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CURRICULUM VITAE

THOMAS C. RICKETTS, III

CONTACT: Business: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research University of North Carolina 725 M.L. King Blvd CB #7590 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590 (919) 966-7120 Fax (919) 966-5764

e-mail: tom_ricketts(at)unc.edu

Education: • Morehead Scholar, University of North Carolina, 1966-1970 • Certificate in Language, Leningrad State University (Russian Federation) and Georgetown University, 1969 • B.A., History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1970 • M.P.H., Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1978 • Ph.D., Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1988

Awards/Appointments • Board of Directors, NC Foundation for Advanced Health Programs, December, 2012-present, Secretary-Treasurer, 2015- • “Tar Heel of the Week” The Raleigh News and Observer, May 30, 2011 • Commissioner, National Health Care Workforce Advisory Commission, 2010- • Gillings Visiting Professor, École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, Paris, France 2008-11 • UNC Tomorrow, Council of Scholars, 2007-8 • Member, US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Advisory Committee, 2008-11. • Member, US Secretary of HHS National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Resources, four year term, 2004-2008. • R.J. Reynolds Industries Study Leave Award, July-Dec 2002 • Elected to North Carolina Institute of Medicine, April, 1999, Re-elected, 2005 • Distinguished Investigator Award. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 1998 • Distinguished Rural Researcher Award National Rural Health Association, May 1997 • Delta Omega, Public Health Honor Society 1997- • Recognition for Outstanding Research Contribution, NC Academy of Family Practice, April 1990

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Current Positions 12/16-present Senior Policy Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1/16- present Adjunct Professor of Health Policy and Management, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health. 2/16-Present Adjunct Professor. Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis RICKETTS, Thomas C. III Page 2

7/13- present Consultant, American College of Surgeons. Washington, DC. 10/10-present Commissioner. National Health Care Workforce Commission. Appointed to three-year term by the Acting Comptroller General of the United States. Term limit suspended pending Congressional action. 11/07-present Coordonateur et Chercheur Associé, Programme en Politique et Gestion de Santé. École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (School for Advanced Studies in Public Health), Paris and Rennes, France. Previous Positions 7/01- 7/15 Professor of Health Policy and Management and Social Medicine, Research Professor of Surgery, UNC-Chapel Hill Schools of Public Health and Medicine (Joint appointment). Phased retirement at 50% time, July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2015. 7/94 - 7/15 Deputy Director for Policy Analysis, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Also under phased retirement contract with UNC-CH 12/13 – 6/14 Special Government Employee, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). US DHHS. Rockville MD. Part-time assignment with National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, adviser to Administrator, HRSA. 3/08 – 7/13 Co Director, American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute. 12/06- 7/12 Editor-in-Chief, North Carolina Medical Journal, Morrisville, North Carolina. 10/88- 12/08 Director, North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 6/96 – 7/01 Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Administration. School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Associate Professor of Public Health Leadership, School of Public Health (through 2005) 6/01 – 6/03 Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Administration, University of South Carolina. 7/93- 6/00 Editor, Journal of Rural Health. Published by the National Rural Health Association, Kansas City, MO. Editorial offices in Sheps Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. 3/94 - 12/96 Director of Research, North Carolina Health Care Reform Commission (formerly NC Health Planning Commission). 12/91- 6/96 Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Administration. School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 7/88– 7/94 Associate Director for Health Policy Analysis. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 11/86- 7/93 Associate Editor. Health Services Research. Editorial Offices, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 11/86-7/88 Director, Program on Health Policy Analysis, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gordon H. DeFriese, Director. 9/89-12/91 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Administration. School of Public Health. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 7/78-10/86 Senior Research Assistant, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 9/78-9/81 Coordinator for Public Information and Dissemination. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1975-77 Communications Specialist, North Carolina Health Manpower Development Program, Room 201, NCNB Plaza, Chapel Hill, N.C. Dr. E. Lavonia Allison, Director. 1973-74 Assistant Executive Director, North Carolina Heart Association, 1 Heart Circle, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514. James Logan, Executive Director. 1971-73 Production and Design Manager, The Washington Monthly, 1028 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. Charles Peters, Editor.

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, Grants and Contracts Completed Projects 11/13- present Consultant, American College of Surgeons. 25% time.

6/15 – present Chercheur associé (Associate Researcher) projects de MOS/EHESP. 10% time

3/08—7/13 Co-Director. American College of Surgeons Institute for Health Policy Research. George Sheldon, MD, FACS, Director. $2,610,200 (through July, 2013). (20-50% time)

4/10—3/11 Principal Investigator. Support for the AHEC Training and Consultation Center (A-TrACC) in the development of standards for evaluation and assessment of AHEC programs. Contract with National AHEC Organization. $40,000. Contract ref 10-3653

5/01—6/10 Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee to the America’s Health Rankings® State Health Rankings. Initially a grant then a recurring contract with the United Health Foundation; $55,000 per year; total through 2010 $430,000. (5% time)

9/07—9/09 Principal Investigator. “Evaluating Need for Assistance Criteria and Weighting of Overall Criteria in the Requirements of Funding New Start and Expansion Grant Applications for Health Centers.” Contract with Bureau of Health Professions, HHSH-2322007-14112P Richard Lee, Project Officer (301-594-4300). (Total $53,953 direct costs; 10% time).

1/02—12/10 Principal Investigator. Technical Assistance to the United Health Foundation to support the development and improvement of the America’s Health Rankings project. Reed Tuckson, Project Officer. (renewable, total funding to date, $335,000; 10% time).

12/06—2/07 Principal Investigator. Analysis of Data to Assess Efficacy of Board Review Process. North Carolina Medical Board. Michael Sheppa, Medical Director, NCMB, Project Officer. ($10,000)

4/07 – 12/07 Principal Investigator. Impact Testing of the Proposed Revised Methodology for Designating Underserved Areas. Andy Jordon, HRSA, BHPr, project officer. ($98,472).

9/04 – 3/07 Principal Investigator. Technical Assistance to the Alaska Rural Health Office on The Design of an Evaluation of the Frontier Emergency Services Clinic Program. September 1, 2004- August 31, 2007. $195,000. Patricia Atkinson, Project Officer, Southeast Alaska Rural Health Center. (Funding from HRSA, Office of Rural Health Policy)

10/03 - 2/07 Principal Investigator. Regional Health Workforce Analysis Center. Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, US DHHS. Cooperative Agreement #U79HP00035-01-00. $746,806 ($249,094 in first year). Sarah Richards, Project Officer.

9/04 - 12/06 Principal Investigator. “Evaluating Need for Assistance Criteria and Weighting of Overall Criteria in the Requirements of Funding New Start and Expansion Grant Applications for Health Centers.” Contract with Bureau of Health Professions, #HHSH-232-2004-14022P Joe Fitzmaurice, Project Officer (301-594-4300). (total $94,937 direct costs; 10% time).

3/1/99 - 9/06 Co-Principal Investigator, Evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Southern Rural Access Program. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, March 1, 1999 through September, 2006.

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$1,390,566.

9/98 - 8/06 Co-Principal Investigator. Technical Assistance to the North Carolina Division of Facility Services for Analysis of the Statewide Hospital Discharge Database. Renewable annually; (total $246,000).

10/03 - 12/05 Principal Investigator. Development of a New Measure of Dental Underservice. Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, US DHHS. Contract #230-03-0012 $463,602. Andy Jordan (Corinne Axelrod, 2003-05), Project Officer.

1/03 – 2/04 Principal Investigator. Evaluation of the North Carolina Access (Community Care) System. Contract with the North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs. January 1, 2003 – March 1, 2004. ($103.410). Torlen Wade Project Officer.

5/99-12/03 Principal Investigator (with Pam Silberman) Institute for State Legislative Staff. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation through the National Conference of State Legislatures. $401,000

5/03 – 10/03 Principal Investigator. “Evaluating Need for Assistance Criteria and Weighting of Overall Criteria in the Requirements of Funding New Start and Expansion Grant Applications for Health Centers.” Contract through HSR, Inc. for HRSA Task Order. Andrew Fontanez, Project Officer. ($99,075 direct costs; 10% time).

8/01-6/03 Principal Investigator. Evaluation of the National AHEC Program. Bureau of Health Professions, Division of State Community and Public Health, HRSA. $239,467. Contract Number HRSA-250-01-0011-0001(01) Contract Officer : David Hanny.

1/01-6/03 Principal Investigator. Development of a Proposed Rule for Designating Underserved Areas. Bureau of Primary Health Care, HRSA. $235,000 (Cooperative Agreement with the Office of Rural Health Policy (HRSA) (1 UIC RH 0027-01).

5/99-5/01 Principal Investigator. Technical Assistance to the "Community Voices Project" of First Health of the Carolinas, Pinehurst, North Carolina. Funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation through FirstHealth of the Carolinas. $173,319.

9/00-8/01 Investigator. Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center. Project lead for “Arguing for Rural Health Policy” project. Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA, 20% coverage, total funding $599,000

10/96-9/00 Principal Investigator and Director, North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. HRSA Grant #CSR000002/03/4 -01 (extended). Total funding, $1,810,460.

9/98-6/99 Principal Investigator. Workshop on Health Professions Modeling for State and Local Primary Care Policy Makers. U.S. Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA. Contract No. 98- BHPR-A262736, $42,000.

10/93 - 9/98 Principal Investigator. AHCPR Rural Center. Funded by the U.S. Agency for Health Policy and Research. Projects include an evaluation of the AHCPR Rural Managed care Demonstration and an Assessment of the Effects of Medicaid Managed Care on Rural Areas. Current funding level $498,850,

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1/98-7/98 Principal Investigator. Burden of Osteoporosis in North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Total Funding: $19,109.

4/92- 3/98 Co-Principal Investigator. State of the Art Cancer Management in Rural Areas. National Cancer Institute (through Bowman Gray School of Medicine) 10% time commitment as Principal Investigator of UNC contract for evaluation. Total funding $254,106 direct, $113,077 indirect.

10/94- - 9/97 Investigator. University of North Carolina Rural Telemedicine Project. Funded by the US Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA. Mark Williams, P.I. Responsible for evaluation of the project. Current funding total $464,160.

10/88- 9/96 Principal Investigator and Director, North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Program. HRSA Grant #H-AR-000016-01—04. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ($1,590,544 over 8 years).

10/93- 9/95 Principal Investigator. Planning and Development of a Model Community-Based Urban- Rural Health Care Network. Funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (US DHUD) through a contract with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Foundation. Contract Funding total, $661,591 direct costs, $322,101 indirect costs for 18 months, 10-20% time committed over the course of the project. Contract ends September 30, 1995.

9/92 - 9/95 Investigator. Program on Research for Older Rural Populations. National Institute on Aging. AG09648 (5% commitment).

3/93 - 10/93 Principal Investigator. Study of the Implementation of the Rural Medical Education Demonstration Project, contract with the U.S. Bureau of Health Professions. $24,780.

9/92 - 8/93 Investigator. The Effect of PPS on Medicare Beneficiaries with Multiple ADM Disorders. National Institute of Mental Health. (5% commitment) approved through 8/31/93.

11/92 - 3/93 Principal Investigator. Study of Coverage for Maternity Services for North Carolina Women. Contract with North Carolina Department of Insurance in response to legislation passed by the North Carolina General Assembly. ($34,923).

4/91 - 6/93 Principal Investigator. Preparation of a Geographical Study of Rural Health. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research PHS, DHHS . Funding awarded for 15 month project beginning April 1, 1991, extended through June 1993 ($297,757).

10/91 - 12/92 Principal Investigator. “The Future of the Small, Rural Hospital in America.” Grant from the Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, NY. $41,106.00.

9/91 - 7/92 Principal Investigator. “The Effects of Increased Revenue from FQHC on the Quality of Services Provided by Community Health Centers.” Subcontract with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. to the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration Contract # 240-91-007. $61,122.00.

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10/89- 2/92 Principal Investigator. “Study of Health Professions Distribution, Training and Service Models to Meet Rural Health Care Needs.” Sub-contractor to the National Rural Health Association, Contract #240-89-0037, Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, PHS, DHHS ($275,475, Year 01; $130,860, Year 02).

9/89-5/90 Principal Investigator. “Modification of the North Carolina State Medical Facilities Plan Acute Care Hospital Bed Allocation Method.” NC Hospital Foundation ($34,000).

10/87-7/89 Project Coordinator. National Evaluation of the NCI Community Clinical Oncology Program. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Arnold Kaluzny, Ph.D., Principal Investigator.

2/85-3/87 Project Coordinator. North Carolina Practice Variations Study, funded by the North Carolina Medical Society. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gordon H. DeFriese, Ph.D., Principal Investigator.

7/84-12/86 Data Coordinator and Research Associate for an NCI-funded project. Evaluation of the Effects of Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Strategies on the Worksite Behavior and Health Beliefs of Rubber Workers. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Arnold Kaluzny, Ph.D., Principal Investigator.

9/78-12/83 Site-Visitor and Research Assistant for the National Evaluation of Rural Primary Care Strategies. Responsible for significant portions of the research design, data collection, analysis, and report and article writing for this project. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cecil G. Sheps, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator.

9/78-9/80 Coordinator for two Center-funded research projects, Hospital Appointments of North Carolina Physicians and The Institute of Medicine Definition of Primary Care: Practice Characteristics and Attitudes of North Carolina Physicians. Responsible for research design, data collection, analysis, and dissemination for these two projects. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

MEMBERSHIPS American College of Surgeons, Affiliate Member 2012- present North Carolina Institute of Medicine, 1999- (reappointed, 2005) Royal Geographical Society, Fellow, 1997-2008 (renewable) American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1999-2005 American Public Health Association, Medical Care Section 1978-2015 AcademyHealth (formerly Association for Health Services Research), 1980- North Carolina Health Council, Secretary 1986-1988; President, 1989- National Rural Health Association; Research and Education Constituency Group Program Planning Committee, 1993-1996. Chair, for Program Planning, Research and Education Constituency Group. 1999 Chair, Awards Committee, 1998-2001

PUBLICATIONS PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES: (N=131) 1. Ricketts TC. 2016. The Context for Rural Health Care. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved Vol 27(4a):ix-xii.

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2. Ricketts TC, Fraher EP, Spero J. 2016. Counting Physicians in Specialties: By What They Do or How They Train. Journal of Medical Regulation. Vol 102, No. 12, Jul Vol 102, No. 12, Jul 2016. 3. Ricketts TC, Adamson WT, Fraher EP, Knapton A, Abdullah F, Klein M, Geiger JD. 2016. The Future Supply of Pediatric Surgeons. Annals of Surgery. June 8, 2016. Published ahead of print. PMID 27680514. 4. Fraher EP, Ricketts TC. 2016. Building a Value-Based Workforce in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal. Vol. 77(2), March, 2016. 94-98. 5. Lantz A, Holmer H, Finlayson S, Ricketts TC, Watters D, Gruen R, Hagander L. 2015. International Migration: Surgeons, Anaesthesiologists and Obstetricians. The Lancet Global Health. Vol. 3 special issue, s11-s12, 27 April 2015. 6. Santric-Milicevic M, Tercic Z, Matejic B, Vasic V, Ricketts TC. 2014. First- and fifth-year medical students' intention for emigration and practice abroad: a case study of Serbia. Health Policy, 118: 173-83, November 2014. 7. Petit dit Dariel O, Waelli M, Ricketts TC. 2014. France’s transition to academic nursing: the theory- practice gap. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. Vol. 4 No. 10: 89-100 10.5430/jnep.v4n10p88. 8. Neuwahl S, Ricketts TC, Holmes GM. 2014. The impact of general surgeon supply on the risk of appendiceal rupture in North Carolina. Annals of Surgery, 259(5):910-915. 9. Ricketts TC, Fraher EP. 2013. Reconfiguring health workforce policy so that education, training, and actual delivery are closely connected. Health Affairs. 32 (11): 1874-80. 10. Fraher EP, Ricketts TC. Lefebvre A, Newton W. 2013. The Role of Academic Health Centers and Their Partners in Reconfiguring and Retooling the Existing Workforce to Practice in a Transformed Health System. Academic Medicine 88(12): 1812-16. 11. Ricketts TC. 2013. The migration of physicians and the local supply of practitioners. Academic Medicine, 88(12): 1913-8. 12. Ricketts TC. 2013. How the Affordable Care Act will affect access to health care in North Carolina. NCMJ: The North Carolina Medical Journal. Vol. 74, No. 4. 13. Wiley-Exley E, Domino ME, Ricketts TC, Cuddeback G, Burns BJ, Morrissey J. 2013 The impact of assertive community treatment on utilization of primary care and other inpatient health services: the North Carolina experience. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association July 19(4):195-204. 14. Melvin CL, Corbie-Smith G, Kumanyika SK, Pratt CA, Nelson C, Walker ER, Ammerman A, Ayala GX, Best LG, Cherrington AL, Economos CD, Green LW, Harman J, Hooker SP, Murray DM, Perri MG, Ricketts TC; Workshop Working Group on CVD Prevention in High-Risk Rural Communities. American Journal of Public Health. 2013 Jun;103(6):1011-21. Epub 2013 Apr 18. 15. Charles AG, Ortiz-Pujols S, Ricketts TC, Fraher E, Neuwahl S, Cairns B, Sheldon G. 2013. The employed surgeon, a changing professional paradigm. JAMA Surgery. 148(4):323-8. 16. Wright B, Ricketts TC. 2013. When patients govern: federal grant funding and uncompensated care at federally qualified health centers. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. May; 24(2):954- 67. 17. Ricketts TC, Moye C, Halvorson D. 2013. The importance of surgical workforce maps. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 98(1):49-53. 18. Neuwahl, S., K. Thompson, Ricketts TC, et al. (2012). "HPRI data tracks. Urology workforce trends." Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 97(1): 46-49. 19. Neuwahl, S., E. Fraher, Ricketts TC et al. (2012). "Trends in the otolaryngology workforce in the U.S." Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 97(3): 30-34. 20. Fraher E, Knapton A, Sheldon GF, Meyer AA, Ricketts TC. 2012. Projecting Surgeon Supply Using a Dynamic Model. Annals of Surgery, 257(5):867-72. 21. Ricketts TC, Naiditch M, Bourgueil Y. 2012. Advancing primary care in the US and France. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 3(3): 221-5, July 2012. 22. McGinigle KL, Leese PJ, Ricketts TC, Marston W. 2012. Major limb amputation is higher in regions with limited access to cardiovascular specialists. Journal of Vascular Surgery Vol 55, No. 6 56S-57S. June, 2012.

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23. Ricketts TC, Belsky D. 2012 Medicare Costs and Surgeon Supply in Hospital Service Areas. Annals of Surgery, 255(3):474-7. 24. Wang V, Lee SY, Patel UD, Maciejewski ML, Ricketts TC. 2011. Longitudinal analysis of market factors associated with provision of peritoneal dialysis services. Medical Care Research and Review 68(7):537-58. 25. Charles AG, Walker EG, Poley ST, Sheldon GF, Ricketts TC, Meyer AA. 2011. Increasing the number of trainees in general surgery residencies: is there capacity. Academic Medicine May 86(5):599-604. 26. Ricketts TC. 2011. The health care workforce: Will it be ready as the boomers age? A review of how we can know (or not know) the answer. Annual Review of Public Health. Vol 32, pp 417-30. 27. Etzioni DA, Finlayson SR, Ricketts TC, Lynge DC, Dimick JB 2010. Getting the science right on the surgeon workforce. Archives of Surgery, in April 2011, 146(4) 381-4. 28. Ricketts TC. 2010. Point de vue d’initiés… (Interview with Antoine Flahault, Julie Lyonnard and Jean- Noel Cabanis). Cahiers Hospitaliers. Number 231. October, pp. 14-16. 29. Ricketts TC. 2010. Organisation territoriale de l’offre des soins primaries destineé aux populations le plus défavorisés, l’exempler de l’État de Caroline du Nord. Review Française des Affaires Sociales. Vol 64, no. 3. Julliet-Septembre. pp. 73-80. 30. Erwin PC, Greene SB, Mays GP, Ricketts TC, Davis MV. 2011. The association of changes in local health department resources with changes in state level health outcomes. American Journal of Public Health 2011 Vol 101, No. 4, pp. 609-15. 31. Wright DB, Ricketts TC. 2010. The road to efficiency? Re-examining the impact of the primary care physician workforce on health care utilization rates. Social Science & Medicine. 70(12):2006-10. Epub 2010 Mar 20. 32. Wang V, Lee S-Y D, Patel U, Weiner BJ, Ricketts TC, Weinberger M. 2010. Geographic and temporal trends in peritoneal dialysis services in the United States between 1995 and 2003. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 55(6):1079-87. April 10, Epub ahead of print. 33. Belsky D, Ricketts TC, Poley S, Gaul K. 2010 Surgical deserts in the US: Counties without surgeons. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 95:(9) 32-35. September. 34. Ricketts TC. 2010. The Migration of Surgeons. Annals of Surgery. 251:363-367. 35. Ricketts TC. 2009. Preparing the Health Services Research Workforce. Health Services Research, December 2009. 14(6):2227-41. 36. Ricketts TC. 2009. How Many Physicians? How Much Does It Matter. JAMA. Vol 302 No. 12, October 11. 37. Pathman D, Ricketts TC. 2009. Interdependence of General Surgeons and Primary Care Physicians in Rural Communities. Surgical Clinics of North America. 89(2009):1293-1302. 38. King J, Fraher EP, Ricketts TC, Charles A, Sheldon GF, Meyer A. 2009. Characteristics of Practice Among Rural and Urban General Surgeons in North Carolina. Annals of Surgery. 249(6):1052-60. 39. Poley S, Belsky D; Gaul K; Ricketts TC, Fraher E, & Sheldon G. (2009) Longitudinal trends in the US surgical workforce, 1981-2006. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 94(8):27-31. 40. Ricketts TC, King J and Fraher E. 2009. Productivity of General Surgeons: Age, Gender and Location Effects. Cahiers de Sociologie et de Démographie médicales. Vol 49 No. 3, 2009 pp. 336-7. 41. Landry, M. D., Ricketts TC, E. Fraher, and M. C. Verrier. 2009. “Physical Therapy Health Human Resource Ratios: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Canada.” Physical Therapy. January 8, 2009 On-Line Publication. 42. Sheldon GF, Ricketts TC, Charles A, King J, Fraher EP, Meyer AP. 2008. The global health workforce shortage: the role of surgeons and other providers. Advances in Surgery 42: 63-85. September 2008. 43. Ricketts TC. 2008 Innovative approaches to research and policy in health workforce (La recherché et l’action enquete de pistes nouvelles). Cahiers de sociologie et de demographie medicales Vol 48 No. 2. April-Juin 2008. Pp. 266-9. 44. Ricketts TC, Randolph R. 2008. The Diffusion of Physicians. Health Affairs, 27(3):1409-15 September/October, 2008. 45. Thaker S, Pathman D, Mark B, Ricketts TC. 2008. Service-linked scholarships, loan and loan-repayment programs for nurses in the southeast. Journal of Professional Nursing, 24(2):122-30. Mar-Apr 2008.

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46. Vanasse A, Ricketts TC, Courteau J, Orzanco MG, Randolph R, Asghari S. (2007). Long term regional migration patterns of physicians over the course of their active practice careers. Rural and Remote Health. 7:812 (Online). 47. Landry MD, Ricketts TC, Verrier MC. (2007) The Precarious Supply of Physical Therapists Across Canada: Exploring National Trends in Health Human Resources (1991 to 2005). Human Resources for Health. 5:23 (25 September, 2007). 48. Ricketts TC, Holmes GM. (2007) Mortality and physician supply, does region hold the key to the paradox. Health Services Research, Volume 42 No. 5. 2233-2250. 49. RICKETTS TC, Randolph R. (2007) Urban-Rural Flows of Physicians. Journal of Rural Health, Volume 23 No 4, 277-285, Fall 2007. 50. RICKETTS TC, Goldsmith LJ, Randolph R, Lee R, Taylor DH, Ostermann J (2007) Designating places and populations as medically underserved: A proposal for a new approach. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Volume 18 No. 3: 567-589. 51. Radford A, Pink G. RICKETTS TC (2007). A comparative performance scorecard for federally funded CHCs. Journal of Healthcare Management. 52(1):20-31. 52. RICKETTS TC. (2006) State and local partnerships for meeting the healthcare needs of small and often remote rural communities. North Carolina Medical Journal 67(1):43-50. 53. Hall SA, Kaufman JS, RICKETTS TC. (2006), Defining urban and rural areas in U.S. epidemiological studies. Journal of Urban Health. 2006;83(2) 162-175. 54. Pathman DE, RICKETTS TC, Konrad TR. (2006) How Adults' Access to Outpatient Physician Services Relates to the Local Supply of Primary Care Physicians in the Rural Southeast. Health Services Research. 41(1):79-102 February 2006. 55. RICKETTS, TC; Goldsmith L. (2005) Access in Health Services Research: The Battle of the Frameworks. Nursing Outlook. 53(6):274-80. 56. Hall SA, Kaufman JS, Millikan RC, RICKETTS TC, Herman D, Savitz DA. (2005) Urbanization and breast cancer incidence in North Carolina, 1995-1999. Annals of Epidemiology 15(10):796-803. 57. Weiner, BJ, RICKETTS TC, Fraher EP, Hanny D, Coccodrilli, LD (2005). Area Health Education Centers: Strengths, Challenges, and Implications for Academic Health Science Leaders. Health Care Management Review 30(3):194-202. 58. RICKETTS, TC. (2005) Workforce Issues in Rural Areas, A Focus on Policy Equity. American Journal of Public Health, 95(1):42-8 January 2005. 59. RICKETTS TC, Gaul K. (2004) Numbers of Minority Health Professionals: Where Do We Stand? North Carolina Medical Journal. Nov/Dec 2004. 65(6):381-4. 60. Hartwig KA, Eng E, Daniel M, RICKETTS TC, Quinn SC. 2004. AIDS and “Shared Sovereignty” in Tanzania from 1987 to 2000: A Case Study. Social Science and Medicine. 60(7):1613-24 April, 2004. 61. Hobbs SH, RICKETTS TC, Dodds JM, Milio N. 2004. Analysis of interest group influence on federal school meals regulations 1992 to 1996. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 36(2):90-98. 62. Chan L, Hart LG, RICKETTS TC, Beaver SK. 2004. An analysis of Medicare’s incentive payment program for physicians in health professional shortage areas. The Journal of Rural Health 20(2): 109-117, Spring 2004. 63. RICKETTS TC. 2003. Arguing for Rural Health: Toward a Progressive Rhetoric for America. The Journal of Rural Health 20(1):43-51, Winter 2004. 64. Slifkin RT, Randolph R, RICKETTS TC. (2004). The changing metropolitan designation process and rural America. The Journal of Rural Health 20(1):1-6. Winter 2004 65. Pathman D, Thaker S, RICKETTS TC, Albright J. (2003). Use of program logic models in the Southern Rural Access Program evaluation. The Journal of Rural Health 19:5 (supplemental 2003): 308-13. 66. RICKETTS TC. (2003) Geographic information systems and public health. Annual Review of Public Health. 24: 1-6. 67. Mello MM, Stearns SC, Norton EC, RICKETTS TC. (2003) Understanding Biased Selection in Medicare HMOs. Health Services Research, 38 (3):961-962.

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68. Taylor P, Blewitt L, Brasure M, Call KT, Larson E, Gale J, Hagopian A, Hart LG, Hartley D, House P, James MK, RICKETTS TC. Small town health care safety nets: Report on a pilot study. The Journal of Rural Health. 19(2); 125-34, spring 2003. 69. Silberman P, Costich E, Pendergraft T, RICKETTS TC. (2002) Access to Care for North Carolina’s Uninsured. North Carolina Medical Journal. 63(1):35-47. January/February, 2002. 70. Paskett ED, Cooper MR, Stark N, RICKETTS TC, Tropman S, Hatzell T, Aldrich T, Atkins J. (2002) Clinical Trial Enrollment of Rural Patients with Cancer. Cancer Practice 10(1):28-35, January/February 2002. 71. RICKETTS TC. (2002) Rural Health Research and Rural Health in the 21st Century: The Future of Rural Health and the Future of Rural Health Services Research The Journal of Rural Health 18(S)140-6. Supplement, 2002. 72. RICKETTS TC, Pope D. (2002) Demography and Health Care in Eastern North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal. 62(supplement):S20-25. January/February, 2002. 73. RICKETTS TC, Randolph R, Howard H, Pathman D, Carey T. (2001) Hospitalization Rates as Indicators of Access to Primary Care. Health & Place. 7(1):27-38. 74. RICKETTS TC, Heaphy PE. (2000) Hospitals in rural America. Western Journal of Medicine 173(6):418-422. 75. RICKETTS TC. (2000) Health care in rural communities. Western Journal of Medicine 173(5):294-5. 76. RICKETTS TC, Hart LG, Pirani M. (2000) How many rural doctors are there? The Journal of Rural Health. 16(3):198-207. 77. RICKETTS TC. The Changing Nature of Rural Health Care. Annual Review of Public Health. 2000 21:639- 57. 78. Hawley ST, Earp JA, O'Malley MO, RICKETTS TC. The role of physician recommendation in women’s mammography use: Is it a two stage process?” Medical Care, 38(4):392-403. 2000. 79. Probst JC, Samuels ME, Hussey JR, Berry DE, RICKETTS TC. (1999) Economic impact of hospital closure on small rural counties, 1984 to 1988: demonstration of a comparative approach. The Journal of Rural Health 15(4) 375-90. 80. Brasure M, Stearns SC, Norton EC, RICKETTS TC. Competitive Behavior in Local Physician Markets. Medical Care Research and Review, 56(4) 395-414 December 1999. 81. Pathman DE, RICKETTS TC. When-access-to-care indicators meet. Designated shortage areas and avoidable hospitalizations. Archives of Family Medicine. 8(Nov/Dec):492-493 1999. 82. Tropman SE, Hatzell T, Paskett E, RICKETTS TC, Cooper MR, Aldrich T. Colon cancer treatment in rural North and South Carolina. Cancer Detection and Prevention. 23(5):428-434, 1999. 83. Fasciano NJ, Felt-Lisk S, RICKETTS TC, Popkin B. (1999) Preparing rural communities for managed care: Lessons learned. The Journal of Rural Health 15(1) 78-86. 84. Tropman SE, RICKETTS TC, Paskett E, Hatzell TA, Cooper MR, Aldrich T. Rural breast cancer treatment: evidence from the Reaching Communities for Cancer Care (REACH) project. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 56: 59-66, 1999. 85. Hatzell TA, RICKETTS TC, Tropman SE, Paskett ED, Cooper MR. Rural Physicians' Understanding of the State-of-the-Art in breast, colon, and rectum cancer treatment Cancer Causes and Control. 10(4):261- 267, 1999. 86. Reif S, RICKETTS TC. The Medicare Critical Access Hospital Program: The First Year. The Journal of Rural Health 15(1) 61-68, 1999. 87. Goldsmith LJ, RICKETTS TC. Proposed Changes to Designations of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas: Effects on Rural Areas. The Journal of Rural Health 15(1) 44-55, 1999. 88. Baer LD, RICKETTS TC, Konrad TR, Mick SS. Do International Medical Graduates Reduce Physician Shortages? Medical Care, 36(11): 1534-1544. November, 1998. 89. RICKETTS TC, Taylor DH, Savitz LA. Using Logistic Regression to Make County-Level Estimates of the Uninsured Problem in North Carolina. Policy Studies Review. 14(3/4):323-338, Autumn/Winter 1996.

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90. RICKETTS TC, Tropman SE, Slifkin RT, Konrad TR. Migration Of Obstetricians-Gynecologists Into and Out Of Rural Areas, 1985-1990. Medical Care 34(5):428-438, May, 1996. 91. Slifkin RT, RICKETTS TC, Howard HA. The Potential Effects of Managed Competition in Rural Areas. Health Care Financing Review., 17(4):143-156, Summer 1996. 92. Lambrew JM, DeFriese GH,, Carey TS, RICKETTS, TC, Biddle AK. The Effects of Having a Regular Doctor On Access To Primary Care. Medical Care; Volume 34, Number 2:138-151, February, 1996. 93. RICKETTS TC, Slifkin RT, Johnson-Webb K. Patterns of Health Maintenance Organization Service Areas in Rural Areas. Health Care Financing Review, Volume 17, No. 1:99-113, Fall 1995. 94. Williams ME, RICKETTS TC, Thompson BG. Telemedicine and Geriatrics: Back to the Future. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Volume 43:1047-1051, 1995. 95. Kobrinski EJ, Mansfield CJ, RICKETTS TC, Allison EJ. Primary Care Physicians for North Carolina: How Many Are Needed? Where Will They Come From? Can The Need Be Met? North Carolina Medical Journal. Volume 56, No. 8:352-358, August 1995. 96. Zuckerman HS, Kaluzny AD, RICKETTS TC. Alliances in Health Care: What We Know, What We Think We Know, and What We Should Know. Health Care Management Review 20(1):54-64, Winter, 1995. 97. Shi L, Samuels ME, RICKETTS TC, Konrad TR. A Rural-Urban Comparative Study of Nonphysician Providers in Community and Migrant Health Centers. Public Health Reports 109(6):809-815 November- December, 1994. 98. Pathman DE, Konrad TR, RICKETTS TC. The National Health Service Corps Experience for Rural Physicians in the Late 1980s. JAMA 272(17):1341-1348 November 2, 1994. 99. Kolimaga J, Konrad TR, RICKETTS TC. Does Subsidizing Rural Community Health Centers Hurt Private Practice Physicians? Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 5(2): 124-141, Spring 1994. 100. Pathman DE, Konrad TR, RICKETTS TC. Medical Education and the Retention of Rural Physicians. Health Services Research, 29(1)39-58, Winter 1994. 101. Lambrew JM, RICKETTS TC. Patterns of Obstetrical Care in Single-Hospital, Rural Counties. Medical Care, 31(9):822-833, September, 1993. 102. Horner RD, Samsa GP, RICKETTS TC. Preliminary Evidence on Retention Rates of Primary Care Physicians in Rural and Urban Areas. Medical Care 31(7):640-648, July, 1993. 103. Taylor DH, RICKETTS TC. Helping Nurse-Midwives Provide Obstetrical Care in Rural North Carolina. American Journal of Public Health 83(6):904-905, June, 1993. 104. Fondren LK, RICKETTS TC. The North Carolina Obstetrics Access and Professional Liability Study: A Rural-Urban Analysis. The Journal of Rural Health 9(2):129-137, Spring, 1993. 105. Shi L, Samuels ME, Konrad TR, RICKETTS TC, Stoskopf CH, Richter DL. The Determinants of Utilization of Midlevel Providers in Rural Community and Migrant Health Centers. The Journal of Rural Health 9(1):27-39 Winter, 1993. 106. Lambrew JM, RICKETTS TC, Morrissey JM. Realigning Rural Health Services: Integration of Rural Health Departments and Community Health Centers. Public Health Reports, 108(1):19-29, January- February, 1993. 107. Taylor DH, RICKETTS TC. Increasing Obstetrical Care Access to the Rural Poor. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 4(1):1-12, 1993. 108. Rutledge R, Messick J, Baker CC, Rhyne S, Butts J, Meyer A, RICKETTS TC. Multivariate Population- Based Analysis of the Association of County Trauma Centers with Per Capita County Trauma Death Rates. The Journal of Trauma, 33(1):29-38; July, 1992. 109. Pathman DE, Konrad TR, RICKETTS TC. The Comparative Retention of National Health Service Corps and Other Rural Physicians: Results of a Nine Year Follow-up Study. JAMA, 268(12):1552-1558. September 23/30, 1992. 110. Monroe AC, RICKETTS TC, Savitz LA. Cancer in Rural Versus Urban Populations: A Review. The Journal of Rural Health 8(3):212-220, Summer, 1992.

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111. Kindig D, RICKETTS TC. Determining Adequacy of Physicians and Nurses for Rural Populations: Background and Strategy. Journal of Rural Health. 7(4):313-326, 1991. 112. Fondren LK, Watterson MK, RICKETTS TC. Tort Reform and Access to Obstetrical Care: The Proposed North Carolina Birth Impairment Fund. North Carolina Medical Journal, 52(2):89-95, February 1991. 113. RICKETTS TC. Education of Physician Assistants, Nurse Midwives, and Nurse Practitioners for Rural Practice. Journal of Rural Health. 6(4):537-43, October 1990. 114. Gillings D, RICKETTS TC, Barnsley JM, Kaluzny AD, Ford L, Warnecke R, Sondik E. The Role of Thematic Evaluation in Program Assessment: The Case of the Community Clinical Oncology Program. Journal of Health Systems. 14(4):197-211, 1990. 115. RICKETTS TC. Competition and Rural Primary Care Programs. Journal of Rural Health, 6(2):119-139, April 1990. 116. Kaluzny AD, RICKETTS TC, Warnecke R, Ford L. Morrissey J, Gillings D, Sondik E, Ozer H, Goldman J. Evaluating Organizational Design to Assure Technology Transfer: The Case of the Community Clinical Oncology Program. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 81(22), November 15, 1989:1717-1725. 117. RICKETTS TC, Kaluzny AD. Innovation Within Innovation: A Paradox for Cancer Control Research. Family & Community Health, 12(3):54-62, 1989. 118. DeFriese GH, RICKETTS TC. Primary Health Care in Rural Areas: An Agenda for Research. Health Services Research, 23(6):931-975, February 1989. 119. Patrick DL, Stein J, Porta M, Porter CQ, RICKETTS TC. Poverty, Use of Health Services, and Health Status in Rural America. Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly 66(1):105-136 1988. 120. RICKETTS TC, Konrad TR, Stein JS, DeFriese GH. Population Ecology and Health Policy Analysis: The Case of Rural Primary Care Centers. Medical Care Review, 44(2):345–373, Fall 1987. 121. RICKETTS TC, Kaluzny AD. Health Promotion and Industry: Where Interdisciplinary Research Meets Reality. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 10(3):304-322, September 1987. 122. RICKETTS TC. The Geography of Inpatient Admissions in North Carolina: A Fifteen Year Analysis. North Carolina Medical Journal, 48(1):5-8, January 1987. 123. RICKETTS TC, DeFriese GH, Wilson IG. Family Medicine Trends in Education and Financing. Health Affairs, 5(4):84-96, Winter 1986. 124. Kaluzny AD, Schenck AP, RICKETTS TC. Cancer Control in the Workplace: An Organizational Innovation. Health Promotion, 1(3):293-299, 1986. 125. Bradham DD, McLaughlin CP, RICKETTS TC. 1986. The Ability of Aggregate Data to Predict Self- Sufficiency Levels in Subsidized Primary Care Practices. Journal of Rural Health, 1(2):56–68, 1985. 126. McLaughlin CD, RICKETTS TC, Freund DA, Sheps CG. 1985. An Evaluation of Subsidized Rural Primary Care Programs: Impact of the Rural Hospital on Clinic Self-Sufficiency. American Journal of Public Health, 75(7):749-753, July, 1985. 127. RICKETTS TC, Sheps CG, Wagner EA, Guild PA. 1984. An Evaluation of Subsidized Rural Primary Care Programs: III. Stress and Survival 1981-1982. The American Journal of Public Health, 74(8):816-819, August, 1984. 128. RICKETTS TC, Konrad TR, Wagner EA. 1983. An Evaluation of Subsidized Rural Primary Care Programs: II. The Environmental Contexts. The American Journal of Public Health 73(4):406-413, April, 1983. 129. RICKETTS TC, DeFriese GH, Rosenfeld LS. 1983. The Hospital and Medical Practice: A Study of Physician Staff Appointments Among Specialists and Generalists. Health Services Research, 18(1):75–87, Spring, 1983. 130. Sheps CG, Wagner EF, RICKETTS TC, et al. 1983. An Evaluation of Subsidized Rural Primary Care Programs: I. A Typology of Practice Organizations. The American Journal of Public Health, 72, (1):38-49, January, 1983. 131. Farrow S, Kaluzny AD, Ricketts TC. 1981. Proceedings of a Conference on Health Services Research Issues in the Veterans' Administration: An Introduction. Journal of Medical Systems, 5(1–2):1–16, 1981.

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PEER REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS

RICKETTS, TC. 2016, "Public Health Policy and the Policymaking Process" in: Erwin PC and Brownson RC, eds. Scutchfield and Keck’s Principles of Public Health Practice. 4th edition. Boston: Cengage Learning. RICKETTS TC. 2014, “Building an Effective and Sustainable Health Care Workforce” in Oliver, T. (ed.) The CQ Guide to U.S. Health and Healthcare Policy. CQ Books (A Sage Imprint) September 2014. RICKETTS TC. 2012 “Geographies of Health Care Access” in: Cockerham WC, Dingwall R, Quah S, eds. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society. London: Wiley-Blackwell. RICKETTS TC. 2012. Global Health Reform in Fried B and Gaydos L. World Health Systems (2nd Edition) Chicago: AUPHA/HAP. RICKETTS TC. 2010 Accessing Health Care. Chapter in: A Companion to Health and Medical Geography. Brown T, McLafferty S, Moon G. eds. London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 pp. 521-39. RICKETTS TC. Rural Health. In: Mullner, R. ed. The Encyclopedia of Health Services Research. Sage Publications, Inc., 2009 pp. 1054-8. RICKETTS, TC. “Public Health Policy and the Policy-Making Process” in: Scutchfield FD, Keck CW, Mays G. Principles of Public Health Practice, 3rd Edition. Clifton Park NJ: Thomson Delmar Learning. 2009. Pp. 86- 115. RICKETTS, TC. 2008. Brain Drain: Affecting the Pull Factors in the American Sun Belt. In: Moore JM, Dal Poz MR, Perfileva G, Doan BDH, eds National Health Workforce: The Growth of Challenging Trends. Paris: Centre de Sociologie et de Demographie Medicales, 2008 (pp.199-212.) RICKETTS, TC. 2008. Healthcare Workforce Planning. In: Fried, BJ; Fottler, M and Johnson, JA., eds. Human Resources in Healthcare: Managing for Success. 3nd Edition. Chicago, AUPHA/HAP, 2008. Silberman P, RICKETTS TC. 2007. The U.S. Healthcare system and the need for patient advocacy. In: Gilkey MB, Earp JL, French EA, eds. Patient Advocacy for Health Care Quality. Boston: Jones and Bartlett. (pp. 29- 58). RICKETTS, TC. 2005. Healthcare Workforce Planning. In: Fried, BJ; Fottler, M and Johnson, JA., eds. Human Resources in Healthcare: Managing for Success. 2nd Edition. Chicago, AUPHA/HAP, 2005. RICKETTS, TC and Melissa Fruhbeis. 2003. “Federal/State Coalition Initiative for Rural Health Care.” In: Leatt, Peggy and Joseph Mapa, eds. Government Relations in the Health Care Industry. Westport, CT: Praeger. pp. 109-22. RICKETTS, TC. 2002. Geography and Disparities in Health Care. In Swift, E. K. Ed., Guidance for the National Healthcare Disparities Report. National Academies Press, Washington DC, 2002 (pp. 149-180). Zuckerman HS, Kaluzny AD, RICKETTS TC, 2001. Strategic Alliances in: Back to Basics. Chicago: Health Administration Press RICKETTS TC. 2001. “Rural Health Care in the United States” in: Rural Health Care in Japan and the United States: Shared Challenges and Solutions (Also in Japanese). Washington, DC: The Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs, 2001. RICKETTS TC. The Rural Patient. In: Geyman, John, Editor. The Handbook of Rural Medicine. New York. John Wiley & Sons, 2000. RICKETTS TC. Introduction and Epilogue. in: RICKETTS TC, Editor. Rural Health in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. RICKETTS TC, Johnson-Webb KD, Randolph RK. Populations and Places in Rural America. in: RICKETTS TC, Editor. Rural Health in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. RICKETTS TC. Federal Programs and Rural Health. in: RICKETTS TC, Editor. Rural Health in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. RICKETTS TC. Rural Hospitals, in: RICKETTS TC, Editor. Rural Health in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Salmon MA, RICKETTS TC. Secondary Data and Statistical Profiles of Older Rural Americans. In: Gesler WM, Rabiner DJ, DeFriese GH, Eds. Rural Health and Aging Research: Theory, Methods and Practical Applications. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, 1997.

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Williams ME, RICKETTS TC, Thompson BG. Improving Health Care Research for Rural Elderly People Using Advanced Communications Technologies. In: Gesler WM, Rabiner DJ, DeFriese GH, Eds. Rural Health and Aging Research: Theory, Methods and Practical Applications. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, 1997. RICKETTS TC, Kaluzny AD, Zuckerman HS, Walton GB. Implications for Research. In: Partners for the Dance: Forming Strategic Alliances in Health Care, Kaluzny AD, Zuckerman HS, RICKETTS TC, Eds. Ann Arbor: Health Administration Press, 1995. RICKETTS TC, Health Care Professionals in Rural America. in: Rural Health Services: A Management Perspective. Beaulieu, Joyce E. and David E. Berry, Eds. Ann Arbor, MI: AUPHA Press/Health Administration Press, 1994. RICKETTS TC. A Focus on Rural and Regional Health Care Delivery. In: RICKETTS TC, Savitz LA, Gesler WM, Osborne DN (Eds.). Geographic Methods for Health Services Research. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1994. RICKETTS TC, Savitz LA. Access to Health Services. In: RICKETTS TC, Savitz LA, Gesler WM, Osborne DN (Eds.). Geographic Methods for Health Services Research. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1994. RICKETTS TC. Point of Departure: Community-based measures of underservice. In: RICKETTS TC, Savitz LA, Gesler WM, Osborne DN (Eds.). Geographic Methods for Health Services Research. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1994. RICKETTS TC, Pathman D. Review of Methodology for Needs Assessment and Health Personnel Projections in Rural Health. in: Primary Care Research: Theory and Methods. Rockville, MD: DHHS Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1991. RICKETTS TC, Cromartie E. Rural Primary Care Programs in the United States: A Decade of Change. In: Gesler WM, RICKETTS TC, eds. Health in Rural America: The Geography of Health Care Services. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992. Rutledge R, RICKETTS TC, Bell E. Emergency Medical Services in Rural Areas. In: Gesler WM, RICKETTS TC, eds. Health in Rural America: The Geography of Health Care Services. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992. DeFriese GH, Wilson IG, RICKETTS TC, Whitener BL. Consumer Choice and the National Rural Health Crisis. In: Gesler WM, RICKETTS TC, eds. Health in Rural America: The Geography of Health Care Services. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS: RICKETTS, TC. Development of an Alternative Method for Determining Underservice. Poster presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Academy for Health Services Research and Policy. Atlanta, GA. June 10, 2001. Duncan PW, Mitchell J, Ballard D, DeFriese GH, RICKETTS TC, Matchar D. Urban-Rural Variations of Post- Acute Rehabilitation for Stroke Patients. Abstracts of the 12th Annual Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research, Chicago, June 5, 1995. RICKETTS TC. Options and Alternatives for Measuring Underservice. Abstracts of the 122nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, October 31, 1994. Joines JD, Taylor DH, RICKETTS TC, Carey TS. Regional and Urban-Rural Differences in Care Seeking and Choice of Providers for Adults with Acute Low Back Pain. Journal of General Internal Medicine 9(April Supplement 2): 57, 1994. RICKETTS TC. Health Care Professionals Mix in Rural Shortage and Non shortage Counties. Abstracts from the 16th Annual Meeting of the National Rural Health Association, May 12, 1993, Kansas City, MO. RICKETTS TC. Health Professions Training in Rural Hospitals. Abstracts from the 119th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, Georgia; November 11, 1991. RICKETTS TC. Models of Rural Health Care Systems. Abstracts from the 118th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, October 3, 1990. New York City. RICKETTS TC. Where Does COPC Grow? A Review of 40 Rural Health Centers. Abstracts from the 115th

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Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, LA, October 19, 1987. RICKETTS TC. Equity in Indigent Care: Issues in Policy and Measurement. Paper presented at the 114th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Las Vegas, NV, September 30, 1986. RICKETTS TC. Poverty, Use of Services and Health Status in Rural America: Policy Implications. Abstracts from the 114th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Las Vegas, NV, September 30, 1986. RICKETTS TC. Local Health Care Initiatives in Rural Areas: The Rural Response to Reaganomics. Abstracts from the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association; Montreal, Canada, November 15, 1982.

PEER REVIEWED BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS: RICKETTS TC. Health Services Researchers of the Future. Prepared for the AcademyHealth Summit on the Future of Health Services Research. Washington, DC: AcademyHealth, 2007 RICKETTS TC, Editor. Rural Health in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. RICKETTS TC, Savitz LA, Gesler WM, Osborne DN. Using Geographic Methods to Understand Health Issues. (AHCPR Pub. No. 97-N013). Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1997. (NTIS No. PB97-137707). This is also posted on the AHCPR web site at http://www.ahcpr.gov/research/geomap/geomap1.htm Kaluzny AD, Zuckerman H, RICKETTS TC (eds.) Partners for the Dance: Forming Strategic Alliances in Health Care. Ann Arbor, MI: Health Administration Press, 1995. RICKETTS TC, Savitz LA, Gesler W, Osborne D., eds. Geographic Methods in Health Services Research. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1994. Gesler WM, RICKETTS TC, eds. Health in Rural North America: The Geography of Health Care Services and Delivery. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992. RICKETTS TC. 1991. Barriers to Access to Services Provided by Physicians in General/Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics, General Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, and General and Child Psychiatry. Rockville MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, 1991. Publication HRSA 91-407(P).

BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS: RICKETTS TC. (2005) Federal Health Workforce Programs and their Logics. Guidance for the Evaluation of Program Productivity. Report to the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA. March 2005. RICKETTS TC, Goldsmith L, Randolph R et al. Toward a New Designation of Underservice: Final Report of Proposed Method, Analysis of Effects and Commentary on Related Areas. Prepared for the Shortage Designation Branch, National Center for Workforce Analysis, Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, US DHHS. May 24, 2002. RICKETTS, TC. (2001) Arguing for Rural Health in Medicare: A Progressive Rhetoric for Rural America. Working Paper No. 75. Prepared for the federal Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Smith L, Fraher EP, Pirani MJ, Hadley H, Busse C, RICKETTS TC. (2000) A Twenty-Year Profile of Trends in Licensed Health Professions in North Carolina: 1979-1998. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. RICKETTS TC, Johnson-Webb KD, Busse C. Mapping Rural Health: The Geography of Health Care and Health Resources in Rural America. Chapel Hill, NC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. March 1998. RICKETTS TC and Johnson-Webb KD. What is Rurality and How to Measure Rurality: A Focus on Health Care Delivery and Health Policy. Chapel Hill, NC: Rural Health Research Program, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, September, 1998. RICKETTS TC and Silberman P. The Market and Health Reform: North Carolina. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Health Care Reform Commission, October, 1996. 15 RICKETTS, Thomas C. III Page 16

RICKETTS TC. The Future of the Small Rural Hospital. A Policy Review for the Milbank Memorial Fund/King’s Fund Joint Policy Review on Hospitals and Health Services. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, October 1992. RICKETTS TC, ed. The National Rural Health Policy Atlas. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991. DeFriese GH, RICKETTS TC, Stein JS (eds.). Methodological Advances in Health Services Research. Ann Arbor, MI: Health Administration Press, 1989.

DISSERTATION:

RICKETTS TC. Community–Oriented Primary Care in Subsidized Rural Primary Care Centers. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, April 1988.

MONOGRAPH CHAPTERS

RICKETTS TC. An Emerging Rural-Urban Community Medicine Network. In: Community Medicine in Greifswald: First International Workshop. Edited by Stefan N. Willich, Birga Maier, Eberhard Werner, Uwe Fischer, Wolfgang Krethlow, Heinz-Peter Schmiedebach. Berlin: Peter Lang Verlag, 1995. RICKETTS TC, Guidance for Evaluation of the Program for Interdisciplinary Training for Health Care in Rural Areas. In: Interdisciplinary Development of Health Professionals to Maximize Health Provider Resources in Rural Areas. Rockville, MD: Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Office of Program Development (Prepared under contract HRSA-240-89-0037), March, 1993. RICKETTS TC, Fickenscher K. Overview of the Rural Health Care System. In: Study of Models to Meet Rural Health Care Needs Through Mobilization of Health Professions Education and Services Resources. Rockville, MD, June 1992. pp. 7-54. Pathman D, RICKETTS TC. Quantifying the Requirements for Health Professionals: Discussion of Methodologies. In: Study of Models to Meet Rural Health Care Needs Through Mobilization of Health Professions Education and Services Resources. Rockville, MD, June 1992. pp. 55-75. RICKETTS TC. A Strategy for Determining Adequacy of Health Professions Supply. In: Study of Models to Meet Rural Health Care Needs Through Mobilization of Health Professions Education and Services Resources. Rockville, MD, June 1992. pp. 75-90.

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Emily K. Tierney, Thomas C. Ricketts, Andy Knapton, Erin P. Fraher FutureDocs: Issue Brief 1# : April 26, 2017 Nation has Enough Physicians to Meet the Nation’s Overall Needs – For Now. Distribution to Worsen Gaul K, Ricketts TC, Moore J. Beyond the Minimum Data Set (MDS): What Additional Data Do States Collect on Health Workforce Supply?. Rensselaer, NY: Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center, Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany; December 2016. Ricketts TC. 2015. Diffusion of physicians and access to primary care: The role of person program, and place. Health Workforce Research Brief. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. October 2015. http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/DataBrief_Diffusion_RICKETTS.pdf Ricketts TC. 2015 Medicare Payments to Address the Maldistribution of the Health Workforce. The Rural Monitor. July 30, 2015. https://www.raconline.org/rural-monitor/medicare-at-50-thomas-RICKETTS/ Ricketts TC. 2015. Dr. Enough doctors for Medicaid expansion. Raleigh News & Observer, January 3, 2015. Editorial page. http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article10210475.html Gaul K, Poley ST, RICKETTS TC, Walker E, Groves J. Mapping the supply of surgeons in the United States, 2009. Chapel Hill, NC: American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute, 2010. RICKETTS TC. 2013. Demand and Supply of Public Health Doctorates in North Carolina. Report to the University of North Carolina General Administration. September 10, 2013. 16 RICKETTS, Thomas C. III Page 17

Ostermann J, Grzimek V, Whetten K, Taylor DH, RICKETTS TC. 2011. A conceptual framework for the targeting and evaluation of UNICEF-supported pro-equity programmes Working paper prepared for the UNICEF Regional Office, MENA Region. October 6, 2011 Walker E, Poley S, RICKETTS TC. 2010. The Aging Surgeon Population: Fact Sheet No., 5”. Chapel Hill, NC: American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute Belsky D, RICKETTS TC, Poley S, Gaul K, Fraher E, Sheldon G. 2009 Surgical Deserts in the US: Places Without Surgeons. Chapel Hill, NC, American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute. RICKETTS TC, Holmes GM. Geographic analysis: need for better data. Health Affairs. Mar-Apr 2009;28(2):595; author reply 595-596, 597. RICKETTS TC (and staff of the Ezecutive Office of the President) Report of Community Health Discussions: (A Report to President Obama) March 5, 2009. Led the analysis of data and contributed to the interpretation and content of a report to the President as part of his March 2009 Forum on Health Reform RICKETTS TC. 2007. Geography and Health Disparity. Washington, DC. Woodrow Wilson Center Conference Proceedings. wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=116811&fuseaction=topics.documents&group_id=347153 RICKETTS TC, Fraher EF, King J. 2007. AHECs, Health Workforce Planning and Analysis. The National AHEC Bulletin. Volume 23 No. 2:10-12. Fraher EF, King J. RICKETTS TC, 2007. History of AHEC and University Collaboration for Workforce Assessment. The National AHEC Bulletin. Volume 23 No. 2:15-17. RICKETTS TC. 2006. Improving America’s Health: Personal and Public Solutions. In: America’s Health Rankings, 2006 Edition. Minnetonka, MN: United Health Foundation. pp. 115-8. RICKETTS TC. Holmes GM, King J. 2006. Growth in Physician Supply is not Adequate to Meet the Needs of the Growing Population of North Carolina. Fact Sheet for the NC Institute of Medicine Task Force on Physician Supply. Moore J, Karnaukova J, McGinnis S, RICKETTS T, Skillman S, Paul E. 2006 Human Resources for Health: Options for Analysis and Monitoring. Background paper for the World Health Report 2006 (WHO). RICKETTS TC. (2005). Hurricane Katrina Displaced up to 6,000 Physicians. Southeast Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) Special Report. Dyson S, Tempio T and RICKETTS TC. Trends in the Supply of Certified Nurse Registered Nurse Anesthetists in North Carolina, 1992-2002. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. June 2004. RICKETTS TC, Fraher E, Hanny D, Roussel R, Schwalberg, Coccodrilli L. 2003. The 2002 Evaluative Study of AHECs. The National AHEC Bulletin 12(2):5-9 (Spring 2003). RICKETTS TC. “Rural Health Care in the United States” in: Rural Health Care in Japan and the United States: Shared Challenges and Solutions (Also in Japanese). Washington, DC: The Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs, 2001. RICKETTS TC. 2000 Rural health history. The Journal of Rural Health 16(2):108 (editorial). RICKETTS TC. 2000 The content of rural health research. The Journal of Rural Health 16(1):6-10 (editorial). RICKETTS TC. 1999 Rural communities and rural hospitals. The Journal of Rural Health 15(2):168-169 (editorial). RICKETTS TC. 1999 Policies for rural health care: they work, sometimes. The Journal of Rural Health 15(1):7-10 (editorial). Baer LD, RICKETTS TC, Konrad TR. International Medical Graduates in Rural, Underserved Areas. AAPI Journal 2(6):18-19; November-December, 1998. RICKETTS TC, Slifkin RT, Silberman P. The Changing Market, Managed Care and the Future Viability of Safety Net Providers—Special Issues for Rural Providers. Background Paper for the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. November 11, 1998. RICKETTS TC, Duperier C. Rural Health Care in Louisiana. Report to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, May 1998. Bernard Shula, Ostermann J, Heaphy P, RICKETTS TC. Burden of Osteoporosis in North Carolina. Report the North Carolina Legislative Task Force on Osteoporosis. April, 1998. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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RICKETTS TC. The Politics of Rural Health in the United States (Politika v Oblasti Sel’skovo Zdravookhraneniia v SShA) in: Zakharov, IA (Editor). Contemporary Reforms in Health Care: Russia and the United States (Sovremennye Reformy Zdravookhraneniya: Rossii i SShA. Materialy Rossijsko- Amerikanskoj Konferentsii. Saratov, Russia: Saratov Medical University, 1996 Proceedings of a Conference held at Saratov medical University, September3-7, 1996. (In Russian) Gesler WM, Walsh SJ, Crawford TW, Wittie PS, RICKETTS TC. Analysis of Hospital Service Areas in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Region of North Carolina, USA through GIS Approaches. Actes du IVe Colloque. Geography and Socio-economic Aspects of Health Care. Paris: CREDES, 1995. Walsh SJ, Gesler WM, Page PH, RICKETTS TC. Modeling Health Care Accessibility through an Integration of Network Analysis and Geographic Information Systems. Actes du IVe Colloque. Geography and Socio-economic Aspects of Health Care. Paris: CREDES, 1995. RICKETTS TC, Taylor DH. Examining Alternative Measures of Underservice. Proceedings of the 1995 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics, pp. 207-9. Washington, DC: National Center for Health Statistics, 1995. RICKETTS TC, Van Belois, Betsy. Community Health Districts. Background paper prepared for the North Carolina Health Planning Commission. Chapel Hill, NC: Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 1994. Coburn AF, Cordes S, Crittenden RA, Hart JP, Mueller KJ, Myers WW, RICKETTS TC. The Rural; Perspective on National Health Reform Legislation. Columbia, Missouri: Rural Policy Research Institute, March, 1994 Coburn AF, Cordes S, Crittenden RA, Hart JP, Mueller KJ, Myers WW, RICKETTS TC. Rural Implications of the Health Security Plan. Lincoln, Nebraska: Rural Policy Research Institute, October, 1993. RICKETTS TC, Kolimaga JT, Taylor DH, Savitz L. Study of Health Insurance Coverage for Prenatal and Delivery Services in North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, March 1993. (Prepared for the NC Department of Insurance and presented to the NC General Assembly). Monroe AC, Aldrich TE, RICKETTS TC, Cooper MR. (1992) Proximity to State-of-the-Art Cancer Care and Stage at Diagnosis: North Carolina, 1988. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program (Series: Working Papers in Rural Health, No. 20). (RICKETTS TC and others) Study of Models to Meet Rural Health Care Needs Through Mobilization of Health Professions Education and Services Resources. Prepared for the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Office of Program Development. Volumes I and II. Rockville, MD, June 1992. Responsible for health professions supply and need analyses, primary author for 16 of 21 chapters in this report. RICKETTS TC. The Costs of Care. Louisville Medicine, Vol. 28, No. 6:5-8, November 1990. Cromartie E, RICKETTS TC. Rural Primary Care Programs: A Longitudinal Study of Their Organization and Environments. Working Paper, North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, May 1990. Langholz R, RICKETTS TC. Access to Obstetrical Services In Rural Communities: A Response to the Liability Crisis in North Carolina. Working Paper, North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, April 1990. DeFriese GH, Wilson GW, RICKETTS TC, Whitener L. Consumer Choice and the National Rural Hospital Crisis: A Synthesis of Existing Literature. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, January 1990 RICKETTS TC. Optimizing Existing Resources in Rural Communities. In: Proceedings of the 6th District Rural Health Conference, Clinton, NC, November 20, 1989. DeFriese GH, Evans AT, RICKETTS TC, Cromartie EP. North Carolina Practice Variation Study of Hysterectomy. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC-CH Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 1989a. (Report to the North Carolina Medical Society Practice Pattern Variation Committee.) DeFriese GH, Evans AT, RICKETTS TC, Cromartie EP. North Carolina Practice Variation Study of Pediatric Respiratory Illness. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC-CH Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 1989b. (Report to the North Carolina Medical Society Practice Pattern Variation Committee.)

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RICKETTS TC. The Role of Educational Institutions in Health Care Personnel Training. In: National Institute for Rural Health Policy. Conference Proceedings: Availability and Access to Health Care for Rural Americans. Des Moines, IA: The National Institute for Rural Health Policy, 1989. RICKETTS TC. Financing Primary Care in Rural America: A Research Agenda for the Health Care Financing Administration. A paper commissioned by the Office of Research and Demonstrations, U.S. Health Care Financing Administration, November 18, 1988. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, 1988. RICKETTS TC (ed.). Health Care for North Carolina's Poor: Who Pays. Proceedings of a conference of the North Carolina Health Council, September 10, 1986. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 1987. RICKETTS TC. Feasibility/Success Factors in Rural Primary Care Practice Organization. Elk Grove, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, September 1985. RICKETTS TC, Guild PA, Hallman SH, DeFriese GH. Plastic Surgery Manpower for North Carolina. Part 1: Sociodemographic Profile. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, September 1984. RICKETTS TC, DeFriese GH, Seipp C. Some Unintended Consequences of Health Insurance: The Case of Rural-Urban Subsidization. In series: Working Papers in Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, June 1979. RICKETTS TC, Kaluzny AD, eds. Health Services Research in the Veterans' Administration, Journal of Medical Systems, 5(1–2):1–162, 1981. RICKETTS TC. University Duplication of Nursing Education Programs in the University of North Carolina. In series: Special Studies in Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 1978. RICKETTS TC. Issues of Equity in Financing Rural Health Care. Medicare Part-B and the Cross- Subsidization of Health Services. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Health Administration, UNC School of Public Health, April 1978. RICKETTS TC. Rural Health Care Ranked Among the Worst. North Carolina Anvil, 10(459), April 3, 1976. Rothchild J, RICKETTS TC. The American Connection, The Washington Monthly, June 1972. EDITORIALS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA JOURNAL OF MEDICINE RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd (2011). "Public health and environmental health. Introduction." NCMJ 72(2): 118. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd (2010). "Prevention and control of injury and violence." NCMJ 71(6): 526. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd (2010). "International health initiatives in North Carolina. Introduction." NCMJ 71(5): 428. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and S. C. O'Brien (2010). "Adolescent health in North Carolina." NCMJ 71(4): 342. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and E. Walker (2010). "Health reform and workforce: the North Carolina connection." NCMJ 71(3): 250-253. Silberman, P., C. E. Liao, RICKETTS, TC, et al. (2010). "Understanding health reform: a work in progress." NCMJ 71(3): 215-231. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2010). "What does health reform mean for North Carolina?" NCMJ 71(3): 214. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2010). "Long-term care: are we ready to meet expected needs and demand?" NCMJ 71(2): 132. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2010). "Policy forum. Prevention for the health of North Carolina." NCMJ 71(1): 29. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2009). "Putting people first: services and supports for people with developmental disabilities." NCMJ 70(6): 518. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2009). "Introduction. Preconception care: building the foundation for healthy women, babies, and communities." NCMJ 70(5): 416. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2009). "Introduction. Can we be healthy while our economy is unhealthy?" NCMJ 70(4): 319-320. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2009). "Policy forum: community care of North Carolina. Introduction." NCMJ 70(3): 217-218. 19 RICKETTS, Thomas C. III Page 20

RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2009). "Policy forum: substance abuse in North Carolina." NCMJ 70(1): 24. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd (2009). "Health reform in North Carolina: lessons from the past and prospects for the future." NCMJ 70(1): 20-22. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2009). "Policy forum: patient advocacy in North Carolina." NCMJ 70(2): 111. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2008). "Policy forum: school health policy in North Carolina. Introduction." NCMJ 69(6): 460. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2008). "Policy forum: healthy aging in North Carolina." NCMJ 69(5): 365. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and C. Nielsen (2008). "Policy forum: Cancer in North Carolina." NCMJ 69(4): 284. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and J. Hastings (2008). "Policy forum: chronic kidney disease in North Carolina." NCMJ 69(3): 196. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and J. Hastings (2008). "Policy forum: data and health policy." NCMJ 69(2): 101. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and K. L. Dubay (2008). "Policy forum: taking care of those who serve." NCMJ 69(1): 22. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd (2007). "Medical practitioner supply from a national perspective." NCMJ 68(3): 176-178. RICKETTS, T. C. and G. M. Holmes (2006). "A periodic feature to inform North Carolina healthcare professionals about current topics in health statistics." NCMJ 67(3): 235-236. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd (2006). "State and local partnerships for meeting the healthcare needs of small and often remote rural communities." NCMJ 67(1): 43-50. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and K. Gaul (2005). "Primary care physician supply in North Carolina." NCMJ 66(3): 253-254. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd and K. Gaul (2004). "Numbers of minority health professionals: where do we stand?" NCMJ 65(6): 381-384. RICKETTS, T. C., 3rd (2002). "More on primary care." NCMJ 63(5): 274. Silberman, P., E. J. Costich, et al. (2002). "Access to care for North Carolina's uninsured." NCMJ 63(1): 35-47.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (*PEER REVIEWED) “What to Expect With Health Reform”. Panel presentation for the British-America Business Council of North Carolina. Blue Cross Blue Shield, Durham, NC December 8, 2016 (covered by WRAL Television). Conference Summary. International Health Workforce Collaborative, AAMC Headquarters, Washington, DC, October 28, 2016. Interspecies Romance: Teams in Health Care. Presentation to the UCSF Healthforce Center, San Francisco, CA, May 7, 2016. Leadership and Teams. Presentation to the Statewide RIBN Conference of the Foundation for The Future Nursing Excellence. Greensboro, NC March 8, 2016. Health Services Research and Public Health Research. Presentation at the École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, September 14, 2015. Rennes, France. *The Future of Pediatric Surgery. Presentation to the AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference, Alexandria, VA. April 30, 2015. *Too Much Data. Presentation to the AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference, Alexandria, VA. April 30, 2015. "So Make Me". 2015 Gordon H. DeFriese Lecture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC April 1, 2015. Numbers and Workforce Policies. Keynote presentation for the UNC Dental School Research Day, Chapel Hill, NC, February 25, 2015. Parcours de Soins/Coordination of Care. Presentation to the Regional Cancer Group, Ile de France, November 22, 2014. The Future Demographics of General Surgeons. Panel presentation at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA, October 29, 2014.* Politics and Public Health (Closing Plenary). Third annual PHocus Conference. Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sante Publique, Paris France, October 24, 2014. Pediatric Surgeons, US Supply Trends Through 2030. Presentation to the APSA Task Force of Workforce, Elk Grove, IL, August 23, 2014.

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Rural Poor, and Underserved. Faculty for 2014 NIMHD Translational Health Disparities Course. Bethesda, MD, August 18, 2014. The Future of Medical Education. Visiting Faculty Presentation. University of Belgrade (Serbia) Medical School. June 29, 2014 Implementing the Affordable care Act. Panelist for WNCN Television (NBC Affiliate, Raleigh-Durham- Fayetteville) coverage of the opening of Insurance Exchanges (Aired Live, September 30, 3013). Health Reform Panelist. Southeastern NC Healthcare Summit. Wilmington, NC, May 8, 2013 Graduate Medical Education: Where Physicians Come From and Where they Go. Presentation to the AMA National Advocacy Conference, Washington, DC February 12, 2013. “Sufficiency” in the Supply of Physicians. Presentation to the Committee on Graduate Medical Education of the Institute of Medicine, National Academies. Washington, DC. December 19, 2012. The Supply of Physicians in North Carolina at the Certificate of Need Law. Presentation to the NC General Assembly Joint Committee on Certificate of Need. Raleigh, NC, October 10, 2012. *Geography and Health Services Research. Academy Health Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando FL, June 26, 2012. *Surgery Shortage Areas. Academy Health Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando FL, June 25, 2012 Workforce Data and Policymaking. Presentation at the HSA State Workforce Data Conference, Alexandria, VA, May 15, 2012. Projections as Projectiles. Presentation at the HRSA National Workforce Data Summit. Bethesda, MD. April 19, 2012 *Secular Trends Trump Health Reform. Presentation at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 24, 2011. Physicians and the Space Time Continuum. Presentation to the NEJM Annual Physician Recruitment Summit. Boston, MA. Sept. 16, 2011. *Geography and HSR. Academy Health Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 13, 2011. Panel Participant, “Geographic Equity in Medicare Payment Policy: Geographic Adjustment Factors and Value-Based Health Care,” AcademyHealth Annual Research Meetings 2011, Seattle, WA, June 14, 2011. *Physician Supply and Medicare Costs. AAMC Physician Workforce Conference. May 5-8, 2011; National Harbor, MD Health Reform and the AHECs. Presentation to the Statewide Area Health Education Centers Annual Meeting, Wrightsville Beach, NC, May 4, 2011. ObamaCare, BoehnerPain, Cantorwon’tCare and the long slog toward a somewhat equitable slightly more effective healthcare system in the United States. Presentation to the Adventures in Ideas Program of the UNC Institute for the Humanities. Chapel Hill, NC, March 4, 2011. ACOs, Surgery and Trauma System. Presentation to the American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute National Advisory Committee. Washington, DC. February 28, 2011. Two Views of Workforce Policy. Capitol Hill Briefing for the Alliance for Health Reform, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, November 15, 2010. *The Supply of Surgeons and the Costs of Care. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Washington, DC October 6, 2010. Rural Communities and Rural Policy. Presentation to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD; June 14, 2010 *An Integrated Healthcare Delivery System: CCNC: Presentation to the HSRN/SDO annual meeting. Manchester, England; June 3, 2010 Health Reform: Implications for the Health Care Workforce. Association of American Medical Colleges Physician Research Conference, Alexandria, VA; May 7, 2010. Physician Supply and Medicare Costs. Association of American Medical Colleges Physician Research Conference, Alexandria, VA; May 6, 2010. Data Collection to Answer Policy Question on Physician Supply. Presentation to the annual meeting of the Federation of State Medical Boards, Chicago, IL, April 23, 2010.

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Community Health Centers: An Experiment in Social Medicine?. Presentation to the North Carolina County Health Departments, Chapel Hill, NC April 22, 2010. The Supply of Health Professionals in North Carolina. Presentation to the NC Institute of Medicine Task force on Access. Morrisville, NC, April 21, 2010 Health Reform: 2010. Presentation to Duke University Community Physical Therapy Colloquium. Durham, NC. February 22, 2010. The North Carolina Community Care Program*. Colloquium “Politiques et organization des soins primaries: concepts, outiles et pratiques en Europe et aux États-Unis. Quels enseignements pour la France. Paris, France, 21 October, 2009. Productivity of General Surgeons: Age, Gender and Location Effects. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Health Workforce, Neuchatel Switzerland, October 14, 2009 The ACS HPRI, Informing Policy. Presentation to the American College of Surgeons Policy Committee. Chicago. October 10, 2009 Informing Policy for Surgery and Surgical Patients. Presentation to the Surgical Outcomes Club. Chicago October 11, 2009. The Rural Dilemma in Surgery. Presentation to the American College of Surgeons Clinical Conference, Chicago, October 12, 2009. Data for Assessing Primary Care Supply*. Presentation to the HRSA Health Workforce Summit. Washington, DC. August 11, 2009 Surgical Workforce Research*. Presentation to the AAMC Annual Workforce Research Conference. Washington, DC, April 29, 2009. North Carolina’s Health Workforce and its contributions to access. Presentation to the NC IOM Task Force on Preventive Services. February 20, 2009 Rating North Carolina’s Health. Presentation to the North Carolina State Health Directors Conference. Raleigh, NC; January 22, 2009 US Health Reform. Presentation in the Invited Lecture Series, École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, Rennes, France. December 8, 2008. The Challenges of Rural Health. Presentation to the Grantmakers in Health Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. DC, November 21, 2008. Practitioner Supply and the Safety Net in North Carolina. Presentation to the Safety Net Task Force, NC Institute of Medicine. Oct 21, 2008. The Diaspora of Physicians After Katrina. Presented to the 11th International Medical Workforce Collaborative Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland September 19, 2008.* The Health Services Research Workforce. Presented at the AcademyHealth 25th Annual Research Meetings, Washington, DC, June 9, 2008.* Whatever Happened to Primary Care: Causes and Consequences of the Shift Away from Primary Care. Presented at the AcademyHealth 25th Annual Research Meetings, Washington, DC, June 9, 2008.* The Diaspora of Physician from New Orleans following Katrina. Presented to the AAMC Physician Research Conference, Washington, DC: June 1, 2008.* “The Health Workforce in North Carolina” Presentation of NC General Assembly Joint Committee on Health. Raleigh, NC; April 8, 2008. Pyramids, Policy and Professionals. Keynote address to the Bureau of Health Professions All Grantees Meeting. Washington, DC. February 1, 2008. Health Services Researchers of the Future. Presented at the AcademyHealth Summit on the Future of Health Services Research. November 30, 2007, Washington, DC. The Pull Factors on International Workforce from the US Southeast. Presented at the conference “National Experiences in Addressing Adverse Trends Affecting the Health Workforce.” Sponsored by the WHO and the Ministry of Health, Portugal. Lisbon, Portugal. October 11, 2007. Policy and Power in Rural Health. Keynote address to the US Office of Rural Health Policy All-Grantees Meeting, Washington, DC, August 27, 2007.

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The Diffusion of Physicians. Presentation to the Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Research Conference, Washington, DC, May 3, 2007.* “International Human Resources for Health in North Carolina.”* Presentation at the conference “Navigating the Global American South. Research Triangle Park, NC, April 20, 2007. Is NC a Healthy State? Presentation to special seminar for North Carolina Voices: Diagnosing Health Care sponsored by WUNC-FM radio. Center for Documentary Studies, Durham, NC February 22, 2007. Stress in the American Health Workforce. Plenary presentation to the annual National Health Policy Meeting of AcademyHealth, Washington, DC, February 13, 2007. America’s Health Rankings: From Metric to Action. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Pubic Health Association. Boston, MA. November 7, 2006. (*) The Rural Health Workforce and the Political Economy of Underservice. Keynote presentation to the Region B Meeting of the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Asheville, NC, August 29, 2006. Rural Urban Physician Flows in the US, 1981-2003. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Rural Health Association, Reno, NV. May 18, 2006. (*) The Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Physician Supply in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Presented at the Association of Academic Medical Centers Physician Research Conference, Washington, DC, May 6, 2006. Supply of Physicians: Methodology and Policy Issues. Presented at the Association of Academic Medical Centers Physician Research Conference, Washington, DC, May 4, 2006. (*) Recruitment and Retention of Physicians in Rural Areas. Presented to the Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Academic Societies Meeting, Miami, FL, March 17, 2006. (*) The Physician Supply is Shrinking in North Carolina. Presentation to the North Carolina Institute of Medicine Board of Directors. January 10, 2006. Trends in Physician Supply in North Carolina. Physician Shortages. Presentations to the North Carolina General Assembly House Select Committee on Health. December 15, 2005. Trends in Physician Supply in North Carolina. Presentations to the North Carolina Institute of Medicine Task Force on Primary Care and Specialty Clinician Supply. November 29, 2005. Trends in North Carolina Physician Supply. Presentation to the 5th Annual Small & Rural Hospital Conference, November 15, 2005. Charlotte, NC. Conceptualizing and Measuring Access to Care. Inaugural lecture for the Program in Quality and Patient Outcomes. UNC-CH School of Nursing, October 11, 2005. Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Gulf Coast Physicians. Live Interview on MSNBC, September 28, 2005. The Distribution of Mortality in the United States: Region or Rurality? Presentation to GEOIDE Conference, Quebec, Canada, May 31, 2005. (*) Emerging Stories in Health: Universal Coverage. Presentation to the National Association of Health Journalists. Chapel Hill, NC; April 2, 2005. Is North Carolina Facing a Physician Shortage? Presentation to Kate B. Reynolds Health Care Trust. April 1, 2005 Geography and Health Disparity. Distinguished Lecture Series. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. April 20, 2005. States and Physician Data: Optimizing Information for Policy. Plenary presentation at the AAMC Physician Workforce Research Conference, Washington, DC, May 5, 2005. (*) The United Health Foundation State Health Rankings and Their Contribution to the Debate on Reform. Presented to the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 8, 2004. (*) Evaluating Health Workforce Programs. Presentation to the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (Planning subcommittee). Rockville, MD August 20, 2004 and to the Full Committee October 21, 2004.. Geographic Distribution of Physicians: What is a Fair and Balanced View. Presentation to the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA. June 6, 2004. (*) Training to Bring Users and Researchers Together. Keynote Address. AHRQ-HRSA Training Programs

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Annual Meeting; AcademyHealth. San Diego, CA, June 5, 2004. Access in Health Services Research, the Battle of the Frameworks. AHRQ-Sponsored Conference on The Intersection of Nursing and Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, NC. May 18, 2004. (*) The Geography of the Safety Net and Health Care in North Carolina. Presentation to the Task Force on the Safety Net North Carolina Institute of Medicine. Raleigh, NC March 9, 2004. Geography and Health Services Research. Nationally distributed online Cyberseminar for AcademyHealth. February 26, 2004. Health System Responses to Disparities in Access. Panel Presentation. “Mending the Health Care Divide”. Conference sponsored by the UNC Schools of Law and Public Health. Chapel Hill, NC November 1, 2003. Geography and Health Services Research. Methods in HSR course for the 20th Annual Research Meeting of AcademyHealth. Nashville, TN, June 30, 2003. Communities of Need for Pediatric Care. Presentation to the Duke Endowment Invitational Forum on Children’s Health. Charlotte, NC. June 4, 2003 The State of North Carolina’s Health. Presentation to Leadership North Carolina. East Carolina University Medical School, Greenville, NC, April 3, 2003. The Politics of Health Disparity. Panelist for the 25th Annual Minority Health Conference. Chapel Hill, NC. February 28, 2003.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE / ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES Courses Taught Population Perspectives and Research Methods. (HPM 860, 950) Fall, 2005-Fall 2008, Fall 2010-14, Summer- Fall, 2016, Fall 2017. Core course for the Dr.P.H. in Public Health Leadership, HPAA, UNC-SPH. 9-13 students. Taught as executive program using Internet with 2 residential sessions per semester.

Advanced Health Policy Analysis (HPM 563). Spring semester, 2011 (9 students) and 2012 (14 students).

Politique et Gestion. Modules for MPH students in Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sante Publique, Paris. 10-28 students, fall 2008, fall 2009-fall 2011, Spring-fall 2009-2017

Advanced Health Policy Analysis (HPM 563) a seminar with a focus on health workforce policy. 11 enrolled students, spring 2012; 9 enrolled students spring 2011.

Health Politics and Policy (HPM 755) Fall, 2008. Core course for the department 57 enrolled students.

Advanced Health Policy Analysis (HPAA 262) Spring 2005-2007. 22 students. Focus on creating policy and political arguments to foster change in health care systems (in 2005 with Dan E. Beauchamp, Visiting Professor).

Evaluation and Program Assessment (HPAA 245/472) Spring 2005-7. 21-34 students. Core course for health policy master’s students (MSPH).

Seminar in Advanced Health Policy (HPAA 262) Spring 2004, Focus on health workforce policy analysis, 6 students.

Seminar in Advanced Health Policy (HPAA 262) Spring 2003, Fall 2003. Focus on political theory and political philosophy and health policy 11 students.

Introduction to Public Health Policy, PUBH 305, 1992-2005. Seminar for Public Health Leadership Fellows. Six-eight doctoral students per year. Coordinated with PUBH 306, practical applications of public health policy, in 1996-2001.

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Health Politics and Policy, HPAA 260. Department Core Requirement. Spring 2002, 53 students; Spring 2001, 61 students; Spring 2000, 47 students; Spring 1999, 47 students; Spring 1998, 59 students; Spring 1997, 41 students; Spring 1996, 43 students; Spring 1995, 60 students; Spring 1994, 72 students.

Doctoral Seminar in Health Policy and Administration, HPAA 301, second semester of three semester core course for Ph.D. students. Focus on research organization, funding, and research design. Spring 1994, 6 students; Spring 1993, 14 students..

Evolution, Organization and Financing of Health Systems. UNC-CH School of Public Health, HPAA 220 (Regional Degree Program, Executive Masters Program) Summer-Winter, 1992 (22 students).

Practicum in Health Policy Analysis, HPAA 140, UNC-CH School of Public Health (Spring 1991, 8 students; Spring 1995, 6 students)

Health Politics and Policy. UNC-CH School of Public Health, HPAA 208, Graduate Lecture and Seminar Spring, 1990 (28 students) and Fall, 1990 (61 students) Department Core Requirement.

Introduction to U.S. Health Policy. UNC-CH School of Public Health, HPAA 75, Undergraduate Course, Fall 1988 (30 students).

Advising/Doctoral Committees Dissertations supervised: Mosca,Nicholas, Dr.P.H., Acts Before Congress: How Interest Groups Influence Oral Health Policy Making in the U.S. Government. Final approval November 18, 2014. Nagel, Kathrine Fox, Dr.P.H., Local Implementation of Federal Strategic Plans: The Role of The Health Care for the Homeless Program in Opening Doors. Final Defense December 16, 2013. Olsen Jennifer, Dr.PH. Infodemiology To Improve Public Health Situational Awareness: An Investigation of 2010 Pertussis Outbreaks in California, Michigan and Ohio. Final defense, March 19, 2013. Poley, Stephanie, Ph.D. Geographic variation in knee replacement surgery: provider or population driven. Final defense, June 16, 2011. Dunning, Dianne, Dr.P.H. Preparedness and disaster response training for veterinary students: a model for academic change through partnership, collaboration, and innovation. Final defense, June 6, 2011. King, Jennifer, Ph.D. Variation in the structure and performance of Community Care of North Carolina. Final Defense May 26, 2011. Woynar, Sebastien, Dr.P.H. The Impact of Political Governance on Biomedical Research Performance: a Study of 50 Countries. Final Defense, March 23, 2011. O’Connor, Jean. Dr.P.H. Informational Privacy Protections: Do State Laws Offer Public Health Leaders the Flexibility They Want? Final Defense, August 18, 2009. Fraher, Erin. Ph.D. Physician Careers in Rural Areas: Transitions and Trajectories. Final Defense March 23, 2009. Redington, Lynn. Dr.P.H. The Orphan Drug Act of 1983: A Case Study of Issue Framing and the Failure to Effect Policy Change from 1990-1994. Final defense, February 25, 2009. Strand, Justine, Dr.P.H. Enabling legislation for physician assistants in Puerto Rico: a socio-cultural policy analysis. Defense, September 25, 2008 Bates, Nicole. Dr.P.H. Identity And Impact: Exploring the Policy Future of the Global Health Council In a Changing Global Health Policy Environment. Graduated May, 2008 Goldsmith, Laurie J. Ph.D. Access to Health Care for Disadvantaged Individuals: A Qualitative Inquiry. April 15, 2007. Radford, Andrea, Dr.P.H. Development of a Comparative Performance Scorecard for Federally Funded Community Health Centers in North Carolina. Defense, October, 2006. Graduated, December 2006

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Zelt, Susan, MBA, Dr.P.H.., Moving from Perception to Action in the United Health Foundation’s State Health Rankings. March 13, 2006. Dressler, Lynn G. The Need for Uniform Policy for the Use of Human Specimens in Genetic Research. Final defense June 18, 2003. Short, Nancy Munn. How Do Current Surveys Describe Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Practice Compared to Primary Care Physician Practice. Final Defense, April 17, 2003. Havala, Sue, Dr.P.H., M.S., R.D. Nutrition Policy and Food Policy: The Impact of Interest Groups on Federal School Meal Regulations, 1992-1995. November, 2001 Ostermann, Jan. Ph.D. Predicting the Effects of Additional Cardiac Surgery Providers in North Carolina on Market Structure, Patient Volume and Access to Care, July 2000. Tropman, Sarah, Ph.D., Using an Integrated, Two-Stage Model to Assess the Role of Physician Recommendation in the Process of Women’s Mammography Use, May 1998 Silberman, Pam, Dr. P.H., How Well Does the State of North Carolina Protect Consumers Enrolled in HMOs” September 1997 Cockley, David. Dr. P.H., The Use of Ambulatory Care Sensitive Admission Rates to Assess Access in West Virginia” May 1996 Macintyre, Katherine. Ph.D., Rapid Survey Methods for Family Planning Evaluation. May 1996 Taylor, Don, Ph.D. Alternate Measures of Underservice: A Proposal and Assessment. May 1995 Gardner, Catherine, Dr. P.H., Program Evaluation of the North Carolina Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program November 1994.

Doctoral Committees (most recent five years): 2015-2016. V. Mazeau, Chair; Anne Wojtak, B. Puertas, Coburn, K, Demko, T. (Member) 2013-2015. V. Mazeau (Chair) N. Mosca (Chair), T. Demko (Chair), K. Coburn, Y. Davis, B. Puertas (Member). 2012-2013. V. Mazeau (Chair); J Olsen (Chair) K. Nagel (Chair) N. Mosca (Chair), T. Demko (Chair), M. Woodring (Chair), A. Wolkins (Chair); K. Coburn, Y. Davis, Harris, R. Silver (Member). 2011-2012. V. Mazeau (Chair); J Olsen (Chair) K. Nagel (Chair) N. Mosca (Chair), T. Demko (Chair), M. Woodring (Chair), A. Wolkins (Chair); K. Coburn, Y. Davis, Harris, Silver (Member). 2010-2011. S. Poley (Chair); J. King (Chair) S. Woynar (Chair) V. Mazeau (Chair); D. Dunning (Chair); Wright DB (member); 2009-11: S. Poley, PhD. (Chair); J. King, Ph.D.(Chair); D. Belsky, Ph.D.; D. Dunning, Dr.P.H.(Chair): N. Mosca, DrPH, S. Woynar, DrPH (chair); Woynar, S., Dr.P.H. (Chair); 2008, N. Bates, Dr.PH, Strand Dr.PH, Fraher PhD., Redington, Dr.PH) member for 5 Ph.D. committees, 3 HPM, 2 School of Nursing. 2006 (Zelt, Dr.P.H., Goldsmith, Ph.D.) 2001-2003: Chair 5 committees (Havala, Goldsmith, Short, Dressler, Niskar). Member (Lee. 2000-2001, Chair for 2 dissertation committees, member for 6 dissertation committees; 1999-2000, Chair for 4 doctoral dissertation committees, member for 6. 1998- 1999. Chair for 4 doctoral dissertation committees, member for 6 active committees. 1997-1998, Chair for 4 doctoral dissertation committees, member for 7 active committees. Member of School-wide steering committee for the organization of the Doctoral Program in Public Health Leadership, 1992-present. Member of admissions committee for Public Health Leadership Program, 1992-present. Member of Admissions Committee for UNC-CH Department of Health Policy and Administration. Winter 1992 - Spring 1994. For DrPH program, 2000-present.

UNC Guest Lectures/Schoolwide Committees/External activity

External Reader for Applications for Morehead Cain Scholarship, 2012-present Gordon H. DeFriese Lecture. "So Make Me..." Reflections on Data and Policy. Chapel Hill, NC, April 1, 2015. Keynote presentation, UNC-CH Dental Research in Review Day. "Numbers and Policy", UNC-CH Dental School, February 25, 2015. Panelist, WFAE-Radio Charlotte. Interview: Increasing Demand for Health Care, March 3, 2015.

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Neverending Reform. UNC School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. April 24, 2013. Alumni Review Committee for Morehead-Cain Scholarships to UNC-CH, 2012-present Selection Committee for UNC-CH nominees for the Truman Fellowship, 2012. Health Reform, 2012, UNC School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. February 15, 2012. Reorganizing Surgery. UNC School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. August 3, 2011. UNC Department of Epidemiology. EPID 753. Annual lecture on Rural Health, fall 2010, 2011, 2012 UNC School of Medicine Distinguished Medical Scholars Program. Topic Leader. Health Reform. December 18, 2008, Dec 2010-11. Health Reform, 2009. UNC School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. December 17, 2008. Statewide GME Taskforce. April 2008-January 2009. Develop formula for allocation of GME slots in North Carolina. CAROLINA 101. Lectures and presentations to prospective students. UNC Admissions Office, 2006-2007. Lectures to: American Medical Students Assn (Oct 2008); UNC-CH Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Residents in Preventive Medicine, and International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) Scholars. Topics: research methods, health policy for the poor, rural health issues, Geography and Health, GIS. 1990-2008. Mentor to APPLES Student Service Activity. Spring 2002. Supervised four students who completed project analyzing geography of the safety net in North Carolina. HPAA Representative, Schoolwide Search Committee for Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Fall 2005-Spring 2006. Responsible for Health Policy modules for Rural Interdisciplinary Health, HPAA 140. One or two lectures per semester. 1992-2005 Academic Standards Committee, UNC-CH School of Public Health 2000-2003. Member, selection committee, UNC NRSA Post Doctoral Fellows in Health Services Research; 1995-2004. Member, selection committee, UNC Department of Surgery Post Doctoral Fellows in Trauma Surgery; 1996- 2002 Health Reform in North Carolina. Grand Rounds Presentation. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, August 11, 1994. Lecturer for Grand Rounds in Family Medicine. Outcomes Research and Access. Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, August 26, 1991. Guest lecturer for Japan Executive Development Institute sponsored by the Association for University Programs in Health Administration. Duke University, July 5, 1991 Advising and assisting graduate students on thesis and dissertation committees in departments of Geography, Epidemiology, Public Administration, and Political Science; UNC-Chapel Hill, 1985-present

MEMBERSHIP ON BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS

North Carolina NGA Policy Academy Working Group. 2014-2015 National Governors’ Association Health Care Workforce Policy Academy National Technical Advisory Panel. 2014-2015 North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs, Board of Directors, 2012- North Carolina Committee on the Future of Nursing, Chair of Advisory Committee, 2012- National Academies. Institute of Medicine. Research Issues in the Assessment of Birth Settings: Workshop Planning Committee. May 2011-May 2013 National Academies. Institute of Medicine. Member, Standing committee on Family Planning. September 2010- October 2012. National Academies. Institute of Medicine. Committee on Geographic Adjustment Factors in Medicare Payment. September 2010-October 2012. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Technical Expert Panel, Geographic Variations. February- December, 2010.

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Secretary’s (US Department of Veteran Affairs) Advisory Committee on Rural Health. Two year term, 2008- 2010. Secretary’s (US DHHS) National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, four year term, 2004-2008. University of South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, National Advisory Board, 2000-2005. North Carolina General Baptist State Convention. Member, Technical Advisory Board to the Health and Human Services Staff. 2001-2005 North Carolina Institute for Public Health, Statewide Advisory Board, 1998-2005 Board of Directors, and Secretary, Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities. March 1998- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing. Center for Research in Chronic Illness (CRCI). Member of National Advisory Board, 1994- Governor’s Council on Health Policy Information. February, 1992-2000, Chair, July 1996-2000 University of North Carolina Hospitals Provider Relations Task Force, 1994-1996 North Carolina Academy of Family Practice. Rural Health Subcommittee, 1993-1995 National Rural Health Association. Research and Education Constituency Annual Meeting Planning Committee, Chair, 1993-.2000. Institute for the Generalist Physician. UNC-Chapel Hill, Community Practice Committee. 1993- North Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Access to Obstetrical Care Task Force. 1992- N.C. Migrant Health Program Advisory Council. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources. January, 1992-2010 National Advisory Committee, Preceptors in Rural Interdisciplinary Education. Project funded by Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, DHHS, 1992-1993

PEER REVIEW PANELS

Reviewer, AGFUND International Prize for Pioneering Development Projects, 2006-15. Arab Gulf Program for United Nations Development Organizations. Reviewer, Community Grants, The Bower Foundation, Jackson, Mississippi. Reviewer. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Bioterrorism grants and demonstrations program., 2004. Ad hoc reviewer for small grant proposals to the U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1991- present. Ad hoc reviewer for small grant proposals to the National Cancer Institute, 1991-present. Ad hoc reviewer for papers and proposals, National Academy of Sciences, 1995-present. Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, reviewer for Networks Grant Program, 1997. Association for Health Services Research submitted papers reviewer, 1995. Member AHCPR/NCNR Review panel for special grant initiative for Nursing Models for Rural Underserved Populations; NCI/DCPC review panel for conference grants in cancer control.

SELECTED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CONSULTING/EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Panel discussant, US IOM Taskforce, Evaluating Approaches to Assessing Prevalence and Trends in Childhood Obesity. Washington, DC, July 28, 2015 Consultant to University of New Mexico-Robert Wood Johnson Foundation committee to improve policy training for nurses. June 2015 - Advisor to the Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA, (Special federal employee) November 2013, October 2014. HRSA, Expert Panelist. Bonus Payments in Medicare, ASPE/DHHS, April 2013 Technical Expert Panel member. Development of a Consumer Satisfaction Survey for Ambulatory Surgery. RTI/CMS, March 2012

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Expert panelist on health workforce data policy, HRSA, Washington, DC 2012 April, 19, 2011 and May 15, 2012. Expert panelist on health workforce data policy, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) US DHHS. February, 2010 Grant reviewer for CHIPRA state level grants for CMS, February, 2010. Support to the Office of Health Reform, Executive Office of the President in analyzing the content of community meetings on health reform. December-February, 2009 Editorial Board. Public Health Reviews, January 2011- Editorial Board Member. Health & Place, January 2005- Consultant to the Robert Graham Center, American Academy of Family Practice on the Development of a Workforce Policy for Family Medicine. (August-October, 2004.) Consultant to the Bower Foundation (Jackson, MS) on and evaluation of the Mississippi Health Policy Research Center at Mississippi State University. (September, 2004 - ) Consultant to the National Advisory Committee for Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, HRSA, US DHHS. Provide advice and consultation to Congressionally mandated advisory committee charged with making recommendations on grant programs. (March-October 2004) Consultant to the Duke Endowment, Charlotte, NC. Analyzed children's health care needs in North Carolina in support of a planned grant program by the Duke Endowment. Provide assistance to potential grantees and review proposals. March 2003 through July 2005. Associate Editor, North Carolina Medical Journal, July 2002-2008. Member, Editorial Board, American College of Healthcare Executives/Health Administration Press. Three- year term, 1995-1998. Member of planning committee for the User Liaison Service, U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Rural Health Workshops. 1992-1994 Evaluation Advisor to East Tennessee State University, Rural Interdisciplinary Team Training Project, 1991- 1994 Guest Editor (with David A. Kindig) The Journal of Rural Health. Volume 7 Number 4, 1991. Editorial Board Member. The Journal of Rural Health, three-year term 1991-1994.

Reviewer for American Journal of Public Health, 1998- Annals of Family Medicine, 2016- Archives of Family Medicine 1998-; British Medical Journal, 2014- Health & Place, 2000- (Editorial Board Member, 2005- Health Affairs, 1996-; Health Economics (UK), 1998- Health Services Research, 1984-; (Associate Editor, 1987-1993) Health Policy, 2005- Human Resources for Health (WHO), 2015- Inquiry, 1990-; JAMA, 1994-; Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2005. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2006- Journal of Global Health, 2016- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2010- Journal of Preventive Medicine Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2011- Journal of Rural Health, 1986-; (Editor, 1993-1999) Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2010- Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1999-2000) 29 RICKETTS, Thomas C. III Page 30

Medical Care, 1993-present; Medical Care Research and Review, 2007 Milbank Quarterly, 1998- North Carolina Medical Journal, 2000- (Associate Editor, 2002-2007, Editor 2007- 2012) PLOS-One, 2014- Public Health Reports, 1993-2000; Public Health Reviews (Editorial Board Member, 2008-present) Social Science and Medicine, 2001-

OTHER Conducted Survey of national sample of rural hospitals to determine the effects of Operation Desert Storm on clinical staffing. Prepared report for Assistant Secretary for Health and provided information for numerous news stories. February-March, 1991. Organized conference: “Developing Rural Health Services Research” for 60 researchers and practitioners with grant support ($9,935) from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research and the U.S. Office of Rural Health Policy, September 10-11, 1990. Organized conference: “The Health Hazards of Rural Life” for 325 attendees of the 1990 Governor’s Conference on Rural Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, September 5, 1990. Grant support from U.S. Office of Rural Health Policy. Prepared maps and geographic analyses of health service availability in the rural northwest for the National Rural Health Association, Kansas City, MO. 1990. Prepared analyses and maps for the report “Rural Health Care” published by the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC. 1989-1990. Assisted North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians produce a report of family practice manpower in North Carolina. 1989-1990; received certificate of appreciation for work with the NCAFP manpower committee during course of this work. Coordinated a study of the locum tenens industry and prepare a report for the Internal Revenue Service and the law firm of Johnson, Gallop & Neuman, St. Louis, Mo. 1989-1990. Prepared an analysis of access to end stage renal disease facilities for the law firm of Bode, Call & Green, Raleigh, NC. 1989-1990.

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES Chercheur Associé. Gustav Roussy Cancer Ceter, Paris, France Visiting Professor. University of Belgrade Medical School, Department of Public Health, June 2014-15. Lecturer and module coordinator for health policy and management for the École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, Paris and Rennes France. Teach two, one-week modules in Evaluation and Strategic Management skills and lecture on health reform and health policy and additional lectures; supervise masters theses and advise students. 2008-present Editorial Board, Public Health Reviews. Published by Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sante Publique (EHESP) Paris 2010-present. Delegate. OECD Working Meeting on Health Workforce Modeling Paris, France. September 8-9, 2011; Sept 2012. Faculty adviser for post doctoral internship for Claire Bellia, MD. EHESP student placement. Feb –June 2011. Faculty Adviser for Bosiljka Djikanovich of Serbia, for the Junior Faculty Development Program of the American Councils for International Education, US State Department. Organizer and Chair of a two-day seminar on teaching methods in public health policy and management. A joint meet of the UNC Health Policy and Management and EHESP Faculty, Saint Malo, France October 25-26, 2010. 34 participants. 8 from UNC-CH, one each from Columbia Univ. and VCU and 24 from EHESP. Rural Clinics and Rural Networks. Briefing for Director of Health of Israel. October 18, 2010 New York City. Member, Planning Committee, International Medical Workforce Collaborative (IMWC) New York 2010. 30 RICKETTS, Thomas C. III Page 31

Colloquium participant, “Politiques et organization des soins primaries: concepts, outiles et pratiques en Europe et aux États-Unis. Quels enseignements pour la France. Paris, France, 21 October, 2009. Lecturer for Erasmus Mundus EUROPUBHEALTH Masters program, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sante Publique, Rennes, France. June-July, 2009 Consultant/Reviewer for the International AGFUND Prize. Annual $50,000 prize for sustainable rural development sponsored by a consortium of Arab Gulf nations. www.agfund.org. 2005-2012. Delegate, 11th International Medical Workforce Collaborative Meeting, September 16-20, 2008. Edinburgh, Scotland. Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Cecil G. Sheps International Research Fellowship. Program awards travel funds for foreign researchers to make study visit to the Sheps Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991-present. Host for Medical delegation from Republic of Georgia. Led discussions of regulation of health care professionals. Chapel Hill, NC. October 22, 2007. Discussion Leader for sessions of the conference “National Experiences in Addressing Adverse Trends Affecting the Health Workforce.” Sponsored by the WHO and the Ministry of Health, Portugal. Lisbon, Portugal. October 10-12, 2007. Rapporteur et membre jury de thése pour Nouzha EL KHOMSSI pour le degree Doctorat en Sciences de Gestion, Université de Montpellier II 2006. Coordinator for visit to UNC of a delegation from FOREM, Fondation Nationale pour la Promotion de la Santé et le Développement de la Recherche led by Dr. Mostefa Khiati. July 2006. Mentor/Supervisor to Alain Vanasse, MD, Ph.D. Lecturer in Family Medicine, Sherbrooke University. Visiting International Scholar, September 2005- Delegate 9th (selected, did not attend) International Medical Workforce Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia. November 15-19, 2005. Delegate. 8th International Medical Workforce Collaborative, Washington, DC. October 4-8, 2004. Mentor/Supervisor to Nouzha El khomssi, doctoral student, University of Montpellier, France on project to evaluate regional cancer networks. Sept 2003-March 2004. Delegate, 7th International Medical Workforce Conference, Oxford, England, September, 2003. Participant. Projet “Milieu et Santé Rural” sponsored by the Mutuelle Societé Agricole, Paris, France. July 2002- Mentor/Supervisor, Regional Scholar Exchange Program. American Council for International Education and US State Department. Ihor Chaklosh, MD, Chair, Department of Health administration L’viv Medical University. February 2002-May 2002. Participant. Ditchley Conference on Health Care Funding. Langdon House, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. September 28-30, 2001. Supported by the Ditchley Foundations of Canada and the United Kingdom. Member of US-Japan Rural Health Conference. Presenter at Meetings in Sapporo, Japan and Bozeman Montana under the sponsorship of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs. May-July, 2001 Internship Supervisor for Pavel Ratmanov, MD, Faculty Member, Far Eastern Medical School, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation. January 22, February 14, 2001. Sponsored by Triangle Visitors Council. Coordinator, Technical Assistance to Eastern Caribbean Nations for Planning for Human Resources for Health. Funded by PAHO. March 1999-March 2000. Participant in Joint Research Panel with colleagues from Manchester University, Association for Health Services Research, June 23, 1998. Washington, DC. Participant UNC-Manchester University Conference on Health Services Research, Presented on Managing Demand, June 25, 1997, Manchester Primary Research and Development Centre. Coordinator for Conference, “The Effects of Market Reform on Health Care in Russia and the United States” jointly sponsored by the Saratov Medical University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, NC, March 25-27, 1997. Presenter and session organizer, FICOSSER International Conference on Quality in Primary Health Care and Rural Health Practice. Institut d'Estudies de la Salut. Barcelona, Spain. September 25-27, 1996.

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Contributor to Conference on Reforms in the Russian and American Health Care Systems, Saratov, Russian Federation, September 4-7, 1996. Site visitor to hospitals, clinics and financing agencies in Saratov, August 31-September 8, 1996. Session president and presenter. Fourth Colloquium: Geography and Socio-economic aspects of health care. Centre de Recherche d’etude et Documentation en Economie de la Sante (CREDES). Paris, January 25-27, 1995 Coordinator for Joint Research Agenda Development between the Sheps Center and the Health Services Management Unit, Manchester University, UK Member of the International Advisory Committee to the Center for Social Medicine, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany. January 1994-2001 Organizer and participant, Invitational Conferences on Health Systems Research for Central and Eastern Europe. Warnemunde, Germany, December 15-17, 1991. Sponsored by the University of Rostock, the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, The World Health Organization, and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Liaison and host for Tatyana Kuzmina, Executive Director, St. Petersburg Medical Association for study visit to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, December 1992 Sponsor and liaison for a study visit to the Sheps Center for Sergei Ermakov, Director of the Computing Laboratory for SOYUZMEDINFORM, the organizing body for medical information for the Russian Federation. February-March, 1992. Organizer of study visit for Deputy Minister of Health, Latvian Republic and Director of Latvian Ministry of Health Computer Center. Coordinator for developing a program in cooperative health services research and training between the University of North Carolina and the Latvian Ministry of Health. February 1991-August 1993. Member, Rural Health Care Delegation to the Soviet Union, August 4-19, 1990. Visited hospitals, clinics, academic institutes, and Ministry of Health facilities in Moscow, Riga, Kiev, Novosibirsk.

Total $17,230,250 in external funding as PI. Through September 2015 printed,6/21/17

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