Professional Summary
Dr. Paula Lantz, a social epidemiologist, is the S.J. Axelrod Collegiate Professor of Health Mangement and Policy, and is Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy. She is also a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research. Prior positions include working as an epidemiologist for the Wisconsin Division of Health and as a senior researcher for Marshfield Clinic. She is the director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan. Dr. Lantz's main areas of research interest are policy issues in women's health and child health, clinical preventive services (such as cancer screening and prenatal care), and social inequalities in health. She teaches courses on public health policy and policy analysis methods.
Courses Taught
HMP615: Introduction to Public Health Policy
HMP664: Applied Health Policy Analysis
HMP 695: Public Health Policy Issues in Women's Health
Education
Ph.D., Social Demography, University of Wisconsin, 1991
M.S., Epidemiology, University of Wisconsin, 1991
M.A., Sociology, Washington University, 1983
B.A., Sociology/English, St. Olaf College, 1981
Research Interest & Projects
Longitudinal national study of social disparities in health
Population-based study of breast cancer treatment
Study of policy issues in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
Selected Publications
Mohai P., Lantz P.M., House J.S., Morenoff J., Mero R.P. (In Press). Racial and socioeconomic disparities in residential proximity to polluting industrial facilities: Evidence from the Americans' Changing Lives Study. American Journal of Public Health.
Lantz P.M. and Soliman S. (2009). An evaluation of a Medicaid expansion for cancer care. Women's Health Issues, 19, 221-231.
Lantz, P.M. (2008). Gender and leadership in health administration: 21st century progress and challenges. Journal of Healthcare Management., 53(5), 291-301.
Shone L.P., Lantz, P.M., Dick, A.W., Chernew, M.E., Szilagyi. (2008). Crowd-out in the state children's health insurance program (SCHIP): Incidence, enrollee characteristics and experiences, and potential impact on New York's SCHIP. Health Services Research, 43(1):Part II, 419-434.
Lantz, P.M., Lichtenstein, R., Pollack, H. (2007). Health policy approaches to vulnerable populations: The limits of medicalization. Health Affairs, 26(5), 1253-57.
Hawley, S.T., Lantz, P.M., Janz, N.K., Salem, B.O., et al. (2007). Factors associated with patient involvement in surgical treatment decision making for breast cancer. Patient Education and Counseling, 65(3), 387-95.
Lantz, P.M., Mujahid, M., Schwartz, K., Janz, N.K., et al. (2006). The influence of race, ethnicity and individual socioeconomic factors on breast cancer stage at diagnosis. American Journal of Public Health, 96(12), 2173-2178.
Lantz, P.M., House, J.S., Mero, R., Williams, D.A. (2005). Stress, life events and socioeconomic disparities in health: Results from the Americans' Changing Lives study. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 46(3):274-288.
Lantz, P.M., Janz, N.K., Fagerlin, A., Lakhani, I. et al. (2005). Satisfaction with surgery outcomes and the decision process in a population-based sample of women with breast cancer. Health Services Research, 2005; 40(3), 745-767.
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