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Loebs Professor makes an impact in first month

Posted 10/12/2009

The college's first holder of the Loebs Professorship, Thomas Wickizer, PhD, MPH, is already making an impact at Ohio State in just his first month on campus.

Wickizer, professor in the college's Division of Health Services Management and Policy, was the keynote speaker for the Comparative Effectiveness Research Symposium on Sept. 29 at the Blackwell Inn hosted by The Ohio Colleges of Medicine, Government Resource Center. He spoke on "The Value of Using Administrative Data in Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Research.”

"Dr. Wickizer has developed a national reputation for using health plan administrative data to evaluate the performance of health care delivery systems in Washington State. This included various topics, including substance abuse, worker's compensation, and Medicaid managed care. We are very excited about having him at Ohio State,” said Lorin Ranbom, director, Government Resource Center.

Wickizer came to Ohio State from the University of Washington, where he was a professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine's Department of Health Services. His expertise includes utilization management, managed care and occupational health.

 

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The Ohio State University's College Public Health is an integral part of the most comprehensive health sciences campus in the nation. The college was created in February 2007 by the University Board of Trustees. First established in 1995 as part of the College of Medicine, we are the first and only accredited school of public health in the state of Ohio. Specializations within the college include biostatistics, epidemiology, health behavior and health promotion, environmental health sciences, health services management and policy, veterinary public health and clinical investigations. The college is currently ranked 21st in public health graduate schools by US News & World Report. Its Master of Health Administration program is ranked 12th.