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Carolyn A. Watts
Affiliate Professor
Chair
Virginia Commonwealth University,
Department of Health Administration

Carolyn Watts currently serves as Chair of the Department of Health Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University. While in-residence at the UW Department of Health Services, she served as the Director of the the Health Policy Analysis and Process track of the MPH program and as Director of the EMPH program. Her research is broad-based, and includes work on access to health insurance, reimbursement, and health care market structure.

Research Interests:
Health care economics and policy; public health genetics; health care industry structure and incentives

Contact Information

email:   cwatts2@vcu.edu

address:
Dept. of Health Administration
Virginia Commonwealth University
1008 E. Clay St.
Richmond, VA 23298-0203

voice:   804-828-5222

Education

PhD   Johns Hopkins University, 1976   (Political Economics)
MA   Johns Hopkins University, 1974   (Political Economics)
BA   University of Washington, 1971   (Economics)

Dissertation, Thesis & Capstone Committees (recent HSERV graduates)

2011
Member, thesis committee for Nelly Kinsella
Healthcare reform and King County community health centers: An analysis of organizational strategic planning

2010
Chair, capstone for Lauren Carr
Opportunities for the Washington Poll to inform health care policy in Washington State

2010
Member, thesis committee for Michelle Ilitch
The decision-making process of men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer and the role of a nurse in helping to align patient preferences with treatment

2010
Chair, capstone for Anne Renz
How to implement cuts in the Basic Health Plan budget: a case study

2010
Chair, capstone for Emily Rowland
Survey of global rotavirus vaccine market

2010
Chair, capstone for Hope Salvador
An economic analysis for treating hepatitis C in a community health center in southcentral Alaska

2010
Chair, capstone for Sara Vaezy
Variation in Washington State Hysterectomy Rates: Does Indication Affect Variation?

2009
Member, thesis committee for Katherine Comtois
Quality of Usual Care for Self-Inflicted Injury

2009
Chair, dissertation committee for Forest Kim
Evaluating the impact of TRICARE for Life on Medicare-eligible military retirees

External Funding (sampling of recent awards from UW SAGE data)

Shared Decision-Making/Patient Decision Aids: A Demonstration Project
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
PI:   Watts           Dates:    6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011

Patient-Centered Organizational Innovation in Care Practices
Commonwealth Fund
PI:   Conrad           Dates:    1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011

Genomic Health Care and the Medically Underserved
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
PI:   Burke           Dates:    8/1/2009 - 3/31/2010

Implementing the Medical Home Model: Incentives, Stakeholders, and Organizational Change
Health Research and Education Trust (HRET)
PI:   Watts           Dates:    7/1/2009 - 6/30/2010

Shared Decision-Making/Patient Decision Aids: A Demonstration Project
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
PI:   Watts           Dates:    6/1/2009 - 5/31/2010

Graduate Student Services for OFM Strategic Health Planning Office and its Technical Advisory Committee
Washington State Office of Financial Management
PI:   Watts           Dates:    10/1/2008 - 9/30/2009

Genomic Health Care and the Medically Underserved
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
PI:   Burke           Dates:    8/1/2008 - 7/31/2009

Education and Research Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
PI:   Seixas           Dates:    7/1/2005 - 6/30/2010

Genomic Health Care and the Medically Underserved
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
PI:   Burke           Dates:    7/1/2004 - 6/30/2009

Projects

State Planning Grant on Access to Health Insurance
The Health Policy Analysis Program and its study partners assisted the Washington State Governor's Office to develop a 5-year plan to improve access to health services and health insurance.
http://www.ofm.wa.gov/shpo/
Shared Decision Making Project

The Shared Decision Making Project works with clinical sites to demonstrate and
evaluate the use of shared decision making and patient decision aids. Shared
decision making helps patients make informed decisions about treatment options
for preference-sensitive conditions. http://depts.washington.edu/shareddm/

Director, Resource Center for Health Policy
The Resource Center for Health Policy works to improve the quality of health policy analysis and decision-making at the national, regional, and state levels by increasing the objectivity and rigor of accessible policy-relevant research and information, and by facilitating and supporting informed dialogue about important health policy issues.
http://depts.washington.edu/rchpol/

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