6/21/17 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. 2 RICKETTS, Thomas C. III Page 3 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. 3 RICKETTS, Thomas C. III Page 4 $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