Part II—Center for Health Policy and

Abstract

Senior research scientist with dual appointments as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences as well as in the Department of Health Care Sciences. Prior to her present position, she was a visiting associate in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and associate director for Research at the Center for Nursing, Northwestern University, Chicago. Dr. Haack has been on the faculty of the School of Nursing at the University of Maryland, the University of Illinois, and Loyola University of Chicago. Her clinical background includes four years as nurse clinician in substance abuse treatment and six years as a psychotherapist in private practice. Since 1981, she has been chairperson, Nursing Research and Practice Section of the International Institute on the Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism. Dr. Haack received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and her undergraduate degree from Loyola University of Chicago, The director and founder of the Center for Health Policy Research, Washington, DC He holds an endowed chair as the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Care Law and Policy, serving as a full-time tenured faculty member in the Department of Health Services Management and Policy, School of Business and Public Management, Washington, DC, with joint appointments in the National Law Center and the School of Medicine. Between 1984 and 1990, he served as counsel to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment in the United States House of Representatives. He was the professional staff member with primary responsibilities for legislation and policy concerning health insurance reform, regulation of medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration, health professions education and health services research. From 1975 through 1984, he was with the Institute of Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine, University of California. Dr. Budetti is a pediatrician and lawyer. His medical degree is from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and his law degree is from the School of Law, University of California, Berkeley,