Professional Summary
Richard Lichtenstein, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy. He received both his M.P.H. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in medical care organization, and a B.S. from Cornell University in industrial and labor relations. Dr. Lichtenstein is the director of the University of Michigan Summer Enrichment Program in Health Management, an internship program for undergraduate students interested in eliminating health disparities. He is also the director of the University of Michigan Training Site for the Kellogg Community Health Scholars Program. Dr. Lichtenstein formerly was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Courses Taught
HMP600: The Health Services System I
Education
Ph.D., Medical Care Organization, University of Michigan, 1981
M.P.H., University of Michigan, 1970
B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1968
Research Interest & Projects
Dr. Lichtenstein is currently the co-principal investigator of the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (URC). His research focuses on access to care for low income and uninsured populations. He led a community-based, participatory research project to enroll uninsured children from Detroit in Medicaid. He is also interested in issues related to the diversity of the health care workforce and in the performance of multidisciplinary health care teams.
Selected Publications
Lichtenstein, R. (Summer 2005). Promoting Diversity in Health Management: The University of Michigan Experience. Journal of Health Administration Education, 22, 251-282.
Lopez, E. D. S., Lichtenstein, R., Lewis, A. T., et al. (2005). Drawing from Freirian Empowerment Methods to Develop and Use Innovative Learning Maps: Increasing Enrollment of Uninsured Children on Detroit's Eastside Health Promotion Practice
Alexander, J.A., Lichtenstein, R.L., Jinnett, K., et al. (October 2005). Cross-Functional Team Processes and Patient Functional Improvement Health Services Research, 40, 1335-1355.
Mahajan, P., Ross, K., Stanley, R., Clark L., Sandberg K., and Lichtenstein, R. (2005). Evaluation of an Emergency Department-Based Enrollment Program for Uninsured Children Annals of Emergency Medicine, 45, 245-250.
Lichtenstein, R., Alexander, J.A., McCarthy, J. and Wells, R. (September 2004). Status Differences in Cross-Functional Teams: Effects of Individual Member Participation, Job Satisfaction and Intent to Quit Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 45, 322-335.
Israel B., Lichtenstein R., Lantz P., McGranaghan R., Allen A., Guzman R., Softley D. and Maciak B. (September 2001). The Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center: Lessons learned in the development, implementation and evaluation of a community-based participatory research partnership Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 7, 1-19.
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