Dr. Glen P. Mays currently serves as the F. Douglas Scutchfield Endowed Professor in Health Services and Systems Research at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health.

Dr. Mays’ research focuses on strategies for organizing and financing public health services, health insurance, and medical care services for underserved populations. He has led a series of studies examining the institutional and economic factors that influence the availability and quality of public health services. Currently, he is principal investigator of two national studies examining the causes and consequences of recent changes in public health spending levels and delivery systems, and also directs a national effort to develop practice-based research networks in public health. Dr. Mays’ work in health insurance and safety-net care includes economic evaluations of state strategies to expand health insurance coverage and access to care, as well as studies of health promotion and disease management initiatives pursued by private health insurers and employers.

Dr. Mays has served on health policy advisory committees including those for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and various professional associations and state legislative bodies. He received the Dissertation of the Year Award from AcademyHealth in 2000, and the Article of the Year Award in Public Health Systems Research from this organization in 2007. He has published more than 50 journal articles, books and chapters on his research. Dr. Mays earned an A.B. degree in political science from Brown University (1992), received Ph.D. (1999) and M.P.H. (1996) degrees in health policy and administration from UNC-Chapel Hill, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in health economics at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Health Care Policy (2000).

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Interim Deputy Director

Ann Kelly, M.H.A., joined the center as project manager in April 2011, where she coordinates programs and initiatives within the center staff, as well as with the funders and other public health organizations. Kelly brings to the center staff more than 25 years of experience in health services policy analysis, planning, development and services delivery. Previously, she served as Associate Director of Health Policy at the Council of State Governments, where for six years she directed projects funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to educate state legislators on state public health policies. Other prior experience includes project manager for the UK CPH public health performance standards project, as well as planning and development experience with hospitals and health maintenance organizations. Kelly received a Masters in Health Services Administration and Planning from the University of Washington, and a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of the Sciences.

Graduate Research Assistant

Rachel Hogg, M.A., is a Dr.P.H., student in health services management at the College of Public Health and currently serves as a research assistant for the Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research. Rachel graduated from Transylvania University in 2008 with a B.A., in History and went on to complete her M.A., from the University of Kentucky with a focus on the history of health and medicine. Prior to starting the doctoral program, Rachel worked in the Center for Drug and Alcohol Research at the University of Kentucky on the Kentucky Treatment Outcome Studies.