Current Faculty
Nicole Lurie, Ph.D.
Prof. Nicole Lurie is senior natural scientist and Paul O'Neil Alcoa Professor of Policy Analysis at RAND. She is also Associate Director for Public Health at the RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security. Prior to joining RAND in early 2002, she had a long affiliation with the University of Minnesota where she was Professor of Medicine and Public Health, and most recently, Medical Advisor to the Commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Health. From 1998-2001, she took a leave of absence to serve as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health in the US Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Lurie has a long history in the health services research field, primarily in the areas of access to and quality of care for disadvantaged populations, managed care, mental health, prevention, and health disparities.
Several of Professor Lurie's recent publications include, "Variation in Racial and Ethnic Differences in Consumer Assessments of Health Care," "The Public Health Infrastructure: Reinvest or Redesign?" "Does Medicare Managed Care Provide Equal Treatment for Mental Illness Across Races?" and "Measuring Disparities in Access to Care," which was prepared for the Institute of Medicine.
Dr. Lurie attended college and medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, and completed her residency and MSPH at UCLA, where she was also a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar.
