Nicole Lurie

Nicole Lurie Senior Natural Scientist and Co-Director for Public Health at the Center for Domestic and International Health Security Director of the RAND Center for Population Health and Health Disparities Paul O'Neill Alcoa Professor of Policy Analysis at RAND EDUCATION MD, University of Pennsylvania MSPH, UCLA

FIELDS Health services, primarily in the areas of access to and quality of care, managed care, mental health, prevention, and health disparities. POLICY AREAS Defining a prioritized research agenda for preparedness and response activities and outlining approaches to better link the public health and health care delivery systems.

Before coming to RAND, Dr. Lurie was Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Minnesota, and most recently, Medical Advisor to the Commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Health. From 1998-2001, she served as Assistant Secretary of Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

As Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health at HHS, Dr. Lurie had line responsibility for the Office of Emergency Preparedness, which included development of emergency response plans at state and local levels, including plans for events involving multiple jurisdictions and development of the pandemic influenza plan. She was involved with flu surveillance and response at a time when hospitals in multiple jurisdictions across the country were full, with multiple preparedness and response exercises, and with other efforts to directly link public health and health delivery sectors.

Dr. Lurie serves as Senior Editor for Health Services Research and has served on editorial boards and as a reviewer for numerous journals. She was President of the Society of General Internal Medicine, is currently on the board of directors for the Academy of Health Services Research, and has served on multiple national committees. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the AHSR Young Investigator Award, the Nellie Westerman Prize for Research in Ethics, the Heroine in Health Care Award, and is a member of the Institute of Medicine.