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Richard Culbertson, Ph.D.
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Richard Culbertson is Associate Professor and Director, Institute
for Health Services Research. He holds a Master of Divinity
degree from Harvard University, a Master of Health Administration
degree from the University of Minnesota and a Doctor of Philosophy
degree in Sociology from the University of California, San
Francisco. He has served as the Director of the Master of
Health Administration Program at Indiana University-Indianapolis,
as the Associate Dean for Administration and Finance at the
University of California, San Francisco Medical Group and
as CEO and COO for several major teaching hospitals. Dr. Culbertson
has published articles in scholarly and professional journals
with primary interest in academic medical centers and managed
care, organizational structure of medical schools and organization
of medical practices to promote physician autonomy. Dr. Culbertson
is a reviewer for Health Care Financing Review in Rockville,
Maryland. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of
the Aurora Health System of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was named
a W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellow and Emerging
Young Leader in Health Care by the Healthcare Forum. At Tulane
Dr. Culbertson serves as Chair of the Doctoral Studies Committee
for the School of Public Health.
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Dr.
Roy Weiner is the Schlieder Professor of Medical Oncology
and Director of the Tulane Cancer Center and also serves as
Associate Director/Co-Investigator of the CRCA Program. Dr.
Weiner trained at the NCI, at the Institut for Cancerologie
et d'Immunogenetique in Villejuif under Prof. George Mathe
and at Harvard. His laboratory research focused on stem cell
physiology and cryobiology of lymphoid populations. He has
enormous experience in designing and executing small translational
clinical trials, large prospective randomized therapeutic
trials, and the analysis of large registry databases. He has
directed cancer activities as PI of the NCI-funded Cancer
Center Planning Grant at the University of Florida. During
his tenure as Program Director at the University of Florida,
he was responsible for the training of 29 medical oncologists,
14 of whom currently hold full-time academic positions on
the faculty of major medical schools. He was also the laboratory
preceptor for eight trainees who are now full-time academicians
and have independent research programs. He has served the
NIH as Chairman of the Clinical Sciences Study.
