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Mathematica Names Harrington to Direct Ann Arbor Office
New Appointment as Director of Health Research
Contact: Amy Berridge, (609) 945-3378
ANN ARBOR, MI—July 19, 2011—Mathematica Policy Research recently appointed Mary Harrington as director of health research and head of Mathematica's Ann Arbor office. In this position, she will be responsible for directing all staff and programming activities in that office.
Harrington joined Mathematica in 1991, leaving temporarily in 2002 to serve as deputy director for the Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured. Since returning to Mathematica in 2008, she has been an associate director of health research, overseeing the work of staff and conducting research on issues in public health, children's health and health insurance, and safety net delivery systems. Currently, she directs the 10-state evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program and is a principal investigator on the evaluation of Healthy San Francisco, an innovative medical home model. She has also conducted several evaluations of Medicaid managed care programs, including two that examined safety net provider strategies for coping with managed care and other delivery system changes. Harrington holds an M.P.P. from the Ford School of Public Policy.
"As our Ann Arbor office continues to expand, Mary's mentoring skills, varied experience, and significant research accomplishments will help guide the exciting growth in this office and in our organization as a whole," said Paul Decker, chief executive officer and president of Mathematica.
About Mathematica: Mathematica Policy Research, a nonpartisan research firm, provides a full range of research and data collection services, including program evaluation and policy research, survey design and data collection, research assessment and interpretation, and program performance/data management, to improve public well-being. Its clients include federal and state governments, foundations, and private-sector and international organizations. The employee-owned company, with offices in Princeton, N.J., Ann Arbor, Mich., Cambridge, Mass., Chicago, Ill., Oakland, Calif., and Washington, D.C., has conducted some of the most important studies of health care, education, international, disability, family support, employment, nutrition, and early childhood policies and programs.