 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (June 2012) |
Karen Davis | |
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| Occupation(s) | President, The Commonwealth Fund |
Karen Davis (born 1942) is president of The Commonwealth Fund, a national philanthropy engaged in independent research on health and social policy issues.[1] Davis is an economist, with a career in public policy and research. Before joining The Commonwealth Fund, she served as chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management at The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, where she also held an appointment as professor of economics. She served as deputy assistant secretary for health policy in the Department of Health and Human Services from 1977–1980, becoming the first woman to head a U.S. public health service agency.[2][3]
Prior to her government career, Davis was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., a visiting lecturer at Harvard University, and an assistant professor of economics at Rice University. A native of Oklahoma, she received her Ph.D. in economics from Rice University[4]
She serves on the board of directors of the Geisinger Health System.[5] Davis was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1975, has served two terms on the IOM governing council (1986–1990 and 1997–2000), and was a member of the IOM Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Benefits, Payment and Performance Improvement Programs and the IOM Committee on Rapid Advance Demonstration Projects: Health Care Finance and Delivery Systems.[6] She is a past president of the AcademyHealth (formerly AHSRHP) and an AcademyHealth distinguished fellow.[7] She is a member of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured[8] and is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[9] Davis is a former member of the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) National Advisory Committee[10] and the Panel of Health Advisors for the Congressional Budget Office.[11] Davis is also one of the best female backgammon players in the world, has served on the United States Backgammon Federation board of directors and was elected to the USBGF Hall of Fame in 2020.
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- ^ 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare, Modern Healthcare, August 22, 2011, http://www.modernhealthcare.com (subscription required)
- ^ Stephanie Bouchard, Women in Healthcare: Karen Davis, Healthcare Finance News, March 26, 2012, http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/women-healthcare-karen-davis
- ^ Michael Romano, Battling the system: Commonwealth Fund chief fights for quality, transparency, Modern Healthcare March 28, 2005, http://www.modernhealthcare.com (subscription required)
- ^ Geisinger Health System Foundation Board of Directors, 2010, http://www.geisingerfoundation.org/pdf/ar_09_10.pdf
- ^ News from the National Academies, Nov. 19, 2002, http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=10565
- ^ AcademyHealth, http://www.academyhealth.org/Events/content.cfm?ItemNumber=935 Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Biography of Karen Davis, Ph.D. - Kaiser Family Foundation". Kff.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Research Activities, June 2000: Announcements: National Advisory Council member receives AUPHA award". Archive.ahrq.gov. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
- ^ "CBO | Panel of Health Advisers". Cbo.gov. 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2012-07-04.