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Leadership
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Andrew M. Ryan Ph.D.
Director for the Center for Advancing Health Policy Through Research, Professor of Health Services, Policy & PracticeDr. Ryan is a Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice and the founding director of the Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research (CAHPR) at Brown. Professor Ryan came to Brown in the fall of 2022 from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, where he served as director of the Center for Evaluating Health Reform, co-director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy, and associate director of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation’s Data and Methods Hub.
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David J. Meyers Ph.D., MPH
Associate Director for the Center for Advancing Health Policy Through Research, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & PracticeDr. Meyers is an Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, Policy and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health. Professor Meyers is a health services researcher and health economist whose research broadly focuses on how payment and delivery reform affect the outcomes of historically marginalized patient populations. His current research interests include trying to understand the drivers of inequities in the Medicare Advantage program, the evaluation of care management programs for high-risk patient populations, and Medicaid policy for patients with chronic illness.
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Christopher M. Whaley Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy & PracticeDr. Whaley is an Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health as of July 2023. Professor Whaley comes to Brown from the RAND Corporation, where he is a health economist and professor at the RAND Pardee Graduate School. His research focuses on health care price transparency and market structure and has been published in clinical, health policy, and economics journals and covered by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and CNN. He has presented on health care prices and competition to state and federal policymakers, including the California and Texas Legislatures, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Federal Trade Commission. His study findings on hospital prices have been referenced in federal and state legislation. His research on hospital prices and health care markets has supported several Arnold Ventures, including the Employer’s Forum of Indiana, the National Alliance of Health Care Purchasers, and Texas Employers for Affordable Health Care.
Get to know some of the people who make up our center.