Curriculum Vitae

Christopher J. Conover

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Box 90253
302 Towerview Road
Durham, NC 27708-0253
919.613.9369 (office)
(email)
Education

PhDPardee RAND Graduate School (Santa Monica, CA)1995
Master of ArtsUniversity of Minnesota (Minneapolis)1981
Master of PhilosophyRAND Graduate Institute (Santa Monica, CA)1979
B.A.Franklin & Marshall College1972
Areas of Research

Health Regulation, Access to Medical Care, Uninsured, State Health Policy

Areas of Interest

Health regulation
Internet and health policy
Health care financing
Access to healthcare
Social burden of illness

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University
Director, Jim Bernstein Health Policy Scholars Program, September 01, 2005
Senior Research Fellow, Health Inequalities Program, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, 2003-present
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Public Policy Studies, 1997-present
Assistant Research Professor, Center for Health Policy Research and Education, 1996-97
Director, Health Policy Certificate Program, Center for Health Policy Research and Education, 1996-present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy Studies, 1990-92
Associate in Research, Center for Health Policy Research and Education, 1984-96
Lexington Clinic
Consultant,, Office of the Medical Director, February, 1984 - August, 1984
State of Kentucky, Cabinet for Human Resources
Executive Director, Governor's Coalition of Payors to Address Health Care Costs, April, 1982 - February, 1984
Director, Center for Health Policy Development, February, 1982 - February, 1984
Policy and Budget Analyst IV, Office of Policy and Budget, January, 1979 - February, 1982
University of Kentucky
Part-time Instructor, Department of Political Science, September, 1981 - September, 1983
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Consultant, January, 1979 - January, 1979
State of Minnesota
Research Analyst, Governor's Commission on Crime Prevention and Control, August, 1975 - June, 1976
RAND Corporation
Research Analyst, Social Science Department, September, 1974 - August, 1978
Center for New Democratic Processes
Research Analyst, June, 1974 - August, 1974
University of Minnesota
Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, September, 1973 - June, 1974
U.S. Congress
Research Analyst, House Republican Conference, November, 1972 - September, 1973
Conferences Organized

Cost of Health Services Regulation, February 2003
Professional Service

A&S Council
Library Council, September, 2007 - present
Arts and Sciences Council, 2004 - present
University Committee
Member, Truman Scholars Mock Interview Committee, February 2000 and 2002
Member, Truman Scholars Selection Committee, Fall 2003, 2004 and 2005
Member, Faculty Compensation Committee, 7/1/2000 to present
DUS
Director, Health Policy Certificate Program, July 1, 1996 to present
Dept Committee
Member, Executive Committee, Health Inequalities Program (Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy), August 20, 2001 to present
Member, Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Leadership Steering Committee (DUMC Department of Community and Family Medicine), Fall 2000 to present
Faculty Advisory Board: UNC-Duke Health Policy Forum, 2004-2005
Papers Refereed
International Social Science Review, 2007 - present
Reviewer, AIDS Care (journal), 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
Reviewer, Medical Care (journal), 2003-2005
Reviewer, Health Affairs (journal), 2003, 2005, 2008
Reviewer, North Carolina Medical Journal, 2005-2006
Reviewer, American Managed Care Journal, 2003 and 2004
Community Service
Organizer, State Health Policy Web Portal Group, June 2000 to present
Editor, News and Notes, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, September 1, 2001 - present
Other
Consultant, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, November 2002-July 2003
Consultant, North Carolina Department of Insurance, December 2001-July 2003
Consultant, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, November 3, 2005 - February 02, 2006
Guest panelist, National Public Radio's "State of Things", April 18, 2005
Testimony on Cost of Health Services Regulation, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, May 13, 2004
Testimony on Certificate of Need at Hearing on House Bill 511, Before the Committee on Health, Education and Social Services, State of Alaska Senate, May 3, 2004
Evaluation of Acute Care CON in Michigan, March 9, 2004
Testimony on Cost of Health Services Regulation, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate, January 28, 2004
Lectures

Invited Lectures:
National Health Care Reform, Keynote address to Michigan State Medical Society 2006 Leadership Summit (Lansing, MI), May 17, 2006
Where We've Been and Where We Might Be on Health Care in North Carolina, Presentation to North Carolina Medical Society (Wilmington, NC), July 16, 2005
Insuring the Uninsured, Invited lecture at Manhattan Institute for Policy Research conference on "What Now? Considering Health Care's Future" (Carlyle Hotel, New York City), June 22, 2005
How the U.S. Achieved Universal Coverage under George W. Bush, Durham Rotary Club, May 23, 2005
How to Get Universal Coverage and Why the Covered Should Care, Annual Meeting, Association of Healthcare Journalists, Chapel Hill, NC, April 02, 2005
The Impact of Blue Cross Conversions on Health Expenditures and the Uninsured, Lister Hill Seminar: University of Alabama, Birmingham, October 13, 2004
Universal Health Care, Duke Hospital, Durham, NC, March 06, 2004
The Impact of Blue Cross Conversions on Health Expenditures and the Uninsured, Baylor University, Waco, TX, 20 January 2004
Meetings:
Impact of TennCare on Access, Costs and Quality, Washington, DC, January 30, 2001
Conferences:
Who Pays? Who Benefits? Distributional Issues in American Health Care, Duke Law School, November 10-11, 2006
Panelist, A Prescription for America's Health Care Crisis: Policy, Medicine and Ethics, Duke Law School, February 18, 2004
Other:
Guest lecturer on "The States and Health Policy: Theory" in Health Policy (PPS 157), February 2004
Guest lecturer on "The States and Health Policy" in Health Policy (PUBPOL 157), Duke University, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, February 2004
Guest lecturer on “Basic Healthcare Financing” in Clinical Leadership Program (CLP 200), Duke University Clinical Leadership Program, (annually, 2002-2006)
Guest lecturer on "Introduction to Health Economics” and “Financing Health Care" in Health Systems Organization (PAP 250), Duke University Physician Assistant Program, (annually, 2000-2006)
Guest lecturer on "Do States Matter?" in Health Policy: Prevention and Management (PPS 264S.53), Duke University, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, (annually, 1999-2003)
Publications (listed separately)

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