Trafford Care Organisation, seconded from his executive director role at Trafford PCT. His research interests include strategic health management, integrated health care, and accountable health care. Past positions include special policy advisor, PHSSPSNI; associate director (health reform) for Greater Manchester Strategic health Authority; and modernization manager, Manchester Health Authority. Connor holds a Ph.D. from Durham University.

Career Activity Since Fellowship

• Senior Policy Advisor to Health Minister and Head, Special Delivery Unit, Department of Health, Republic of Ireland, 2011

Current Position: Senior Policy Advisor and Head, Special Delivery Unit, Department of Health, Republic of Ireland (Updated July 2011)

Email: drmartinconnor@yahoo.co.uk

Harkness-Related Publications

Light DW, Connor M. “Reflections on commissioning and the English coalition government NHS reforms.” Social Science & Medicine 2011: 821-822.

Connor M. “Local innovation can't be driven from the top down.” BMJ. 2011 Sep 21;343:d5719.