AcademyHealth Stateside - 02/16/2005 (Plain Text Version)In this issue: AcademyHealth Career Center Profiles Amy Lischko
Why do individuals choose health services research or health policy as a career? Find out through the AcademyHealth Career Center’s new Career Profiles. The Center is an important source for career advancement in the fields of health services research and health policy that offers access to professional training and job opportunities, fellowships, continuing education credits, and a place to advertise position openings. Recently, the Center added the profile of a leader in state health policy, Amy Lischko, assistant commissioner of health care finance and policy in the Massachusetts Department of Health. Lischko heads a group of policy analysts that monitor and evaluate every aspect of the health care system. Lischko was the project director for SCI’s planning grant awarded to Massachusetts in 2002. The project team used the award to study options for providing coverage to workers in health and human service organizations. Lischko is also the director for the Massachusetts’ State Planning Grant funded by the Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA). She recently presented on selecting data source at SCI’s meeting, “Modeling: From the Back of the Envelope to Inside the Black Box.” “Many complex challenges confront our health care system today, and I am as excited as I was 15 years ago to be involved with providing data and analysis that helps policymakers find workable solutions,” says Lischko. “I can’t imagine a better career path.” Learn more about Lischko and other research and policy professionals at www.academyhealth.org/career/profiles.htm.
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