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2001

News Releases about Research

December 6, 2001:
RAND Study Examines the Evidence On Vouchers and Charter Schools - Exhaustive Analysis Backs Neither Camp in Contentious Debate - Finds Jury Is Still Out But Some Outcomes Show Promise

December 5, 2001:
Area Health Researchers Join in Major Cancer Study - RAND, UCLA, USC to Study Quality of Regional Cancer Care

November 29, 2001:
Federal District Judges Are Screening Expert Evidence More Strictly - Changes Follow 1993 Supreme Court Ruling, Study Finds

November 15, 2001:
Stress Reactions to 9/11 Attacks Felt All Across the Country: 44% of Adults, 35% of Children Had Substantial Symptoms

October 22, 2001:
RAND Launches Novel Effort to Study the "Longer-Range" Future - Focus of New Center Will Be the Period 35 to 200 Years From Now - Donor, an L.A. Real Estate Investor, is a Onetime RAND Analyst

October 1, 2001:
In Pursuit of Prestige: Strategy and Competition in U.S. Higher Education - New RAND Study Offers Novel Analysis Of Campus Dilemmas

September 27, 2001:
Family Planning Services Limit Abortion: Evidence from Bangladesh

September 19, 2001:
Study Shows Better Depression Care Pays Its Own Way - Patients in Clinical Trial Work More, Suffer Less - Low-Cost Program Targets Primary Care Physicians and Clinics

August 15, 2001:
Asbestos: Over 500,000 Claimants and $21 Billion and Counting

August 14, 2001:
Half of All Adult HIV Patients Suffer from Depression and Anxiety - Six of Every Ten Use Mental Health or Substance Abuse Services

August 13, 2001:
RAND Three Strikes Roundtable Set for Monday, August 13

August 2, 2001:
Study Finds No-Fault Auto Insurance is Unrelated to Accident Rates - Research Also Refutes Links to Negligent Driving

July 23, 2001:
Pew Charitable Trusts Announce New Study Showing Major Shifts in the Future of the Performing Arts (Pew Charitable Trusts release)

July 18, 2001:
New Study Calls for Reshaping U.S. Intelligence 'From the Ground Up'

June 13, 2001:
Colombia's Political-Military Situation Is Precarious - Study Urges Greater Aid for Counter-Insurgency Efforts - U.S. Policy's Anti-Drug Focus "Misses the Point," Analysts Say

June 8, 2001:
Report Analyzes Japanese Debate on Missile Defense - Predicts Issue Could Be Major Irritant for U.S.-Japan Alliance

June 6, 2001:
Obesity Linked to Higher Rates of Chronic Illness and Worse Physical Quality Of Life Than Smoking, Drinking or Poverty - Three of Five Adult Americans Are Overweight or Obese

May 28, 2001:
Quality of Care for Women with High Blood Pressure Falls Short - Study Also Demonstrates Link Between Quality of Care and Blood Pressure Control

May 23, 2001:
Click With Care: New Study Spotlights Problems and Potholes in Health Information on the Internet

May 15, 2001:
Report Calls for New Political Strategy and Military Posture in Asia - Proposes Stronger Ties With Allies, Balance-of-Power for Others. U.S. Forces in Region Should be Beefed Up, Focus Shifted South - Resolve to Defend Taiwan if China Attacks Should Be Explicit

May 7, 2001:
Put Quality of Care on the Policy Agenda - "How Many More People Have to Die?" Researchers Ask

May 6, 2001:
Study: Highflying DWP Still Needs New Governance Structure - Reforms Could Maintain Performance as Markets Change

April 6, 2001:
RAND Releases Joint Fighter Study - Finds Single Contractor Strategy Most Cost-Effective for Now, But DoD Should Consider Competitor for Later Avionics Upgrades

March 22, 2001:
RAND Releases Second CalWORKs Evaluation Report - Implementation of Welfare Reform Program Found to be a Challenge for Counties as They Shift from Issuing Benefits to an Employment Service Program

March 14, 2001:
Costs of HIV Care Slid 16 Percent After Newer Medicines Appeared on Scene - Hospital Expenses Stayed High for Those Who Lacked Access to the Drugs

February 15, 2001:
Effects of Involuntary Outpatient Treatment Law Would Be Unpredictable

February 9, 2001:
Health Expenses are Less Burden on Elderly Than Thought - Prior Estimates Understate Income, Overstate Health Cost Share - Study Findings Could Affect Medicare and Rx Drug Debate

January 18, 2001:
RAND Releases Two New Reports in Gulf War Illnesses Series - Studies Probe Possible Roles of Infectious Diseases, Combat Stress

January 12, 2001:
RAND Surveys Gulf War Veterans on Wartime Pesticide Use and Examines Scientific Literature on Health Effects - Evidence Indicates Some Pesticides Can't Be Ruled Out as Possible Contributing Causes of Gulf War Illnesses

News Releases about the RAND Corporation

November 14, 2001:
RAND Names Defense Analyst McNaugher a Vice President; Veteran of Two Wars Will Direct the Institution's Army Research Division

November 5, 2001:
RAND Elects Foundation Executive Robert Curvin to Board

October 19, 2001:
RAND Elects Paul G. Kaminski to Board of Trustees: Technovation, Inc. CEO is a Former Undersecretary of Defense

October 2, 2001:
RAND Names Barry Balmat to Direct Its Pittsburgh Office - Jonathan Caulkins Returns To CMU, Remains RAND Consultant

September 17, 2001:
RAND Elects Harold Brown, Arthur Levitt to Board of Trustees

September 4, 2001:
Helga E. Rippen Heads RAND's Science and Technology Policy Institute

August 31, 2001:
RAND Names Nina Hachigian to Head Its Asia-Pacific Policy Center

June 8, 2001:
Joseph P. Sullivan to Chair RAND Health Board of Advisors - Protocare CEO Has Background in Health and Investment Worlds

May 25, 2001:
RAND Board of Trustees Elects New Chair, Vice Chair - Posts Go to Ronald L. Olson, Los Angeles Superlawyer, and Ann McLaughlin Korologos, Former Labor Secretary

April 23, 2001:
Alumnus Makes $250,000 Gift to Help RAND Raise Its Sights - Research Goal Is to Improve Quality of Life 30 to 200 Years in Future

April 19, 2001:
Merton E. Davies, Pioneer in Space-Based Reconnaissance

April 6, 2001:
RAND to Evaluate School-Based Arts Programs in Los Angeles; City's Cultural Affairs Department Is a Partner; Research Project Is Backed by California's Art Council

March 30, 2001:
RAND Names Bruce Hoffman as Vice President, External Affairs - Terrorism Expert Also Directs RAND's Washington Office

March 19, 2001:
RAND Elects Donald B. Rice to Board of Trustees - Los Angeles Resident Served as RAND CEO and as Air Force Secretary

March 1, 2001:
Former Congressman John Edward Porter Elected to RAND Board of Trustees

February 27, 2001:
Ambassador Philip Lader Joins RAND Board of Trustees - Former Envoy to the U.K. Chairs the WPP Group

January 30, 2001:
Project Alert Drug Prevention Program Rated "Exemplary" - U.S. Department of Education Cites RAND-Developed Approach

January 16, 2001:
RAND Establishes Policy Think Tank in the UK

January 11, 2001:
RAND Elects John S. Reed to Board of Trustees