Sept. 10, 2014

Dr. Mark Holmes

Dr. Mark Holmes

Mark Holmes, PhD, associate professor of health policy and management at the Gillings School, is one of four UNC faculty members selected to receive the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty.

Holmes joined the Gillings School faculty in 2010 after serving as vice president of the North Carolina Institute of Medicine, an organization that strives to enhance the efficient, effective delivery of health care to North Carolinians.

His work focuses on rural health, comparative effectiveness and complex methods for policy analysis, particularly as it relates to public health and health policy. He is recognized for visionary, innovative research that is grounded in economics and sheds light on issues relevant to health policy.

His examination of the effect of rural hospital closures on the local economy led to a statewide program to provide grants to financially struggling hospitals. Holmes is currently working on a team projecting the supply of physicians during the next 20 years, factoring in the demand for care with existing specialties to identify the mix of services physicians could offer.

“Dr. Holmes strives to reach both academic scholars in health services research and economics as well as policy makers,” said Sandra Greene, DrPH, interim chair of the health policy and management department. “He wants to make a difference in the real world of addressing the public health needs of rural communities, providers and policy makers.”

Other 2014 prize recipients are Gina Chowa, assistant professor in the School of Social Work; Cary Levine, associate professor in the Department of Art, College of Arts and Sciences; and Garret Stuber, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine. The winners will be recognized at the Sept. 19 meeting of the UNC Faculty Council.

The award, established in 1986 by Goldsboro, N.C., native Phillip Hettleman, carries a $5,000 stipend. Hettleman received a scholarship to UNC and, after graduating, moved to New York in 1938 and founded a Wall Street investment firm.


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Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: David Pesci, director of communications, (919) 962-2600 or dpesci@unc.edu.

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