Helen Denne Schulte Professor
University of Wisconsin, Madison School of Nursing
bjbowers@wisc.edu
(608) 263-5189
Specializations:
Long-term care
Barbara Bowers has been a researcher in long-term care for 20 years.
Associate Professor of Public Health
Director of the Health Management Program
Division of Health Policy and Administration
Yale School of Medicine
Elizabeth.bradley@yale.edu
203-785-2937
Specializations:
Improving quality of care in nursing homes, end-of-life care
Dr. Bradley is associate professor of public health and director of the Health Management Program in the Division of Health Policy and Administration at the Yale School of Medicine.
President
IDEAS: Innovative Designs in Environments for an Aging Society
mcalkins@IDEASConsultingInc.com
440-256-1880
Specializations:
Long-term care design, dementia design, and programming
Dr. Calkins is also Chair of the Board of IDEAS Institute, which focuses on research and education in the same area.
Professor of Sociology/Founder and Former Director
University of California, San Francisco/Institute for Health and Aging
cestes@itsa.ucsf.edu
(415) 476-3236
Specializations:
Social Security and Medicare, long-term care and the long-term care ombudsman program, older women's economic and health security issues
Carroll L. Estes is professor of sociology at the University of California, San Francisco, and founder and former director of the Institute for Health and Aging (1979–1998).
Dean of Public Policy
Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Federj@georgetown.edu
(202) 687-8397
Specializations:
Long-term care financing
Judith Feder is professor and dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute.
Associate Professor of Health Economics
Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
grabowski@med.harvard.edu
617-432-3369
Specializations:
Long-term care/nursing home policy, regulation, financing, and quality of care
David Grabowski's research focuses primarily on the economics of aging and health care regulation with a particular interest in the market for long-term care services.
Director
Center for Aging Services Management, Division of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
grant004@umn.edu
612-624-8844
Specializations:
Organizational systems and quality improvement in long-term care, aging services management and operations
Leslie A. Grant is an associate professor and director of the Center for Aging Services Management in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health.
Director
Program on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
hawes@srph.tamhsc.edu
Specializations:
Long-term care regulation, nursing home quality, assisted living, and
preventing elder abuse in residential long-term care settings
Catherine Hawes has been active in research, teaching, and policymaking in long-term care for more than 30 years, with an emphasis on defining, measuring and assuring quality in long-term care.
Professor
Division for Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
kanex002@umn.edu
612-624-5171
Specializations:
Long-term care, home and community care, nursing home care, quality of life, culture change in long-term care, state policy and regulation, assisted living
Assistant Vice President, Quality of Care for Frail Elders
The Commonwealth Fund
mjk@cmwf.org
(212) 606-3849
Specializations:
Long-term care/nursing home policy and regulation
Mary Jane Koren, M.D., M.P.H., assistant vice president, joined The Commonwealth Fund in 2002 and leads the Picker/Commonwealth Program on Quality of Care for Frail Elders.
Associate Professor of Medical Science and Graduate Program Director, Health Services Research
Brown Medical School
Kate_Lapane@brown.edu
(401) 863-9648
Specializations:
Geriatric pharmacoepidemiology, drug utilization, patient-centered pharmacy-based care, e-prescribing standards, nursing home policy, and regulation
Kate L. Lapane, Ph.D., is an associate professor of medical science at Brown Medical School.
Professor and Chair
Department of Community Health
Brown Medical School
Vincent_Mor@brown.edu
Dr. Vincent Mor is chair of the department of community health at the Brown University School of Medicine and formerly served as the director of the Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research.
Director
Health Services Research Program
School of Rural Public Health
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
phillipscd@srph.tamhsc.edu
979-459-0080
Dr. Charles Phillips is director of the health services research program at the School of Rural Public Health at Texas A&M University System Health Science Center.
Executive Director
Manhattan Retirement Foundation, Kansas
steve.shields@meadowlark.org
(785) 537-4610
Specializations:
Nursing home culture change and leadership
Stephen Shields has a relationship with Manhattan Retirement Foundation stretching back to 1994, where he serves as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Assistant Professor of Health Policy
Harvard Medical School
stevenson@hcp.med.harvard.edu
617-432-3905
Specializations:
Long-term care, nursing home policy, quality assurance, and regulation
David Stevenson is currently an assistant professor of health policy in the department of health care policy at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Stevenson's primary research interests are aging and long-term care, with a recent emphasis on nursing home quality.