Richard L. Kravitz, professor and attending physician with the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health System, has been appointed interim director of the University of California Center Sacramento 鈥 a systemwide program managed by 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis.
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Kravitz, who joined 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis in 1993 and subsequently led the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research for 10 years, will step in Aug. 15 for Professor Robert Huckfeldt, who, after three years as the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Center Sacramento鈥檚 director, is returning to the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Department of Political Science.
The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Center Sacramento, or 新澳门六合彩内幕信息CS, one block from the Capitol, offers academic programs in public policy and journalism to students from throughout the university鈥檚 10-campus system. The director reports jointly to the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis provosts.
鈥淚 am gratified that Richard has agreed to serve as interim director,鈥 said Ralph J. Hexter, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis provost and executive vice chancellor. 鈥淩ichard鈥檚 administrative experience, universitywide perspective and health policy background make him uniquely qualified to lead and guide the center during this time of transition.鈥
Kravitz鈥檚 appointment is for one year, during which time the university will re-examine the center鈥檚 vision and mission, by way of a strategic visioning process involving the center鈥檚 Advisory Council and representatives from the Office of the President and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, among others in the center鈥檚 constituency.
Officials expect the visioning process will help inform the desired characteristics and attributes of a permanent director.
Kravitz served as director of the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research from 1996 through 2006. Under his leadership, the center grew from a small start-up to a thriving Organized Research Unit which, at the time of his departure, had 20 staff members, 100 faculty affiliates and more than $3 million annually in research grants.
Today he is the director of the Clinical and Translational Science Center's mentored career development program, and co-vice chair for research in the Department of Internal Medicine. He is a past recipient of the School of Medicine鈥檚 Excellence in Research and Mentoring Award,
In his own research, he studies patients鈥 acting as agents for improving their own quality of care; the causes and consequences of physician behavior; and the improvement of mental health care in primary care settings.
His research has been continuously funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Nursing Research since 2002.
He has written extensively for health foundations and federal and state agencies, and serves as co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
He has twice won AcademyHealth鈥檚 Article of the Year Award, 1993 and 2006; and received the Society of General Internal Medicine鈥檚 2006 award for best published research paper.
Kravitz is a graduate of Stanford University and the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息SF School of Medicine. He completed additional clinical and research training at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA, where he served on the faculty until coming to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis.
He is a fellow in the American College of Physicians and AcademyHealth.
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