Speaker's Biographies:

Dean G. Smith, PH.D. is a Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy and Senior Associate Dean for Administration at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.  He is committed to a line of teaching and research that helps to provide a better understanding of the financial aspects of working with and working in health care delivery and financing organizations.  His specific areas of interest are: financial management, managed care and pharmacoeconomic analysis.  His work has been disseminated through more than 200 presentations and publications.  Prior to joining the faculty at Michigan, Professor Smith was with a management consulting firm where he was responsible for forecasting and modeling of the healthcare sector.  On sabbaticals from the University he was a Faculty Fellow with Lincoln National Life, a Resident Consultant with Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research and a Visiting Scholar at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.  He also holds the titles of visiting professor at the University of Colorado, Executive MBA in Pharmaceutical Management and adjunct professor at the University of Alabama–Birmingham, Executive Masters in Health Services Administration.  His administrative duties at Michigan also include chairing the University’s Pharmacy Benefit Oversight Committee and serving on the Executive Committee of the College of Pharmacy’s Center for Medication Use, Policy, and Economics. Outside the University, he chairs the Board of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration, serves on the Board of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education.  He is a founding Board member of Molina Healthcare of Michigan (a Medicaid-focused HMO), having previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Good Health Michigan. Professor Smith's degrees are in economics from The University of Michigan and Texas A&M University.