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CURRICULUM VITAE

Thomas Richard Oliver PERSONAL INFORMATION Address: 2811 Ridge Road, Madison, WI 53705 Phone: Office: 608-262-6731 Mobile: 608-695-6067

E-mail: [email protected] Date of Birth: 21 December 1956

EDUCATION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph.D., Political Science, 1990 M.A., Political Science, 1985 Major field: Public Policy & Public Administration Minor fields: Economics & Public Finance, Comparative Politics Dissertation: “The Politics and Performance of Community Health Care Reforms” Advisor: Duncan MacRae, Jr. Duke University M.H.A., Health Administration, 1983 Stanford University A.B., Human Biology, 1979 PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

University of Wisconsin—Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Population Health Sciences Professor, 2009-present Associate Professor, 2007-2009 Director, Master of Public Health Program, 2010-2014 Director, Wisconsin Center for Public Health Education and Training, 2010-2014 Associate Director for Health Policy, Population Health Institute, 2007-2010 Faculty affiliate, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, 2009-present Faculty affiliate, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, 2017-present University of Maryland Baltimore County Erickson School of Aging Studies Professor, 2007 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management Associate Professor, 2001-2007 Assistant Professor, 1997-2000 Director, Master of Health Science Program in Health Policy, 1997-2007 Director, Master of Public Health Concentration in Health Policy & Financing, 2003-2006

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University of Maryland Graduate School, Baltimore Policy Sciences Graduate Program Associate Professor, 1997 Assistant Professor, 1991-1997 Director, Health Policy Track, 1991-1997 University of California, San Francisco Institute for Health Policy Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Pew Health Policy Program, 1989-1991 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Political Science Teaching Assistant and Instructor, 1982-1989 Department of Social Medicine Health Services Research Center Multipurpose Arthritis Center Research Assistant, 1980-1987 Harvard University School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management Research Assistant, 1983 (summer) Office of U.S. Senator David Durenberger Legislative Intern, Health and Human Resources, 1979-80 University of Minnesota Center for Health Services Research University Hospitals School of Dentistry, Division of Health Ecology Research Assistant, 1977, 1978 (summers), 1979-80

PUBLICATIONS

Oliver, Thomas R. and Ajay K. Sethi. 2020. “Wisconsin’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic: August 2020 Update.” Health Economics, Policy and Law Blog Series, Country Responses to the COVID19 Pandemic. Cambridge Core Blog, 12 August. https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2020/04/10/wisconsins-response-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic/ Oliver, Thomas R. and Ajay K. Sethi. 2020. “Wisconsin’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic: May 2020 Update.” Health Economics, Policy and Law Blog Series, Country Responses to the COVID19 Pandemic. Cambridge Core Blog, 10 May. https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2020/04/10/wisconsins-response-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic/ Oliver, Thomas R. and Ajay K. Sethi. 2020. “Wisconsin’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic.” Health Economics, Policy and Law Blog Series, Country Responses to the COVID19 Pandemic. Cambridge Core Blog, 10 April.


https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2020/04/10/wisconsins-response-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic/ Jung, Daniel H., Mari Palta, Maureen Smith, Thomas R. Oliver, Eva H. DuGoff. 2016. “Differences in Receipt of Three Preventive Health Care Services by Race/Ethnicity in Medicare Advantage Plans: Tracking the Impact of Pay for Performance, 2010 and 2013.” Preventing Chronic Disease 13 (September): 160047. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.160047. Oliver, Thomas R. 2014. “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.” In Thomas R. Oliver, ed., Guide to U.S. Health and Healthcare Policy. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, pp. 79-88. Oliver, Thomas R. 2014. “Beyond the Stable State: New Challenges and Directions for U.S. Health Policy.” In Thomas R. Oliver, ed., Guide to U.S. Health and Healthcare Policy. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, pp. 1-5. Oliver, Thomas R., ed. 2014. Guide to U.S. Health and Healthcare Policy. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. Ceraso, Marion, Geoffrey R. Swain, James M. Vergeront, Thomas R. Oliver, Patrick L. Remington. 2014. “Academic Health Departments as Training Sites for Future Public Health Leaders: A Partnership Model in Wisconsin.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 20(3): 324-29. Shickle, Darren, Matthew Day, Kevin Smith, Kenneth Zakariasen, Jacob Moskol, Thomas Oliver. 2014. “Mind the Public Health Leadership Gap: Identifying Leaders for Public Health.” Journal of Public Health doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdu003 (Advance Access published 12 February). Day, Matthew, Darren Shickle, Kevin Smith, Kenneth Zakariasen, Jacob Moskol, Thomas Oliver. 2014. “Training Public Health Superheroes: Five Talents for Public Health Leadership.” Journal of Public Health doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdu004 (Advance Access 9 February). Zahner, Susan J., Thomas R. Oliver, and Kirstin Q. Siemering. 2014. “The Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health Partnership Study: Multi-sector Partnerships in U.S. Counties with Improving Health Metrics.” Preventing Chronic Disease 11:130103 DOI: http:dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.130103. Day, Matthew, Darren Shickle, Kevin Smith, Ken Zakariasen, Tom Oliver, and Jacob Moskol. 2012. “Time for Heroes? Public Health Leadership in the 21st Century.” The Lancet 380(6 October): 1205-6. Oliver, Thomas R., Richard E. Rieselbach, Byron J. Crouse, and John G. Frohna. 2012. “CHAMP: Community Health Center and Academic Medical Partnerships to Expand and Improve Primary Care.” In Mark A. Hall and Sara Rosenbaum, eds. The Health Care Safety Net in a Post-Reform World. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, pp. 108-25.


Mayes, Rick and Thomas R. Oliver. 2012. “Chronic Disease and the Shifting Focus of Public Health: Is Prevention Still a Political Lightweight?” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 37(April): 181-200. Oliver, Thomas R. 2011. “Health Care Reform as a Halfway Technology.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 36(June): 603-9. Oliver, Thomas R. 2011. “Medicare.” In Paul J. Quirk and William Cunion, eds. Governing America: Major Decisions of Federal, State, and Local Governments from 1789 to the Present. New York: Facts on File, pp. 651-61. Trubek, Louise C., Thomas R. Oliver, Chih-Ming Liang, Matt Mokrohisky, and Toby Campbell. 2011. “Improving Cancer Outcomes Through Strong Networks and Regulatory Frameworks: Lessons from the United States and the European Union.” Journal of Health Care Law and Policy 14(1): 119-51. Leininger, Lindsey Jeanne, Donna Friedsam, Laura Dague, Shannon Mok, Emma Hynes, Alison Bergum, Milda Aksamitauskas, Thomas Oliver, Thomas DeLeire. 2011. “Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus Reform: Impact on Low-Income Families’ Enrollment and Retention in Public Coverage.” Health Services Research 46(1)(Part II): 336-47. Woulfe, Julie, Thomas R. Oliver, Susan J. Zahner, and Kirstin Q. Siemering. 2010. “The Role of Multi-sector Partnerships in Population Health Improvement: Expectations and Evidence.” Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy 7(6). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/nov/10_0104.htm

Oliver, Thomas R. 2010. “Population Health Rankings as Policy Indicators and Performance Measures.” Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy 7(5). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/sep/10_0040.htm Getzin, Anne, Kjersti Knox, Richard Rieselbach, Donna Friedsam, Alison Bergum, Lindsay Read, Chad Kniss, and Thomas Oliver. 2009. “Physician Opinions on Health Care Reform.” Wisconsin Medical Journal 108(6): 302-9. Oliver, Thomas R., Louise Trubek, Toby Campbell, Matt Mokrohisky, and Chih-Ming Liang. 2009. “Using the Tools of New Governance to Advance Cancer Detection, Care, and Survivorship.” Wisconsin Medical Journal 108(5): 277-78. Oliver, Thomas R. and Philip R. Lee. 2009. “The Medicare Modernization Act: Evolution or Revolution in Policy Development?” In Leah Rogne, Carroll L. Estes, Brian R. Grossman, Brooke A. Hollister, and Erica Solway. Social Insurance and Social Justice: Social Security, Medicare, and the Campaign Against Entitlements. New York: Springer Publishing, pp. 63-93. Oliver, Thomas R. and Jason Gerson. 2009. “The Role of Foundations in Shaping Health Policy: Lessons from Efforts to Expand and Preserve Health Insurance Coverage.” In James Ferris, ed. Foundations and Public Policy: Leveraging Philanthropic Dollars, Knowledge, and Networks for Greater Impact. New York: The Foundation Center, pp. 119-70.


Oliver, Thomas R., Philip R. Lee, Sarah B. Schulman, Susan P. Canny, and Helene L. Lipton. 2007. “The Evolution of Medicare and Prescription Drug Coverage.” In Thomas R. Fulda, and Albert I. Wertheimer, eds. Handbook of Pharmaceutical Public Policy. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, pp. 9-24. Waters, Hugh, Laura Steinhardt, Thomas Oliver, Alice Burton, and Susan Milner. 2007. “The Costs of Non-insurance in Maryland.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 18(1): 139-51. Rutkow, Lainie, Brad Maggy, Joanna Zablotsky, and Thomas R. Oliver. 2007. “Balancing Consumer and Industry Interests in Public Health: The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and Its Influence During the Last Two Decades.” Penn State Law Review 111: 681-738. Oliver, Thomas R., Philip R. Lee, and Tanisha Cariño. 2007. “Interests, Ideology, and Institutional Dynamics in the Creation of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.” In Diana Mason, Judy Leavitt, and Mary Chafee, eds. Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 5th edition, W.B. Saunders/Elsevier, pp. 421-35. Oliver, Thomas R. and Rachel Friedman Singer. 2006. “Health Services Research as a Source of Legislative Analysis and Input: The California Health Benefits Review Program.” Health Services Research 41(June): 1124-58. Lee, Philip R., Thomas R. Oliver, A.E. Benjamin, and Dorothy Lee. 2006. “Politics, Health Policy, and the American Character.” Stanford Law & Policy Review 17(1): 7-32. Oliver, Thomas R. 2006. “The Politics of Public Health Policy.” Annual Review of Public Health 27: 195-233. Oliver, Thomas R. 2004. “Policy Entrepreneurship in the Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of Managed Care and Managed Competition.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(August-October): 701-33. Oliver, Thomas R., Philip R. Lee and Helene L. Lipton. 2004. “A Political History of Medicare and Prescription Drug Coverage.” Milbank Quarterly 82(June): 283-354.

Reprinted in Sue Tolleson-Rinehart and Mark A Peterson, eds. 2011. Health Politics and Policy. London: SAGE Publications.

Oliver, Thomas R. 2004. “Holding Back the Tide: Policies to Preserve and Reconstruct Health Insurance Coverage in Maryland.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(April): 203-36. Oliver, Thomas. 2004. State Employer Health Insurance Mandates: A Brief History. Oakland, CA: California HealthCare Foundation, March. Dubay, Lisa, Christina Moylan, and Thomas R. Oliver. 2004. “Advancing Toward Universal Coverage: Are States Able to Take the Lead?” Journal of Health Care Law and Policy 7(1): 1-41.


Oliver, Thomas R., Atul Grover, and Philip R. Lee. 2001. Variations in Medicare Payments for Graduate Medical Education in California and Other States. Oakland, CA: California HealthCare Foundation, June. Oliver, Thomas R. 2001. “State Health Politics and Policy: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Challenges Ahead.” In Robert B. Hackey and David A. Rochefort, eds. The New Politics of State Health Policy. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, pp. 273-91. Shi, Leiyu, Thomas R. Oliver, and Virginia Huang. 2000. “The State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Expanding the Framework for Evaluating State Goals and Performance.” Milbank Quarterly 78(3): 403-46. Oliver, Thomas R. 2000. “Dynamics without Change: The New Generation.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25(February): 225-32. Starfield, Barbara and Thomas R. Oliver. 1999. “Primary Care in the United States and its Precarious Future.” Health and Social Care in the Community 7(5): 315-23. Oliver, Thomas R. 1999. “The Dilemmas of Incrementalism: Logical and Political Constraints in the Design of Health Insurance Reforms.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 18(Fall): 652-83.

Reprinted in Beaufort Longest, ed. 2001. Contemporary Health Policy. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, pp. 221-57.

Oliver, Thomas R. and Karen Anderson Oliver. 1998. “Managed Care or Managed Politics? Medicaid Reforms in Maryland.” In Mark R. Daniels, ed. Medicaid Reform and the American States: Case Studies on the Politics of Managed Care. Westport, CT: Auburn House, pp. 135-68. Oliver, Thomas R. 1998. “The Collision of Economics and Politics in Medicaid Managed Care: Reflections on the Course of Reform in Maryland.” Milbank Quarterly 76(1): 59-101. Oliver, Thomas R. and Pamela Paul-Shaheen. 1997. “Translating Ideas into Actions: Entrepreneurial Leadership in State Health Care Reforms.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 22(June): 721-88.

Reprinted in Sue Tolleson-Rinehart and Mark A Peterson, eds. 2011. Health Politics and Policy. London: SAGE Publications. Reprinted in Theodore Marmor and Claus Wendt, eds. 2011. Reforming Healthcare Systems. Cheltenham Glos, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Oliver, Thomas R. and Robert M. Fiedler. 1997. “State Government and Health Insurance Market Reform.” In Howard M. Leichter, ed. Health Policy Reform in America: Innovations from the States, 2d ed. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, pp. 47-100. Oliver, Thomas R. 1996. “Conceptualizing the Challenges of Public Entrepreneurship.” In Chris E. Stout, ed. The Integration of Psychological Principles in Policy Development. Westport, CT: Praeger, pp. 5-31. Health Care Study Group. 1994. “Understanding the Choices in Health Care Reform.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 19(Fall): 499-541. (contributing author)


Oliver, Thomas R. and Emery B. Dowell. 1994. “Interest Groups and Health Reform: Lessons from California.” Health Affairs 13(Spring II): 123-41. Dowell, Emery B. and Thomas R. Oliver. 1994. “Small-Employer Health Alliance in California.” Health Affairs 13(Spring I): 350-51. Oliver, Thomas R. 1993. “Analysis, Advice, and Congressional Leadership: The Physician Payment Review Commission and the Politics of Medicare.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 18(Spring): 113-74. Oliver, Thomas R. 1991. “Ideas, Entrepreneurship, and the Politics of Health Care Reform.” Stanford Law & Policy Review 3(Fall): 160-80. Oliver, Thomas R. 1991. “Health Care Market Reform in Congress: The Uncertain Path from Proposal to Policy.” Political Science Quarterly 106(Fall): 453-77.

Reprinted in Demetrios Caraley, ed. 1994. Critical Issues for Clinton's Domestic Agenda. New York: Academy of Political Science, pp. 71-95.

Oliver, Richard C., Mark S. Simmons, Thomas R. Oliver, and John E. Kralewski. 1990. “Dentist Participation in Health Maintenance Organizations.” Journal of the American College of Dentists 57(2): 9-13. Menken, Matthew, Gordon H. DeFriese, Thomas R. Oliver, and Irwin Litt. 1985. The Cost-Effectiveness of Digital Subtraction Angiography in the Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Disease (Health Technology Case Study 34). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, May 1985. Wilson, Glenn, Cecil G. Sheps, and Thomas R. Oliver. 1982. “Effects of Hospital Revenue Bonds on Hospital Planning and Operations.” New England Journal of Medicine 307(2 December): 1426-30.

REPORTS

Oliver, Tom and Elizabeth Feder. 2013. “Service Learning in Graduate Education: Community Collaboration for Health Impact Assessments.” Final Report prepared by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute for the Morgridge Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, December. Zahner, Susan J., Thomas R. Oliver, Kirstin Siemering, Julie Woulfe, Jon Alfuth, Tracy Wilson, Elizabeth Rice. 2012. “Multi-sector Partnerships for Population Health Improvement: Case Studies Project Report.” Prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of the Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) project. University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, 30 April. Hynes, Emma and Thomas R. Oliver. 2010. “BadgerCare Plus Evaluation: Timeline of Program Development and Report on Interviews with Key Stakeholders.” University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, March. Friedsam, Donna, Lindsey Leininger, Alison Bergum, Shannon Mok, Milda Aksamitauskas, Thomas Oliver, Thomas DeLeire. 2009. Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus


Coverage Expansion and Simplification: Early Data on Program Impact. Issue brief published by the State Health Access Reform Evaluation program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, October. Oliver, Thomas R. 2006. “Federalism and Health Policy.” Web-based annotated bibliography updated for kaiserEDU, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. www.kaiseredu.org, December. Oliver, Thomas R. and Jason Gerson. 2006. “Identifying Benchmarks of Successful Social Change: A Scan of The California Endowment’s Strategic Initiatives to Improve Health Care Access.” Report to The California Endowment, October. Oliver, Thomas R. 2004. “Federalism and Health Policy.” Web-based annotated bibliography prepared for kaiserEDU, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. www.kaiseredu.org, March. Gerson, Jason and Thomas Oliver. 2004. “Addressing the Nursing Shortage.” Web-based policy brief for kaiserEDU, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. www.kaiseredu.org, March. Waters, Hugh, Laura Steinhardt, Thomas Oliver, Jason Gerson, Alice Burton, Susan Milner, and Stacey Davis. 2003. The Costs of Not Having Health Insurance in the State of Maryland. Final Report to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as part of State Planning Grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. Oliver, Thomas R. and Jason Gerson. 2003. The Role of Foundations in Shaping Health Policy: Lessons from Efforts to Expand and Preserve Health Insurance Coverage. Research Report 15. Los Angeles, CA: Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy, University of Southern California, August. Lee, Philip R., Thomas R. Oliver, and Helene L. Lipton. 2003. A History of Medicare and Prescription Drug Coverage: A Persistent Issue in a Changing Political Climate. Report to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, June. Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative. 2002. A Public-Private Partnership for Universal Health Insurance Coverage in Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc., December (contributing author). Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative. 2001. A Proposed Plan for Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the State of Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc., September (contributing author). Oliver, Thomas R. 2000. Holding Back the Tide: Policies to Preserve and Reconstruct Health Insurance Coverage in Maryland. Report to the Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, March. Lee, Philip R. and Thomas R. Oliver. 2000. Understanding the Evolution of Medicare: Patterns in Policy Making and their Consequences. Report to the Commonwealth Fund and the California HealthCare Foundation. University of California, San Francisco and Johns Hopkins University, January.


Shi, Leiyu and Thomas R. Oliver. 1999. A Framework to Evaluate the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Report to the Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, May. Oliver, Thomas R. 1996. Reflections on the “Revolution” in Maryland: The Collision of Economics and Politics in Medicaid Managed Care. Report to the Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, October. Herron, Sharon R. and Thomas R. Oliver. 1996. Medicaid Managed Care Reforms and School-Based Health Centers: Lessons from the Policy Process in Maryland. Report to the Governor’s Office on Children, Youth and Families, State of Maryland, and the Making the Grade Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, June. Oliver, Thomas R. 1991. “A Conceptual Guide to Policy Implementation.” Paper prepared and adapted for Year 1 Progress Report on Implementation of Proposition 99 and Assembly Bill 75, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, June. Oliver, Richard C., Thomas R. Oliver, Mark S. Simmons, and John E. Kralewski. 1989. Dentistry in Health Maintenance Organizations: Development Patterns and Prospects in the Twin Cities. Report prepared under the auspices of the Schools of Dentistry and Public Health, University of Minnesota and submitted to Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance, Hartford, Connecticut, March. Cook, Harold L., Dennis B. Gillings, Thomas R. Oliver, and John B. Winfield. 1986. A Policy Analysis of the North Carolina Arthritis Program. Report prepared under the auspices of the Multipurpose Arthritis Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and submitted to the North Carolina State Arthritis Committee, Spring. Oliver, Thomas R., Sharon Cassidy, Gordon H. DeFriese, and Jane S. Stein. 1980. “North Carolina State Employees Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditures Survey.” In North Carolina Commission on Prepaid Health Plans. Feasibility Study of Individual Practice Association-Prepaid Health Plans in North Carolina, Final Report, Volume II. Raleigh, North Carolina, September. Oliver, Thomas R. 1978. A Scientific and Legal Analysis of Questions Arising Out of the Implementation of Head Start Fluoride Programs. Report prepared for the Center for Health Services Research, University of Minnesota and submitted to the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare regional office, Chicago, Illinois, August.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND POSTERS Park, Eunice, Matthew Rodock, Marjory Givens, Bomi Hirsch, Thomas Oliver. “Relationships Between Social Engagement and Health and Well-being in Wisconsin.” Paper presented online at annual meeting of the Wisconsin Public Health Association, Wisconsin, 3 August 2020 (E. Park, presenter).


Oliver, Thomas R. “Can Intersectoral Partnerships Improve Population Health and Health Equity?” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, 4 September 2015. Day, Matthew, Darren Shickle, Kevin Smith, Kenneth Zakariasen, Jacob Moskol, Thomas Oliver. “Mind the Leadership Gap: Identifying Leaders for Public Health Policy.” Paper presented at the Emerging Health Policy Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 15 October 2013 (M. Day, presenter). Day, Matthew, Darren Shickle, Kenneth Zakariasen, Kevin Smith, Thomas Oliver, Jacob Moskol. 2012. “What Makes a ‘Public Health Super-Hero’? Public Health Leadership for the 21st Century.” Poster presentation at the 2012 Population Health Congress, Adelaide, Australia, 10-12 September. Oliver, Thomas R., Richard E. Rieselbach, and Byron J. Crouse. “Health Care Reform as a Platform to Expand and Improve Primary Care.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 31 March-3 April 2011 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas, Byron Crouse, John Frohna, and Richard Rieselbach. “CHAMP: Community Health and Academic Medical Partnerships to Expand and Improve Primary Care.” Paper presented at the regional meeting of the International Political Science Association Research Committee 25 on Comparative Health Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 21-22 October 2010 (T. Oliver, presenter). Trubek, Louise, Thomas R. Oliver, Chih-Ming Liang, Matt Mokrohisky, and Toby Campbell. “Fighting Cancer through Improved Governance.” Paper prepared for meeting of the European Health Policy Group, Paris, France, 29-30 April 2010. Oliver, Thomas R. “Population Health Rankings as Policy Indicators and Performance Measures.” Paper prepared for conference on “Population Health Metrics, Solid Partnerships, and Real Incentives,” Madison, Wisconsin, 13-15 October 2009. Trubek, Louise, Thomas R. Oliver, Matt Mokrohisky, Chih-Ming Liang, and Toby Campbell. “Better: Fighting Cancer through Improved Governance.” Paper presented at the symposium, “Smart Regulation: Can New Types of Governance Improve Health?” Madison, Wisconsin, 9 October 2009 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R., Louise Trubek, Matt Mokrohisky, Chih-Ming Liang, and Toby Campbell. “New Governance and the Renewed Fight Against Cancer in the United States and European Union." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, 5 September 2009 (T. Oliver, presenter). Trubek, Louise, Thomas R. Oliver, Matt Mokrohisky, Toby Campbell, and Chih-Ming Liang. “Fighting Cancer Through Improved Governance: Lessons from the United States and the European Union.” Poster presentation at the symposium on “Population Health Sciences in Wisconsin and Beyond: Providing Evidence for Clinical Practice and Public Health,” Madison, Wisconsin, 27-28 August 2009.


Oliver, Thomas R. and Jason Gerson. “Can Foundations Be Agents of Change in Health Policy? Lessons from Efforts to Expand and Preserve Health Insurance Coverage.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, 6 November 2007 (J. Gerson, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R. “The Medicare Modernization Act: Evolution or Revolution in Policy Development?” Paper presented at the Policy History Conference, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1 June 2006. Oliver, Thomas R. and Christina Moylan. “The Unexpected Rise and Rapid Demise of Health Insurance Expansion in California.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 1 September 2005 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R., Philip R. Lee, and Helene L. Lipton. “A Political History of Medicare and Prescription Drug Coverage: Missed Opportunities and Muddled Outcomes.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 3 September 2004 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R. and Jason Gerson. “The Role of Foundations in Shaping Public Policy: Profiles and Patterns of Efforts to Expand Health Insurance Coverage.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 29 August 2003 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R. and Philip R. Lee. “Lessons from the Evolution of Medicare.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C., 3 November 2001 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R. and Philip R. Lee. “A Political History of Medicare and Prescription Drug Coverage.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, 31 August 2001 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R. and Philip R. Lee. “‘Modernizing’ Medicare for Policymakers and Beneficiaries: Lessons from the Evolution of Medicare.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, 30 August 2001 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R., Atul Grover, and Philip R. Lee. “Medicare Payments for Graduate Medical Education: Variations across Teaching Hospitals and States.” Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, Atlanta, Georgia, 12 June 2001 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas, Atul Grover, Philip Lee, and Amy Lu. “Variations in Medicare Payments for Graduate Medical Education: The Policies and Politics Underlying Disparities Across States and Teaching Hospitals.” Paper for panel on “Policy Issues for Medicare,” presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Seattle, Washington, 3 November 2000 (T. Oliver, presenter). Brelvi, Saba, Nneka Egbuniwe, Bryn Sakagawa, and Thomas Oliver. “The Ethics and Politics of Organ Transplant Policy.” Paper for panel on “Power, Choice, and the Medical Profession: Political Theory and Applied Ethics,” presented at the annual


meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 1 September 2000 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R. and Philip R. Lee. “Policy Legacies in the Evolution of Medicare.” Paper for panel on “Contributions of Political Science Models to Understanding Aging and Long Term Care Policy Making,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 31 August 2000 (T. Oliver, presenter). Grover, Atul, Thomas Oliver, and Philip Lee. “State Variations in Medicare’s Graduate Medical Education Funding.” Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Health Services Research, Los Angeles, California, 26 June 2000 (A. Grover, presenter). Hwang, Wenke, Marsha Goldfarb, Thomas Oliver, and Neil Powe. “The Impact of State Certificate-of-Need Regulations on For-Profit Penetration of Dialysis Facilities.” Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Health Services Research, Washington, D.C., 22 June 1998 (W. Hwang, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R. and Philip R. Lee. “Riding the Policy Stream: Issues, Institutions, and Politics in the Evolution of Medicare.” Presented to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, 31 August 1996 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R. and Pamela Paul-Shaheen. “Translating Ideas into Actions: Entrepreneurial Leadership in State Health Care Reforms.” Invited paper for the conference on “Health Care into the Next Century: Markets, States, and Communities,” sponsored by the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Durham, North Carolina, 3 May 1996 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R. and Robert M. Fiedler. “How Government Modifies the Medical Marketplace: Assumptions, Actions, and Consequences.” Presented to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2 September 1995 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Thomas R. “Concepts for Defining and Analyzing Access to Care: Applications for Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacy Services.” Invited paper for Wintergreen Research Conference II, Wintergreen, Virginia, 16 April 1993. Oliver, Thomas R. “Professional, Institutional, and Procedural Constraints on Health Policy Analysis.” Presented to the conference on “Making Choices in Health Care,” Baltimore, Maryland, 2 April 1992. Oliver, Thomas R., and Paula J. King. “Policy Entrepreneurship in State and Local Politics: Lessons from Consumer Choice Movements in Health Care and Education.” Presented to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, 31 August 1990 (T. Oliver, presenter). Oliver, Richard C., Mark S. Simmons, Thomas R. Oliver, and John E. Kralewski. “Dentist Participation in Health Maintenance Organizations in the Twin Cities.” Presented to the annual meeting of the American Association of Dental Research, San Francisco, California, 18 March 1989 (T. Oliver, presenter).


PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Discussant, “Response to COVID-19: Was Italy (unprepared)?” paper prepared for European Health Policy Group Meeting, London School of Economics and Political Science, 18 September 2020. Guest, Central Time, public affairs program on “Has the U.S. Been Underfunding Public Health Programs?” broadcast by Wisconsin Public Radio, 2 April 2020. Invited participant in joint meeting of British and American scholars to develop proposal for project on “Transatlantic Learning for Health and Health Systems,” hosted by the Nuffield Trust, London, UK, 24 January 2020. “Health Care Policy in Practice.” Invited panelist for roundtable discussion of current health policy issues sponsored by the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1 May 2019. “Current State of Affairs: Health Care Reform.” Keynote presentation for 28th Annual Family Medicine Potpourri sponsored by Bellin Health and ThedaCare, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, 29 September 2017. “Health in All Policies: A New Paradigm for Population Health Improvement?” Invited presentation for 28th Annual Family Medicine Potpourri sponsored by Bellin Health and ThedaCare, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, 29 September 2017. Chair and discussant, panel on “Healthy Reactions? Public Attitudes and Policy Feedback in Health Policymaking,” annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, 3 September 2017. Guest, Central Time, public affairs program on amended Senate legislation, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (H.R. 1628), broadcast by Wisconsin Public Radio, 18 July 2017. Guest, Central Time, public affairs program on Senate legislation, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (H.R. 1628), broadcast by Wisconsin Public Radio, 27 June 2017. Guest, Central Time, public affairs program on the future of the Affordable Care Act, broadcast by Wisconsin Public Radio, 9 January 2017. “New President, New Health Programs?” Invited presentation for Bascom Hill Society, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 15 November 2016. Guest, Central Time, public affairs program on health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, broadcast by Wisconsin Public Radio, 26 August 2016. Discussant, “Understanding Health Policy as Voice, Choice, or Co-Production,” paper prepared for European Health Policy Group meeting, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, 28 April 2016.


Guest, Central Time, public affairs program on the health insurance mandate under the Affordable Care Act and trends in coverage and costs, broadcast by Wisconsin Public Radio, 19 October 2015. Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program analyzing the Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, broadcast by Wisconsin Public Radio, 26 June 2015. Guest, Central Time, public affairs program analyzing trends in health insurance coverage, broadcast by Wisconsin Public Radio, 13 April 2015. Guest, Central Time, public affairs program analyzing the Supreme Court case King v. Burwell challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, broadcast by Wisconsin Public Radio, 5 March 2015. Interview by Erin Toner, WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, on Supreme Court case King v. Burwell challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, broadcast 4 March 2015. Chair and discussant, panel on “The Politics of Public Health,” at the 2014 meeting of the International Political Science Association, Montreal, Canada, 24 July 2014. Discussant, panel on “Integrated Government and Health,” at the 2014 meeting of the International Political Science Association, Montreal, Canada, 21 July 2014. Guest, Central Time, public affairs program on increasing rates of health insurance coverage, broadcast by Wisconsin Public Radio, 11 March 2014. “Health Care Reform: Forward, Backward, or Some of Each?” Invited presentation for Madison South Rotary Club, 13 January 2014. Co-moderator, “Students and the Affordable Care Act: Wisconsin’s Statewide Multi-campus Teach-in and Webcast,” webcast from University of Wisconsin—Madison, 18 November 2013. “Q&A on Health Care Reform.” Invited presentation for the University of Wisconsin—Madison Participatory Learning and Teaching Organization, Madison Seniors Center, 21 October 2013. Discussant, expert panel reacting to presentation of the documentary film “Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare,” University of Wisconsin—Baraboo/Sauk County, 17 September 2013. Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program on the politics of implementing the Affordable Care Act, broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 1 August 2013. Discussant, panel on “The Widening Agenda of Public Health,” at the International Conference on Public Policy, Grenoble, France, 26 June 2013.


“The Rise of Intersectoral Governance for Health.” Presentation at the International Conference on Public Policy, Grenoble, France, 26 June 2013. Guest, Kathleen Dunn Show, public affairs program on the high costs of health care in the U.S., broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 6 June 2013. “Probing the Politics of Poverty.” Invited lecture for Poverty 101 Workshop, organized by the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 5 June 2013. “Time for Real Health Reform: Health in All Policies.” Invited presentation to Madison chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, Madison, Wisconsin, 2 June 2013. Guest, panel on “When Politics and Public Health Collide.” Huffington Post, HuffPost Live webcast, 5 March 2013. http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/c-everett-koop-surgeon-general-politics/513127b22b8c2a535e0000f6 “Multi-sector Partnerships for Population Health Improvement.” Roundtable presentation with Susan Zahner at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, California, 30 October 2012. Discussant, panel on “Opportunity to Help Define the Future Health Care Delivery System: Federal Efforts to Support Local Innovation,” University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, 10 October 2012. Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program on Medicare and the 2012 presidential election, broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 21 August 2012. Guest, Here and Now, public affairs program broadcast on Wisconsin Public Television, 17 August 2012. Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program on efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 10 July 2012. Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program on the Supreme Court decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 29 June 2012. “A Global Perspective on the U.S. Health Care System and the Affordable Care Act.” Invited presentation for the University of Wisconsin—Madison Participatory Learning and Teaching Organization, Madison Seniors Center, 2 April 2012. Discussant, panel on “Governance for Health System Change: The Case of Accountable Care,” sponsored by the University of Wisconsin—Madison Law School and School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, 22 March 2012. “Advocacy Roles in the Policy Process.” Invited presentation for the Wisconsin chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians, Wisconsin State Capitol, 26 January 2012.


Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program on new congressional proposal for Medicare reform, broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 20 December 2011. “Comparing Health Care Systems: Can Learning from Others Make Us Better?” Invited presentation for Doctoberfest: Health and the Future, organized by the Wisconsin chapter of the American Medical Student Association, Madison, Wisconsin 21 October 2011. Chair and discussant, panel on “States and the Affordable Care Act of 2010” at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, Washington, 4 September 2011. Discussant, panel on “Issues in Health Administration” at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2 April 2011. Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program on the Wisconsin state budget and health care, broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 3 February 2011. “Partnerships for Population Health Improvement: Can Research Uncover their Power?” Invited presentation for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 13 January 2011. Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program on the future of Medicare, broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 5 January 2011. Chair and discussant, panel on “Arenas of Policy: What Really Matters for Politics and Policy?” at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 2 September 2010. Discussant, conference on “Bacteria without Borders: The Europeanization of Communicable Disease Control,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 7-8 May 2010. “Health Care Rationing: Do Others Do It? Why? How?” Presentation for 2nd Annual Bioethics Symposium, Reforming Health Care Ethically: Waste, Tradeoffs, and Rationing, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, 8 April 2010. Guest, At Issue with Ben Merens, public affairs program on congressional proposals for health care reform, broadcast on Wisconsin Public Radio, 25 February 2010. Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program on public opinion and congressional proposals for health care reform, broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 10 December 2009. Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program on public opinion and congressional proposals for health care reform, broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 29 October 2009.


Guest, Office Hours, public affairs program on national health care reform, broadcast on the Big Ten Network, 12 October 2009. “Health Care Reform 2009: You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” Invited presentation for the Population Health Seminar, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 5 October 2009. Guest, At Issue with Ben Merens, public affairs program on national health care reform, broadcast on Wisconsin Public Radio, 13 August 2009. “Reforming Health Care: House of Representatives Proposal.” Presentation to town hall meeting hosted by Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 11 August 2009. Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program on congressional proposals for health care reform, broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 9 July 2009. “The Interests of the Interests: An Exploration of Needs, Goals, and Strategies of Major Health Care Interests Engaged in Coverage Expansion Efforts.” Roundtable presentation at annual research meeting of AcademyHealth, Chicago, Illinois, 28 June 2009. “The Role of Public Policy in Reducing Harm from Alcohol Use.” Invited presentation to the Wisconsin Idea Forum, University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 14 May 2009. Invited presenter and moderator for “Cover the Uninsured Week,” University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, 27 March 2009. Guest, Conversations with Joy Cardin, public affairs program on the Obama administration’s plans for health care reform, broadcast on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio, 5 March 2009. “Hope for Health Reform?” Invited presentation to annual meeting of the Wisconsin Nurses Association, Madison, Wisconsin, 3 March 2009. “Evaluating Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus Reform Package: Effects on Enrollment, Efficiency, and Churning.” Presentation and panel discussion at the annual meeting of the State Health Access Reform Evaluation program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12 February 2009. “State Lessons for Health Care Reform.” Invited presentation for the National Health Policy Conference sponsored by AcademyHealth and Health Affairs, Washington, D.C., 2 February 2009. “Health Care: The Wisconsin Prescription.” Presentation and panel discussion sponsored by Milwaukee Public Television, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 10 December 2008. “The Post-Election Agenda for Health Reform.” Invited seminar, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 28 October 2008.


“The Role of Public Policy in Strategies for Cancer Control.” Invited presentation for annual retreat of the University of Wisconsin Paul Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 27 August 2008. “Policy, Politics, and Governance in State Insurance Coverage Expansion Efforts.” Presentation and panel discussion at annual research meeting of AcademyHealth, Washington, D.C., 8 June 2008. “The Intersection of Politics and Policy in State Health Reform Efforts.” Invited participant in roundtable sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation State Coverage Initiatives Program, Washington, D.C., 19 May 2008.

“The Leverage and Limits of Foundations in Shaping Health Policy.” Invited presentation for the Population Health Seminar, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, 11 November 2007. “Symbolism and Substance in Health System Change.” Invited presentation for “Looking Back—Looking Forward, 1970s-2020s,” a symposium honoring Dr. Philip R. Lee and celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 24 September 2007. Discussant, panel on “The Politics of Medicaid.” Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1 September 2007. “The Politics of Public Health Policy: Lessons for Cancer Prevention and Control.” Invited plenary presentation for 2007 CDC Cancer Conference, sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, 15 August 2007. “Politics and Policymaking in State Coverage Expansion Efforts, 2007: Challenges and Opportunities.” Presentation and panel discussion at annual research meeting of AcademyHealth, Orlando, Florida, 5 June 2007. Member of panel on state health reform, invitational conference on U.S. Health Care Reform: Comparative and Historical Perspectives, Yale University School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut, 29 April 2007. Member of expert panel for medical affairs program, “Case in Point,” aired on the Professional Television Network. Taped in New York City, 27 October 2006. Presentation to U.S. Pharmacopeia Advisory Panel on New Science and Technology, Denver, Colorado, 26 September 2006. “State Health Reform: Moving in What Direction, Toward What End?” Presented at the 30th Annual Health Law Teachers Conference, sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Baltimore, Maryland, 3 June 2006. Chair, panel on “An Unreliable Reliance: Lessons about the Limits of State Health Reform.” Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 1 September 2005.


“The New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program.” Invited presentation to LEADERSHIP Baltimore County, Owings Mills, Maryland, 28 March 2005. Chair, panel on “The 2004 Election: The Impact of Health Issues and the Consequences for Health Policy.” Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 4 September 2004. “Medicare Reform.” Invited presentation to LEADERSHIP Baltimore County, Catonsville, Maryland, 19 April 2004. Guest, Marc Steiner Show, public affairs program on “The Future of Medicare,” broadcast on public radio station WYPR, Baltimore, Maryland, 25 March 2004. “The Political System and Health Policy Making.” Primary Care Training Program for the U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Rockville, Maryland, 23 April 2003. “A Framework for Policy Analysis: Expanding Health Insurance Coverage.” Primary Care Training Program for the U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Rockville, Maryland, 23 April 2003. “Universal Health Care: Can Maryland Be the First?” Invited presentation, Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 29 January 2003. “Advancing Toward Universal Coverage: Are States Able to Take the Lead?” Invited presentation for the conference on “State Efforts to Expand Health Care Coverage: Current Realities, Future Possibilities?” at the University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 18 November 2002. “The Political Process and Health Policy.” Primary Care Training Program for the U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Rockville, Maryland, 6 March 2002. “A Framework for Policy Analysis.” Primary Care Training Program for the U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Rockville, Maryland, 6 March 2002. “The Public’s Health: Universal Health Care in Maryland, A Reality?” Invited presentation and panel discussion, Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 11 October 2001. “Variations in Medicare Payments for Graduate Medical Education across Teaching Hospitals and States.” Invited presentation for briefing on “Federal and State Perspectives on GME Reform,” sponsored by the National Health Policy Forum, Washington, D.C., 22 June 2001. “How Does Medicare GME Funding Vary Among States and Teaching Hospitals?” Invited presentation for meeting on state support of graduate medical education, sponsored by the National Conference of State Legislatures, Lake Tahoe, California, 26-27 April 2001.


“The Political Process and Health Policy.” Primary Care Training Program for the U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Bethesda, Maryland, 18 April 2001. “Policy Analysis: Creation and Development of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.” Primary Care Training Program for the U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Bethesda, Maryland, 18 April 2001. “Patterns in the Evolution of Medicare Policy.” Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 25 April 2000. “A Critique of State Health Politics and Policy.” School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 17 April 2000. “Landmarks in the Development of Managed Care and Public Policy.” Chair and presenter for panel on “The Politics of Managed Care” at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 3 September 1999. “The Political Process and Health Policy.” Primary Care Training Program for the U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Johns Hopkins University, 12 July 1999. “The Creation and Development of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.” Primary Care Training Program for the U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Johns Hopkins University, 12 July 1999. “Leadership in Health Policy Innovation.” Greenwall Fellowship Program in Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, 26 April 1999. “Overview of the Policy Making Process.” Greenwall Fellowship Program in Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, 1 March 1999. “Policy Entrepreneurship and the Transformation of American Health Policy.” Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., 17 November 1998. “The Collision of Economics and Politics in Medicaid Managed Care.” Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., 17 November 1998. “Sara Rosenbaum: A Case Study in Policy Entrepreneurship.” Presentation for annual meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy program, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 16 October 1998. Discussant, panel on “Issues in Women’s and Children’s Health: Models of the Policy Process.” Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, 4 September 1998. “The Political Process and Health Policy.” Invited seminar, Primary Care Training Program for the U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Johns Hopkins University, 12 August 1998.


“The Creation and Development of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.” Invited seminar, Primary Care Training Program for the U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Johns Hopkins University, 12 August 1998. “Foundations of the American Political System.” Invited presentation for the Nurse in Washington Internship program, sponsored by the National Federation of Specialty Nursing Organizations, Washington, D.C., 1 March 1998. “Public Entrepreneurship and Health Policy Innovation.” Presentation for annual meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy program, Charleston, South Carolina, 30 October 1997. “The Development of the Physician Payment Review Commission.” Invited presentation for plenary panel on “Seminal Events in Health Policy.” Conference on The Lessons and the Legacy of the Pew Health Policy Program, San Francisco, California, 8 June 1997. Invited lecture on “State Health Politics and Policy” for course on The Role of Government in Health Policy, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 9 December 1996. Discussant, policy roundtable on “Public Health: Why Do Some Programs Succeed and Others Fail?” Annual meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy program, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 17 October 1996. “Managed Care and School-Based Health Services: Lessons from the Maryland Medicaid Reforms.” Presentation for panel on “Managed Care: The Changing Faces of Funding under Health Care Reform.” Second annual National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, Baltimore, Maryland, 27 June 1996. Discussant, policy roundtable on “Innovations in Health Care Policy, Technology, and Delivery of Services: Causes, Mechanisms, and Consequences.” Annual meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy program, Princeton, New Jersey, 4 December 1995. “The Entrepreneurial Politics of Tobacco Regulation.” Presentation for panel on “Regulation of Tobacco.” Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, California, 30 October 1995. “Conceptualizing the Challenges of Public Sector Entrepreneurship.” Invited seminar for the Health Policy Workshop, School of Management, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 2 October 1995. “Entrepreneurial Strategies for Health Policy Innovation.” Presentation for plenary panel on “From Proposal to Action: The Political Dimensions of State Health Care Reform.” Annual meeting of the Pew Health Policy Program, Chicago, Illinois, 3 June 1995. “The State of the American Health Care System.” Presentation to Forum on National Health Care Reform, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 14 October 1992.


“Public Choices for Private Needs: Regulating Health Care for the Common Good.” Invited presentation for symposium on “Rationing of Health Care in America” sponsored by the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, 11 May 1992. “The Role of Research and Analysis in the Policy Process.” Invited seminar for course on Translating Research into Policy, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 6 April 1992. “The Regulatory Rationale.” Invited presentation for plenary panel on “Regulating Access to Health Care: How Far Should Policy Go?” Conference on “Making Choices in Health Care,” Baltimore, Maryland, 3 April 1992. “Levels and Functions of Consensus in the Policy Process.” Presentation for plenary panel on “Health Policy in an Era of Constrained Resources: Developing Consensus.” Annual meeting of the Pew Health Policy Program, Savannah, Georgia, 22 May 1991. “AIDS Politics and Policy.” Invited lecture and seminar for course on Socio-Cultural Dimensions of AIDS, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 6 March 1991. Discussant, panel on “Resource Allocation in Health Policy.” Annual research conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, San Francisco, California, 20 October 1990.

BOOK REVIEWS

Oliver, Thomas R. 2007. Review of Chronic Politics: Health Care Security from FDR to George W. Bush. By Philip J. Funigiello. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. In Journal of American History (March). Oliver, Thomas R. 2004. Review of Dead on Arrival: The Politics of Health Care in Twentieth-Century America. By Colin Gordon. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. In Journal of American History 91 (September): 728-29. Oliver, Thomas R. 1999. Review of Beginnings Count: The Technological Imperative in American Health Care. By David J. Rothman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. In Journal of American History 85 (March): 1682-83. Oliver, Thomas R. 1996. Review of Understanding Health Policy. By Thomas S. Bodenheimer and Kevin Grumbach. Norwalk, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1995. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 21 (Winter): 887-92. Oliver, Thomas R. 1994. “Escaping Health Reform.” Review of Inescapable Decisions: The Imperatives of Health Reform. By David Mechanic. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1994. In Health Affairs 13 (Winter): 263-66. Oliver, Thomas R. 1993. Review of Federalism and Health Policy: The Development of Health Systems in Canada and Australia. By Gwendolyn Gray. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991. In Policy Currents 3 (February): 14-15.

PUBLISHED CORRESPONDENCE


Day, Matthew, Darren Shickle, Kevin Smith, Ken Zakariasen, Tom Oliver, and Jacob Moskol. 2013. Letter to editor, reply to Czabanowska et al., Lancet 381 (9 February): 450. Oliver, Thomas R. 2011. “Want Fairness? Enact Health Care Reform.” Op-ed, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 February. Oliver, Thomas R. 2007. “Health Care Breakthrough or Déjà Vu?” Op-ed, Baltimore Examiner, 1 February. Oliver, Thomas R. 2004. “Fixing Medicare’s Drug Discount Card Program.” Letter to editor. Washington Post, 30 December. Oliver, Thomas R. and Emery B. Dowell. 1994. Letter to editor. Health Affairs 13 (Fall): 231-32.

COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate American Government Health Politics and Policy Public Policy Analysis State and Local Politics

Graduate Public Health Policy and Politics Principles of Population Health Sciences Graduate Research Seminar in Population Health Sciences Health Systems, Management, and Policy (course director) Politics of Health Policy International Health Systems and Policy Introduction to Public Health Seminar Principles of Population Medicine and Epidemiology (co-instructor) Doctoral Seminar in Health and Public Policy The Role of Government in Health Policy I, II Current Issues in Medicare Policy Current Issues in Medicaid, SCHIP, and State Health Coverage Case Studies in Health Policy and Financing The Political and Social Context of the Policy Process Health Politics and Policy Policy Implementation Public Entrepreneurship and Policy Innovation

GRANTS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Wisconsin Partnership Program Population Health Service Fellowship Program July 2020-June 2023 Wisconsin Partnership Program


Population Health Service Fellowship Program July 2017-June 2020 Wisconsin Partnership Program Population Health Service Fellowship Program July 2014-June 2017 Wisconsin Partnership Program Population Health Service Fellowship Program July 2013-June 2014 Morgridge Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison Service Learning in Graduate Education: Community Collaboration for Health Impact Assessments July 2012-June 2013 (with Elizabeth Feder, Paula Tran Inzeo, Marjory Givens) European Union Center for Excellence, University of Wisconsin—Madison Leadership and Governance for Health in All Policies July 2011-June 2014 (with Jonathan Patz) Worldwide Universities Network Putting New Paradigms into Practice: Transatlantic Lessons in Population Health Improvement February 2011-January 2012 (with University of Alberta and University of Leeds) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration Wisconsin Center for Public Health Education and Training September 2010-August 2015 (with other state public health programs; T. Oliver PI and center director) Wisconsin Partnership Program Population Health Fellowship Program April 2010-June 2013 Wisconsin Partnership Program Advancing Evidence-Based Health Policy in Wisconsin February 2010-January 2013 Wisconsin Partnership Program New Governance for Health System Change (with David Weimer and Louise Trubek, University of Wisconsin) March 2009-February 2010 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health January 2009-December 2011 (with faculty from University of Wisconsin)


European Union Center of Excellence, University of Wisconsin-Madison Colloquium on New Governance and Health System Change July 2008-June 2011 (with Louise Trubek, University of Wisconsin) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evaluating Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus Reform Package: Effects on Enrollment, Efficiency, and Churning April 2008-September 2009 (with faculty from University of Wisconsin) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Updating and Evaluating “Health Care for All” Plan in Maryland April 2007-April 2008 (with faculty from Johns Hopkins University) The California Endowment Identifying Benchmarks of Successful Social Change: A Study of the California Endowment’s Grantmaking to Improve Health Care Access September 2005-April 2006 University of California Use of Research and Analysis by the California Health Benefits Review Program in the Legislative Process September-December 2004 The California Endowment Planning Grant for Evaluation of The California Endowment’s Children’s Coverage Program July 2004-December 2005 (via subcontract with the Division of Community Health, University of Southern California) California HealthCare Foundation “The Prospects for Universal Health Insurance in California: Comparing Problems, Proposals, and Politics in the Early 1990s and Today” June 2003-January 2004 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Contract to prepare materials for kaiserEDU, a web-based resource center for teaching in health policy April 2003 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration “State Planning Grant” July 2002-June 2003 (with faculty from Johns Hopkins University via subcontract from Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)


David and Lucile Packard Foundation “The Role of Foundations in Shaping Health Policy” July 2002-November 2002 (via subcontract from Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy, University of Southern California) National Institute on Mental Health “Advocacy in Mental Health Policy: The Roles of Research, Organization, and Leadership in Policy and System Change” July 2002-June 2006 Open Society Institute Technical support of Health Care for All plan for Maryland February 2002-May 2002 (with faculty from Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Technical support of Health Care for All plan for Maryland July 2001-October 2001 (with faculty from Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland School of Law, and Georgetown University) Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Options for Universal Health Insurance Coverage in Maryland January 2001-June 2001 (with faculty from Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland School of Law, and Georgetown University) California HealthCare Foundation “Variations in Medicare Payments for Graduate Medical Education across States and Teaching Hospitals” August 2000-July 2001 (with Philip R. Lee, University of California, San Francisco) Milbank Memorial Fund—New York Commission for study of state policies on health insurance coverage for dependents. July 1998-December 1999 California HealthCare Foundation “Patterns in the Evolution of Medicare Policy: Implications for the Nation and for California” November 1997-October 1999 (with Philip R. Lee, University of California, San Francisco) Commonwealth Fund—New York “Understanding the Evolution of Medicare Policy” July 1997-June 1999 (with Philip R. Lee, University of California, San Francisco) Milbank Memorial Fund—New York


Commission for study of the Maryland Medicaid High Cost User Initiative November 1995-October 1996 Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families—State of Maryland Study of School-Based Health Centers and Medicaid Managed Care Reform August 1995-May 1996 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation—Princeton, New Jersey Investigator Award in Health Policy Research for study of: “Public Entrepreneurship and Health Policy Innovation” February 1994—March 1997 Pew Memorial Trust—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pew Health Policy Program Postdoctoral Fellowship July 1989—June 1991 Earhart Foundation—Ann Arbor, Michigan H. B. Earhart Fellowship July 1987—June 1988

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Member of Editorial Board Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law Peer Review Health Affairs Health Economics, Policy and Law Health Services Research International Journal of Health Services Journal of Aging and Social Policy Journal of American History Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Journal of Rural Health Journal of Urban Health Milbank Quarterly Policy Currents Policy Studies Journal Political Science Quarterly Postgraduate Medical Journal Publius: The Journal of Federalism Social Science and Medicine State Politics and Policy Quarterly Urban Affairs Quarterly Wisconsin Medical Journal Ad Hoc Review of Proposals


Book proposal, Fixing Medical Prices: How Physicians Are Paid, for Harvard University Press (2016). Book proposal, Controlling Health Care: The Rise of the State in the Postwar Health Care Policy of England, Germany and the United States, for Johns Hopkins University Press (2011). Book manuscript for Introduction to U.S. Health Policy, 2d edition, for Johns Hopkins University Press (2005). Book proposal for revised edition of Introduction to U.S. Health Policy for Johns Hopkins University Press (2005). Book proposal for companion volume to Governing Health: The Politics of Health Policy for Johns Hopkins University Press (2002) Alpha Center symposium on individual health insurance reform for Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (1999) Book manuscript on The New Politics of State Health Policy for University Press of Kansas (1998)

ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin—Madison Advisory Committee, 2011-2016 Carroll University, Community Advisory Committee, Public Health Program 2011-2014

United States Pharmacopeia Advisory Panel on New Science and Technology 2006-2010 National Academy of Social Insurance Study Panel on Medicare Management and Governance April 2000-July 2002 Final report: Matching Problems with Solutions: Improving Medicare’s Governance and Management (July 2002) Technical Advisory Committee, Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative 2000-2007 Governor's Office for Children, Youth and Families, State of Maryland State Advisory Council, Maryland Making the Grade school health program Member, 1994-1998 Co-chair, 1996-1998 Center for Health Policy Research University of Maryland Graduate School, Baltimore 1992-1995


OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE

Signer, “Brief of Health Care Policy Scholars as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioners,” California, et al. v. Texas, et al., Supreme Court of the United States, May 2020. Signer and contributor, “Brief of Wisconsin Public Health Association, Wisconsin Nurses Association, Wisconsin Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics and Other Healthcare Amici Curiae,” Wisconsin Legislature v. Secretary-Designee Andrea Palm, Julie Willems Van Dijk, and Nicole Safar, in Their Official Capacities as Executives of Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Case No. 2020AP000765-OA, April 2020. Member, review panel for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Systems for Action Program (special COVID-relevant proposals), 2020. Signer, “Brief for Health Policy History Scholars as Amici Curiae Supporting Plaintiff-Appellees,” State of New York, et al. v. U.S. Department of Labor, et al., Brief 19-5125, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, July 2019. Member, search committee for faculty position in reproductive health and public policy, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2018-19. Member, review panel for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Systems for Action program, 2018. Member, review panel for AcademyHealth Translation and Communications Interest Group for 2015 Annual Research Meeting, February 2015. Signer, “Brief of Health Care Policy History Scholars as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondents,” David King, et al. v. Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Brief 14-114, Supreme Court of the United States, February 2015. Faculty trainer, Physicians as Community Health Advocates Leadership Program, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, 5-6 December 2013. Member, JD-MPH Program Steering Committee, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2013-present. Signer, “Brief of Health Care Policy History Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners,” United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al. v. State of Florida, et al., Brief 11-398, Supreme Court of the United States, March 2012. Participant, “Health in All Policies Summer School,” organized by the World Health Organization and Government of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, 28 November-3 December 2011. Organizer, conference on “Developing Leadership for Population Health Improvement,” sponsored by the Worldwide Universities Network and the University of Wisconsin—Madison European Union Center of Excellence and Global Health Institute, held in Madison, Wisconsin, 8-10 November 2011.


Chair of nominating committee, Health Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association, 2011-12 Organizer, workshop on “Putting New Paradigms into Practice: Transatlantic Lessons in Population Health Improvement,” sponsored by the European Union Center of Excellence and Global Health Initiative, University of Wisconsin—Madison, and the Worldwide Universities Network, held in Madison, Wisconsin, 7-8 April 2011. Participant, expert meeting on evaluation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, convened by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, 9 March 2011 (via audioconference). President, Health Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association, 2010-11 Chair, search committee for director of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and faculty position in Population Health Sciences, 2010-11. Member, Core Team for Global Health Initiative, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2010-11 Program Chair, Health Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association, 2009-10 Member, Partnership Education and Research Committee, Wisconsin Partnership Program, 2009-2016; member, PERC Executive Committee, 2012-2016 Co-organizer, symposium on “Smart Regulation: Can New Types of Governance Improve Health?” Sponsored by the Wisconsin Partnership Program, European Union Center for Excellence, Evidence-Based Health Policy Project, and La Follette School of Public Affairs. Madison, Wisconsin, 9 October 2009. Faculty director, Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute, 2009-12 Faculty director, Wisconsin Population Health Service Fellowship Program, 2009-present Member, Executive Committee, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, 2008-present Member, Educational Policy Council, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 2008-11 Member of site visit team for review of proposed Doctor of Public Health program in Health Policy and Management, New York Medical College School of Public Health, August 2007. Testimony on behalf of the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative before the Committee on Health and Government Operations, Maryland House of Delegates, 2 March 2004.


Co-chair, conference on “State Health Coverage: Current Realities, Future Possibilities.” Sponsored by the Law and Health Care Policy program, University of Maryland School of Law and Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, to be held in Baltimore, Maryland, 18 November 2002. Member of Faculty Senate, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 2001-04. Participant, Health Care Regulatory Reform Summit, Maryland General Assembly, Annapolis, Maryland, 16 December 1998. Member, President’s Council on Urban Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1998-2001. Member, search committee for director of the Policy Sciences Graduate Program, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1997. Member, invitational Workshop on Children’s Health, National Academy of Social Insurance, Washington, D.C., 28 June 1996. Member, planning committee on graduate education, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1995-96. Member, search committee for Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Research, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1995-96. Member, review committee for 1st Annual Health Care Research Award, sponsored by the National Institute for Health Care Management, Washington, D.C., 1994. Faculty mentor for the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program and summer institute, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1993.

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American Political Science Association International Political Science Association European Health Policy Group AcademyHealth American Public Health Association Wisconsin Public Health Association

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