Paula Lantz

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Revisit Ford School Policy Talks online

Mar 25, 2020

For all of us, adjusting to the new reality of staying home and staying safe means finding ways to stay educated and informed from afar. As we practice safe social distancing, the Ford School has postponed all in-person public events for the...

Ambassador Susan Rice and Michael Barr lead an event at the Ford School

In the Media

As other universities move to Pass/Fail grading, students wonder if ‘U’ will do the same

Mar 19, 2020 The Michigan Daily

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Lantz contributes to National Academies advisory report for "Healthy People 2030"

Feb 12, 2020

Professor Paula Lantz contributed her expertise to a recently released National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus report that informed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) publication Leading Health...

State & Hill

An original IPPSter gives back: James Hudak’s gift establishes a named professorship in health policy

Nov 8, 2019

“I want to use my money, not to change my lifestyle, but to change the world,” says James Hudak, MPP ’71. “And I believe that education is the way.” “Most Ford School graduates work in the public sector,” Hudak continues, “and do not make a lot...

In the Media

Ford School hosts inaugural James B. Hudak Professor of Health Lecture

Oct 24, 2019 The Michigan Daily

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News

Transformational research leading to evidence-based policymaking: fall 2019 faculty news

Sep 3, 2019

With so many wonderful faculty returning, and several new faces joining the Ford School, the stage is set for a great academic year. Our excellent leadership team remains in place: Paula Lantz is the associate dean for academic affairs, Elisabeth...

Lantz calls for nonbiased data to evaluate deaths from restricting abortions

Jun 25, 2019

As several states pass laws restricting access to abortion, many statistics are being batted around as part of the debate. In an opinion piece published in Milbank Quarterly, a leading health policy journal, Paula Lantz, associate dean for academic...

Iovan and Lantz discuss their latest research on super-utilizers

May 14, 2019

On May 13, 2019, Michigan News published a Q&A with the Ford School’s Samantha Iovan and Paula Lantz, along with the Department of Emergency Medicine at U-M Medical School’s Mahshid Abir. The three, with help from student Katie Allan (MPP ‘19),...

State & Hill

Catch up on Ford School faculty news - Winter 2019 State & Hill

Apr 17, 2019

In August, John Z. Ayanian published a policy–focused article with colleagues in the New England Journal of Medicine titled “ Mitigating the risks of Medicaid work requirements.” Michael S. Barr teamed up with Howell E. Jackson and Margaret E....

State & Hill

Brendan Nyhan's quest for the truth behind fake news

Mar 28, 2019

After receiving his PhD in political science from Duke University in 2009, Brendan Nyhan came to U-M to study health policy as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar. His mentors were the Ford School’s Paula Lantz and Rick Hall. Nyhan was then...

Paula Lantz announced as inaugural James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy

Mar 28, 2019

Thanks to a $2.5 million gift from James B. Hudak (MPP ‘71), the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy has established a new professorship for health policy. Professor and associate dean Paula Lantz will be the inaugural...

News

Towsley courses offer unique learning experience

Mar 28, 2019

The Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence Program, established in 2002, pops the academic bubble in its promotion of student, faculty, and policymaker exchange by bringing individuals with significant national and...

News

Lantz and Iovan detail Pay-For-Success financing model use for housing interventions

Jan 7, 2019

Ford School professor Paula Lantz and researcher Samantha Iovan were published in the December 2018 issue of Behavioral Science & Policy. The journal article “Using pay-for-success financing for supportive housing interventions: Promise &...

Paula Lantz advocates for population health over medicalization in Milbank Quarterly

Dec 20, 2018

In an opinion column for The Milbank Quarterly, Paula Lantz, associate dean for academic affairs and professor at the Ford School, warns that medicalization of population health will leave some people behind, as it focuses more on individual...

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

Sep 26, 2018

“‘Pay for Success’ Projects: financing interventions that address social determinants of health in 20 countries,” a journal article by Ford School researchers Samantha Iovan and Paula Lantz, along with student Shoshana Shapiro (PhD ‘21), was...

News

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

Jun 22, 2018

“Pay for Success” (PFS) financing could help scale implementation of evidence-based childhood asthma interventions in the Medicaid population if legal and regulatory barriers can be overcome, write Paula Lantz, Samantha Iovan, and co-authors in the...

State & Hill

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

May 21, 2018

Michael Barr and Joe Valenti (Center for American Progress) penned a Fortune op-ed: “How the CFPB fight is a sign of the next financial crisis.” Barr also wrote an op-ed in American Banker: “Dear Congress: Reg relief bill is a giveaway for large...

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

Feb 15, 2018

Paula Lantz, associate dean for academic affairs at the Ford School and a professor of public policy and health management policy at the University of Michigan, is one of 52 distinguished social insurance experts elected to the National Academy of...

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

Jan 31, 2018

An article by Paula Lantz and Samantha Iovan, "When Does Pay-for-Success Make Sense?" was published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review in December.IntroductionThere is growing excitement about the potential of pay-for-success (PFS) financing,...

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

Dec 11, 2017

Harnessing the private sector for effective social programs ANN ARBOR—A set of seven recommendations for “pay-for-success” interventions identified by researchers at the University of Michigan can help governments and private investors work...

State & Hill

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

May 23, 2017

Recent publications by ROBERT AXELROD include "Challenges in researching terrorism from the field" with SCOTT ATRAN (Science); "How historical analogies in newspapers of five countries make sense of major events: 9/11, Mumbai, and Tahrir Square"...

State & Hill

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

Apr 19, 2017

A key pillar of the Ford School’s recently released Strategic Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) is to build on the longstanding success of faculty research and policy engagement in this space. Here’s a quick snapshot of just a few of...

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

Jan 16, 2017

An article co-authored by Paula Lantz titled, "Pay for Success and population health: Early results from eleven projects reveal challenges and promise," was published in November 2016 in Health Affairs. Abstract: Pay for Success (PFS) is a...

State & Hill

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

Dec 30, 2016

Bob Axelrod's latest paper, published in Psychological Science, explores increasing attention to causality in western society. John Ayanian is serving on a National Academies committee focused on accounting for socioeconomic status in Medicare...

Pay-for-success: Paula Lantz on an innovative model for population health

Nov 11, 2016

A new study led by Paula Lantz is mentioned in Elizabeth Whitman’s Novemer 9 article for Modern Healthcare: “Initiatives to improve population health are disparate and face numerous hurdles.”Lantz’s study examines a new public-private funding model...

Ford School launches its strategic plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion

Oct 5, 2016

The Ford School has publicly released its five-year strategic plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion, developed as part of a broad University of Michigan commitment launched by President Schlissel in September 2015.The plan includes assessment,...

Michigan Journal of Public Affairs publishes 2016 volume on constitutional rights, freedoms

Sep 20, 2016

The editorial board of the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs (MJPA) is pleased to announce the 2016 edition and thirteenth volume of the student-run journal of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.This year’s call for papers established the...

Graphic with text "Michigan Journal of Public Affairs in Solidarity with Black lives"

News

Announcing associate dean leadership transitions at the Ford School (2016-2018)

May 31, 2016

Associate dean for academic programs. As many of you know, Kathryn Dominguez, the Ford School’s associate dean for academic programs, was nominated for a position on the Federal Reserve Board last summer. While Congress has not yet held hearings on...

State & Hill

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

May 3, 2016

The Washington Post reports that Robert Axelrod’s The Evolution of Cooperation is one of the ten most assigned books at Ivy League universities. Originally published in 1984, the book explores how cooperation can emerge in a world of self-seeking...

State & Hill

Paula Lantz on testing ‘an ounce of prevention’ with private-sector funds

Apr 24, 2016

A workaround for cash-strapped governments and underserved populations Professor Paula Lantz has spent her career focused on how to improve population health and reduce health disparities. “I think it’s shameful that we live in a very wealthy...