RAND Expert Biography
Nicole Lurie
Director, RAND Center for Population Health and Health Disparities; Codirector, RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security; Distinguished Chair, Paul O'Neill Alcoa Professorship in Policy Analysis; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Expertise
Disadvantaged populations, health care access and quality, health disparities, mental health, nonmedical determinants of health, public health and public health preparedness
Recent Work
Racial and ethnic disparities in health care; public health infrastructure and preparedness; government response to the anthrax attacks; medical care for immigrants; quality of care
Previous Positions
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Medical Advisor, Minnesota Commissioner of Health; Special Advisor to the Dean, University of Minnesota Medical School
Education
M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; M.S.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in health care delivery, University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia
Publications of Interest
"Health Disparities and Access to Health," N. Lurie and T. Dubowitz, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 297, No. 10, Mar 2007
"Public Health Preparedness: Evolution or Revolution?" N. Lurie et al., Health Affairs, Vol. 25, No. 4, July/Aug 2006
"Public Health Response to Urgent Case Reports," D. J. Dausey et al., Health Affairs [Web exclusive], Aug 2005
"Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Perspectives of Cardiologists," N. Lurie et al., Circulation, Vol. 111, No. 10, Mar 2005
"Local Variation in Public Health Preparedness: Lessons from California," N. Lurie et al., Health Affairs [Web exclusive], Jan/June 2004
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Associated Press; Chicago Tribune; CNN; C-SPAN; HealthDay.com; Kaiser Daily Health Policy Reports; NPR; Reuters; USA Today; Washington Post; WebMD Medical News
Commentary: United Press International
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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