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Biosketch
Prior to joining the University of Kentucky, Dr. Mays served as professor and chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where he also directed the PhD program in Health Systems Research at UAMS.
Dr. Mays’ research focuses on strategies for organizing and financing public health services, preventive care, and chronic disease management for underserved populations. Currently, he directs the Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks Program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which brings together public health agencies and researchers from around the nation to study innovations in public health practice. Mays serves as co-PI of the RWJF-funded National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research at the University of Kentucky. He also is co-PI of the CDC-funded North Carolina Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center conducted in collaboration with UNC-Chapel Hill.
Mays earned an undergraduate degree in political science from Brown University, earned MPH and PhD degrees in health policy and administration from UNC-Chapel Hill, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in health economics at Harvard Medical School.
Affiliation
- F. Douglas Scutchfield Endowed Professor, Health Services and Systems Research
University of Kentucky College of Public Health
Lexington, Kentucky
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