Maxwell Celebrates
the 27th Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy
The Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will celebrate the 27th
Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy on Thursday, October 8.
This year Dr. James
R. Knickman will deliver the lecture entitled
"Patients as Consumers: Is It Time to Make Health Care Like Other Service
Industries?" Dr. Knickman is the president and CEO of the New York State
Health Foundation (NYSHealth), a private foundation dedicated to improving the
health of all New Yorkers, especially the most vulnerable.
NYSHealth is committed to
sharing the results and lessons of its grant making; informing policy and
practice through timely, credible analysis and commentary; and serving as a
neutral convener of health care leaders and stakeholders throughout New York. Under Dr. Knickman’s leadership, the
Foundation has invested more than $100 million since 2006 in initiatives to
improve health care and the public health system in New York State.
Dr. Knickman has done
extensive research on issues related to the financing of health care and
long-term care and improving services for frail elders, homeless families, and
individuals with HIV. He also is the
co-author of a widely used textbook on health policy and management. Prior to joining NYSHealth,
Dr. Knickman was the vice president of research and evaluation at the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, N.J.
The lecture will be held on the SU campus at
2:00 p.m. in the Dr. Paul and Natalie Strasser Legacy Room, 220 Eggers Hall. It is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture. Limited free parking is available in Irving
Garage. For more information, please
contact Katrina Wingle at krwingle@maxwell.syr.edu or 315-443-3114.
The Herbert Lourie Memorial
Lecture is jointly sponsored by the Maxwell School and the Central New York
Community Foundation, Inc. and administered by Maxwell’s Center for Policy
Research. It is named after the late
Herbert Lourie, M.D., who was a leader in the field of neurosurgery. Following his tragic death in 1987, the
lecture series was established in his honor. 09/29/15