Robin M. Weinick
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Education
Overview
Biography
Robin M. Weinick is an associate director of RAND Health, one of the largest private health research groups in the world and the RAND Corporation's largest operating division. Her specific areas of responsibility include RAND Health's contract business line, managing policy and processes related to bid decisions, procurement, and administration of government and nonprofit contracts, with an emphasis on contracts with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She also plays a key role in research staff recruitment and development. As RAND Health's senior leader on the East Coast, she frequently represents the unit in discussions with key contacts in government agencies, nonprofits, and nongovernmental entities based in the National Capital Region.
Weinick is also a senior social scientist at RAND. Her research focuses on improving the quality of medical care in the United States, developing and evaluating practical tools for use in the health care system, and the development and use of measures for monitoring the status of health care. She is particularly concerned with systematic barriers that cause health and health care disparities by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
Weinick has extensive experience managing large, complex projects with diverse partnerships. She brings more than 18 years of research leadership on projects individually valued at over $12 million, and is a recognized expert in program evaluation, particularly those related to quality and disparities in health care. Weinick received her Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.
Research Focus
Previous Positions
Senior Scientist, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Weinick also has a 10-year history of federal service in various positions at the Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityRecent Projects
- Evaluating public health and mental health programs
- Measuring patient experiences with care
- Quality measurement and improvement
- Reducing racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health and health care
- Urgent care centers and retail clinics
Selected Publications
Weinick, Robin M., Ellen Burke Beckjord, Carrie M. Farmer, Laurie T. Martin, Emily M. Gillen, Joie D. Acosta, Michael P. Fisher, Jeffrey Garnett, Gabriella C. Gonzalez, Todd C. Helmus, Lisa H. Jaycox, Kerry A. Reynolds, Nicolas Salcedo, and Deborah M. Sch, Programs Addressing Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Among U.S. Military Servicemembers and Their Families, RAND (TR-950-OSD), 2011
Weinick, Robin M., Marc N. Elliott, Angelo E. Volandes, Lenny Lopez, Q Burkhart, and Mark Schlesinger, "Using Standardized Encounters to Understand Reported Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Patient Experiences with Care," Health Services Research, 46(2):491-509, 2011
Weinick, Robin M., Rachel M. Burns, and Ateev Mehrotra, "Many Emergency Department Visits Could be Managed at Urgent Care Centers and Retail Clinics," Health Affairs, 29(9):1630-1636, 2010
Weinick, Robin M., Steffanie J. Bristol, and Catherine M. DesRoches, "Urgent Care Centers in the U.S.: Findings from a National Survey," BMC Health Services Research, 9:79, 2009
Weinick, Robin M., Katherine Flaherty, and Steffanie J. Bristol, Creating Equity Reports: A Guide for Hospitals, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2008
Weinick, Robin M., Susan R. Wilcox, Elyse R. Park, Richard T. Griffey, and Joel S. Weissman, "Use of Advance Directives for Nursing Home Residents in the Emergency Department," American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 25(3):179-183, 2008
Weinick, Robin M., Jacquelyn M. Caglia, Elisa Friedman, and Katherine Flaherty, "Measuring Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care in Massachusetts: Lessons from Implementing a Publicly-Mandated Data Collection Program," Health Affairs, 26(5):1293-1302, 2007
Weinick, Robin M., Alegría, Margarita, Coltin, Kathryn L., Gannon, Patrick M., Goel, Anuj K., Kressin, Nancy R., LaBresh, Kenneth A., Laws, M. Barton, Rabson, Barbra G., Rosenthal, Meredith B., Peto, Randolph R., Safran, Dana Gelb, Schneider, Eric C., Si, Pay-for-Performance to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care in the Massachusetts Medicaid Program, Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute, 2007
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