Partners Forming Strategic Alliances in Health Care

Arnold D. Kaluzny, PhD is a Professor, Health Policy &Administration Cancer Prevention / Control Research Interests. Dr. Kaluzny is a nationally recognized expert in cancer prevention and control, health services research and evaluation, and organizational theory and behavior. He has served on numerous national committees including Chairman of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the NCI Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, was a member of the NCI Special Review Group on Cancer Control, and presently serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. For over thirty years, Dr. Kaluzny has been the principal investigator or co-investigator of various cancer-related projects, including the NCI-funded North Carolina Prescribe for Health grant and Co-Investigator with Drs. Harris and Ransohoff, in the NCI-funded project Making Prevention Work. He also served as the Principal Investigator of the 3.5 million dollar NCI-funded evaluation of the NCI Community Clinical Oncology Program. Dr. Kaluzny is the author of numerous articles and has co-authored several books, including Managing a Health Care Alliance: Improving Community Cancer Care, with Richard Warnecke, (Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA 1996), Health Care Management: Organizational Design and Behavior with Steve Shortell, (Delmar, Fourth Edition, 2000), Managed Care and Public Health with Paul Halverson and Curtis McLaughlin (Aspen Publications, 1998) Partners for the Dance: Forming Strategic Alliances in Health Care, with Howard Zuckerman and Thomas Ricketts ( Health Administration Press, 1995) Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care, with Curtis McLaughlin (Aspen Publications, Second Edition 1999), and Evaluation and Decision Making for Health Services, with James Veney (Health Administration Press, 1999). Dr. Kaluzny was the Program Leader (acting) for Cancer Prevention and Control, and presently serves as the Principal Investigator and Director of the NCI-funded Cancer Control Education Program. In these capacities, Dr. Kaluzny has played an important role in helping develop the LCCC Cancer Prevention and Control Program. Activities include the annual Fall inter-departmental course on cancer prevention and control, the spring CCEP seminar/journal club, and the year-long special seminar program regularly bringing together faculty, fellows, and students to discuss important issues and opportunities for collaboration. Dr. Kaluzny is Professor of Health Policy and Administration in the UNC School of Public Health and a Senior Fellow in the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the NCI Year 2000 Award. In 1998 he received the Edward G. McGavran Award for Excellence in Teaching from the School of Public Health, and in 1990 the Bernard G. Greenberg Alumni Endowment Award.Kaluzny, Arnold D. is the author of 'Partners Forming Strategic Alliances in Health Care' with ISBN 9781587981517 and ISBN 1587981513.