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OUR INITIATIVES
 
 
 
 
HEALTH PROMOTION & DISEASE PREVENTION
 
Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
Combating Childhood & Adolescent Obesity
State Employee Health Risk Assessments & Wellness Strategy
Vehicular Safety
 
 
HEALTH CARE FINANCING
 
ARHealthNetworks
State Coverage Institute
Governor's  Roundtable on Health Care
Navigating the Landscape of Health Care (2005-2015)
 
 
ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE
 

State Employee Health Care Quality and Health Disparities

Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration
 
 
HEALTH DATA TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
 
Data Resources
Informing the Legislative Process
Multiple State Integrated Data
   
 

Health Policy Board

 

Click here for 2009 Health Policy Board Position Statements and Issue Background

 

2008 Membership   

 

 

Jerry Adams

President/CEO

Arkansas Research Alliance

Conway, Arkansas

 

Sharon Allen

Retired President and COO

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Phillip Baldwin

President and CEO

Southern Bancorp

Arkadelphia, Arkansas

 

Joseph Bates, MD

Deputy State Public Health Officer and Chief Science Officer

Arkansas Department of Health

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

David Bourne, MD

Primary Care Physician

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Tom Bruce, MD

Emeritus Professor, Clinton School of Public Service

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Larnell Davis

Executive Director

Jefferson Comprehensive Care System

Pine Bluff, Arkansas

 

Anthony Fletcher, MD

Cardiologist

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Stephanie Gardner, PharmD, EdD

Professor and Dean

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Susan Hanrahan, PhD

Dean, Nursing and Health Professions

Arkansas State University

Jonesboro, Arkansas

 

Kurt Knickrehm, MBA

Vice President, Rebsamen Insurance

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Andrew Kumpuris, MD

Cardiologist

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Bob McGinnis

Former State Representative, District 97

West Memphis, Arkansas

 

Eddie Ochoa, MD

Associate Professor

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Rosa Pippin, MD

Arkansas Department of Health

Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Branch

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Carolyn Pollan, PhD

Former State Representative, District 13

Fort Smith, Arkansas

 

James Raczynski, PhD

Dean

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Bob Shell

President

Baldwin & Shell Construction Company

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

G. Richard Smith, MD

Marie Wilson Howells Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Terry Sutterfield, MD

Mountain View, Arkansas

 

Ken Tillman

Rural Health Coordinator

Farm Bureau State Office

Searcy, Arkansas