Paula Lantz
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Paula Lantz

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy; Professor of Public Policy and Health Management & Policy
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Paula Lantz is the associate dean for academic affairs and the James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy at the Ford School. She also holds an appointment as professor of health management and policy in the School of Public Health. Lantz, a social demographer, studies the role of public policy in improving population health and reducing social disparities in health. Lantz is currently engaged in research regarding innovative financing approaches for supportive housing among Medicaid beneficiaries, and also on how COVID-19 is exacerbating existing social and health inequalities in the U.S. An elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and the National Academy of Medicine, Lantz received an MA in sociology from Washington University, St. Louis, and an MS in epidemiology and PhD in sociology from the University of Wisconsin.

Educational background

  • PhD in social demography, University of Wisconsin, 1991
  • MS in epidemiology, University of Wisconsin, 1991
  • MA in sociology, Washington University, 1983
  • BA in sociology/English, St. Olaf College, 1981

Professional affiliations

  • National Academy of Social Insurance, elected member
  • National Academy of Medicine, elected member

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