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AcademyHealth Methods Council Members
 Timothy D. McBride, Ph.D. is a professor at the School of Social Work and Associate Dean for the Institute for Public Health at the Washington University in St. Louis. He is currently serving as a member on the nationally-recognized Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Rural Health Panel, which provides advice and briefings on rural health issues to the U.S. Congress and other policymakers. He is also a member of several national committees and boards, including the Editorial Board for the Journal of Rural Health, the Health Care Research and Training review panel for the Agency Health Care Quality (AHRQ), the Advisory Board of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), the Planning Committee for Academy Health’s annual meeting, and the committee for the Health Economics Interest Group for AcademyHealth. Dr. McBride joined St. Louis University in 2003 after spending 12 years at the University of Missouri-St. Louis as an associate professor in the departments of economics and public policy. He previously spent four years at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. Dr. McBride focuses his research in the areas of health economics, health policy, and aging. In particular, most of his research has focused on Medicare policy, the uninsured and insurance markets, rural health, and long-term care. He is co-author of a book, several book chapters, and more than 30 journal articles in these subject areas. Dr. McBride was awarded the Teacher of the Year award by the University of Wisconsin Administrative Medicine Program in 1998. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin.
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