Roz D. Lasker, M.D. directs the Division of Public Health and the Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health at The New York Academy of Medicine. She is also Clinical Professor of Public Health in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. Nationally known in the fields of medicine, public health, and health policy, her current research focuses on how broadly participatory collaborative processes strengthen the ability of communities to identify, understand, and solve complex problems.
Prior to joining the Academy, Dr. Lasker served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Policy Development) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she received the John W. Gardner Award for excellence and outstanding achievement in public policy, population health, and public service. From 1987 to 1993 she served as Principal Policy Analyst for the Physician Payment Review Commission. Over the last 15 years, she has written extensively on health policy and collaborative problem solving and has given hundreds of presentations to a broad spectrum of professional and community audiences. She has also participated in numerous international activities related to health system reform.
Before moving to health policy, Dr. Lasker was on the faculty of the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, where she received the Teacher of the Year Award. An alumna of the High School of Music and Art in New York City, Cornell University, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, she completed her post-doctoral training in endocrinology and metabolism at the National Institutes of Health.
Contact information: (212) 822-7250; rlasker@nyam.org
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