Paula Lantz

Faculty

Paula Lantz

Title:

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor of Public Policy

Faculty:

Core faculty

Email:

plantz@umich.edu

Phone:

(734) 764-8976

Office:

Weill Hall
735 S. State St. #4125
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Biography

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Paula Lantz is the associate dean for academic affairs and a professor of public policy at the Ford School. She also holds an appointment as professor of health management and policy in the School of Public Health. Lantz, a social demographer, studies the role of public policy in improving population health. She currently directs the University of Michigan Policies for Action Research Hub, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is engaged in a number of research projects investigating public policy approaches to reducing social inequities in health. Lantz is leading a project regarding the potential for and challenges associated with using social impact bonds to fund public/ private partnerships aimed at improving population health. An elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and the National Academy of Medicine, Lantz received an MA in sociology from Washington University, St. Louis, and an MS in epidemiology and PhD in sociology from the University of Wisconsin.

Educational Background:

PhD, Social Demography, University of Wisconsin, 1991
MS, Epidemiology, University of Wisconsin, 1991
MA, Sociology, Washington University, 1983
BA, Sociology/English, St. Olaf College, 1981

Professional Affiliations:

National Academy of Social Insurance: Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine: Elected Member

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Iovan and Lantz team up again for AJPH article on Pay for Success and population health

Lantz, Iovan, et al published in The Milbank Quarterly on using “Pay for Success” to finance childhood asthma interventions

Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the Spring 2018 edition of State & Hill magazine

Join us in congratulating Paula Lantz, elected to National Academy of Social Insurance

Paula Lantz and Samantha Iovan in SSIR: "When does pay-for-success make sense?"

Paula Lantz offers seven recommendations for 'pay-for-success' interventions

Harnessing the private sector for effective social programs

Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the spring 2017 edition of State & Hill magazine

DE&I: Building on the longstanding success of faculty research and policy engagement

Paula Lantz publishes article on early results of Pay for Success on population health

Ford School faculty news from the fall 2016 edition of State & Hill

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Paula Lantz

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News

Iovan and Lantz team up again for AJPH article on Pay for Success and population health

Lantz, Iovan, et al published in The Milbank Quarterly on using “Pay for Success” to finance childhood asthma interventions

Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the Spring 2018 edition of State & Hill magazine

Join us in congratulating Paula Lantz, elected to National Academy of Social Insurance

Paula Lantz and Samantha Iovan in SSIR: "When does pay-for-success make sense?"

Paula Lantz offers seven recommendations for 'pay-for-success' interventions

Harnessing the private sector for effective social programs

Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the spring 2017 edition of State & Hill magazine

DE&I: Building on the longstanding success of faculty research and policy engagement

Paula Lantz publishes article on early results of Pay for Success on population health

Ford School faculty news from the fall 2016 edition of State & Hill

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