Curriculum Vitae
Christopher J. Conover
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Box 90253
302 Towerview Road
Durham, NC 27708-0253919.613.9369 (office)
(email)
- Education
PhD Pardee RAND Graduate School (Santa Monica, CA) 1995 Master of Arts University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) 1981 Master of Philosophy RAND Graduate Institute (Santa Monica, CA) 1979 B.A. Franklin & Marshall College 1972
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- Guest lecturer on "The States and Health Policy" in Health Policy (PUBPOL 157), Duke University, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, February 2004
- Publications (listed separately)
Last modified: 2008/01/26

