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Schroeder Named to Mathematica Board
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PRINCETON, NJ—May 12, 2011—Mathematica Policy Research is pleased to announce the election of Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., to its board of directors. Dr. Schroeder is distinguished professor of Health and Health Care in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, as well as the director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center. Between 1990 and 2002, Dr. Schroeder was the president/CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He has received numerous honors and awards, including election to the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.
"We are pleased to welcome Dr. Schroeder to our board," said Paul Decker, chief executive officer and president of Mathematica. "Steve is a respected and accomplished leader in many fields with a strong understanding of how research and evidence can improve public well-being. We are grateful that he is dedicating his knowledge and commitment to our efforts and look forward to his contributions and guidance."
Dr. Schroeder graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. He held faculty appointments at Harvard, George Washington University, and UCSF. At both George Washington and UCSF, he was founding medical director of a university-sponsored HMO, and at UCSF he founded the division of general internal medicine. He has published extensively in the fields of clinical medicine, health care financing and organization, prevention, public health, the work force, and tobacco control. He currently is a member of the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine, a director of the James Irvine Foundation and the Robina Foundation, and chair of the Health Care Services Board of the Institute of Medicine. He formerly chaired the American Legacy Foundation, was a council member of the Institute of Medicine, an overseer of Harvard, and president of the Harvard Medical Alumni Association. He has six honorary doctoral degrees and numerous awards.
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.