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Karen Davis
Occupation(s)President, The Commonwealth Fund

Karen Davis (born 1942) is president of The Commonwealth Fund, a national philanthropy engaged in independent research on health and social policy issues.[1] Davis is an economist, with a career in public policy and research. Before joining The Commonwealth Fund, she served as chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management at The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, where she also held an appointment as professor of economics. She served as deputy assistant secretary for health policy in the Department of Health and Human Services from 1977–1980, becoming the first woman to head a U.S. public health service agency.[2][3]

Prior to her government career, Davis was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., a visiting lecturer at Harvard University, and an assistant professor of economics at Rice University. A native of Oklahoma, she received her Ph.D. in economics from Rice University[4]

She serves on the board of directors of the Geisinger Health System.[5] Davis was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1975, has served two terms on the IOM governing council (1986–1990 and 1997–2000), and was a member of the IOM Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Benefits, Payment and Performance Improvement Programs and the IOM Committee on Rapid Advance Demonstration Projects: Health Care Finance and Delivery Systems.[6] She is a past president of the AcademyHealth (formerly AHSRHP) and an AcademyHealth distinguished fellow.[7] She is a member of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured[8] and is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[9] Davis is a former member of the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) National Advisory Committee[10] and the Panel of Health Advisors for the Congressional Budget Office.[11] Davis is also one of the best female backgammon players in the world, has served on the United States Backgammon Federation board of directors and was elected to the USBGF Hall of Fame in 2020.

Awards (selected)

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  • Distinguished Alumna Award, Rice University, 1991[12]
  • Baxter-Allegiance Foundation Prize for Health Services Research, 2000
  • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Johns Hopkins University, 2001[13]
  • Distinguished Investigator Award, AcademyHealth, 2006[14]
  • Institute of Medicine's Adam Yarmolinsky Medal, 2011[15]
  • Picker Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Patient Centered Care, 2006[16]
  • Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, 2011
  • Honorary Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives, 2012[17]
  • 2012 Distinguished Service Award, American Hospital Association[18]
  • 2013 Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) TRUST Award, American Hospital Association [19]

Books

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  • With Gerard F. Anderson, Diana Rowland, and Earl P. Steinberg: Health Care Cost Containment, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1990.
  • With Diane Rowland: Medicare Policy: New Directions for Health and Long-Term Care, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1986.
  • With Cathy Schoen: Health and the War on Poverty: A Ten Year Appraisal, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 1978.
  • National Health Insurance: Benefits, Costs, and Consequences, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 1975.
  • With Richard Foster: Community Hospitals: Inflation in the Pre-Medicare Period, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC, 1972.
  • Net Income of Hospitals, 1961–1969, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC, 1970.

Selected journal articles and congressional testimony

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References

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  1. ^ "Save Money, Save the Health Care Law". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  2. ^ 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare, Modern Healthcare, August 22, 2011, http://www.modernhealthcare.com (subscription required)
  3. ^ Stephanie Bouchard, Women in Healthcare: Karen Davis, Healthcare Finance News, March 26, 2012, http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/women-healthcare-karen-davis
  4. ^ Michael Romano, Battling the system: Commonwealth Fund chief fights for quality, transparency, Modern Healthcare March 28, 2005, http://www.modernhealthcare.com (subscription required)
  5. ^ Geisinger Health System Foundation Board of Directors, 2010, http://www.geisingerfoundation.org/pdf/ar_09_10.pdf
  6. ^ News from the National Academies, Nov. 19, 2002, http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=10565
  7. ^ AcademyHealth, http://www.academyhealth.org/Events/content.cfm?ItemNumber=935 Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Biography of Karen Davis, Ph.D. - Kaiser Family Foundation". Kff.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2012-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Research Activities, June 2000: Announcements: National Advisory Council member receives AUPHA award". Archive.ahrq.gov. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  11. ^ "CBO | Panel of Health Advisers". Cbo.gov. 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  12. ^ Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients, Rice University, [1]
  13. ^ The Gazette Online: The Newspaper of the Johns Hopkins University, May 21, 2002 http://www.jhu.edu/gazette/2001/may2101/21confer.html
  14. ^ Distinguished Investigator Award, AcademyHealth, http://www.academyhealth.org/about/content.cfm?ItemNumber=946&navItemNumber=2342 Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Adam Yarmolinsky Award Recipients, "Adam Yarmolinsky Award Recipients - Institute of Medicine". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  16. ^ 2011 Picker Awards for Excellence, http://pickerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Picker-Awards-2011.pdf[permanent dead link‍]
  17. ^ American College of Healthcare Executives News Release, January 19, 2012, http://www.ache.org/Pubs/Releases/2012/karen-davis-honorary-fellow.cfm
  18. ^ AHA 2012 Distinguished Service Award - Karen Davis, YouTube, uploaded May 7, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy5CZ5OrRl0, or http://www.aha.org/advocacy-issues/annual-meeting/12-webcasts.shtml
  19. ^ Johns Hopkins Faculty Directory page for Karen Davis, http://www.jhsph.edu/faculty/directory/profile/5331/karen-davis
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