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Biography:
Kevin W. Ryan, JD, MA
Associate Director for Law and Legal
Policy
Associate Professor, Health Policy
and Management; Assistant Dean for MPH Programs; and Co-Director
DrPH Program in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fay
W. Boozman College of Public Health
Kevin Ryan is
an attorney and health services researcher whose academic interests
center around public health law and the development of state and
federal policies targeted to improve the U.S. health care delivery
and financing system. His current activities include serving as
Associate Director at the Arkansas Center for Health
Improvement (ACHI). At ACHI, he has served as the Principal
Investigator and Project Director of the Arkansas State Health
Insurance Expansion Initiative, a $2.5 million-grant from the Health
Resources and Services Administration to study mechanisms for
addressing the status of the uninsured in Arkansas and the State
Coverage Initiative, a $1.5 million-grant from the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation to design and implement mechanisms to expand
health insurance coverage and promote stabilization of the health
care marketplace. He has directed and served as a team member for
numerous projects and initiatives providing policy and legal
expertise.
Professor Ryan is a
member of the faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health (COPH) with appointment as
Associate Professor in the Department of Health
Policy and Management. His classroom responsibilities include master
and doctoral level courses including Public Health Law and Ethics,
American Health Care Reform, Introduction to Health Policy and
Introduction to Clinical Medicine. In 2005, Ryan received the
Chancellor's Faculty Teaching Award for
"Outstanding Teaching in the College of Public Health." He was also
honored by the COPH Student Council with an Outstanding Faculty
Award. He is an adjunct faculty member at the UALR Williams
H. Bowen School of Law where he teaches Public Health Law.
He is the
Assistant Dean for MPH programs, Co-Director of the UAMS COPH DrPH Program and serves as a
Co-Associate Editor of Health Promotion Practice (a peer
reviewed professional journal of the Society of Public Health
Education). In addition, Professor Ryan is an adjunct faculty member
at the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law.
Professor Ryan
graduated with High Honors from the University of Arkansas at Little
Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, where he was a member of the
Law Review. He has a Master of Arts in Health Services Management
from Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. Clinical degrees
include a Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Technology from UAMS and
an Associate of Science in Registered Nursing from UALR. Ryan is
the designated Grand Marshall of the 2010 and 2011 UAMS Commencement
Ceremonies. He is a recipient of the Squibb, Mallinkrodt, and Vickie
Lynn Ables Awards.
Professor Ryan is a
long time resident of central Arkansas and enjoys current events,
politics and travel.
Publications
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