Richard L. Lichtenstein, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy

Director, Summer Enrichment Program in Health Management and Policy

Director, Kellogg Health Scholars Program, Community Track

1415 Washington Heights
M3124 SPH II
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029

Office: (734) 936-1316; Fax: (734) 764-4338

E-mail: lichto@umich.edu

Website(s): The Summer Enrichment Program in Health Management and Policy

Curriculum Vitae (PDF, 114,477 KB)

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's research interests include: Community-Based Participatory Research; Racial and ethnic disparities in health; Barriers to health insurance coverage for low-income children; The effects of discrimination on access to health care; and, efforts to increase diversity in the health workforce. 

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 Health Scholars Program, Community Track. Dr. Lichtenstein is involved in the governance of two Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs), which provide health benefits to groups of retirees. 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    Syllabus (PDF)
HMP602: Survey of the U.S. Health Care System    Syllabus (PDF)

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, the effects of discrimination on access to health care,  and, in the performance of multidisciplinary health care teams.

Selected Publications

Lantz, PM, Lichtenstein, R, and Pollack, HA." (September, 2007). "Health Policy Approaches to Vulnerable Populations:The Limits of Medicalization." Health Affairs, September/October, 2007., 1253-1257.

Israel, BA., Krieger, J, Vlahov D., Ciske S., Foley M., Fortin P., Guzman,JR., Lichtenstein R.,McGranaghan R., Palermo, A., and Tang, G. " (November, 2006). Challenges and Facilitating Factors in Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships: Lessons Learned from the Detroit, New York City and Seattle Urban Research Centers Journal of Urban Health, 83, 981-1182.

Wells, R, Jinnett, K., Alexander, JA , Lichtenstein, RL, et al." (April, 2006). Team Leadership and Patient Outcomes in US Psychiatric Treatment Settings Social Science and Medicine, 62, 1840-1852.

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.