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We want to acknowledge in particular the three reviewers selected as the Outstanding Reviewers of 2020. This annual award honors reviewers who have provided high quality, thoughtful, and timely comments for the Quarterly, chosen by consensus of the editors.
Outstanding Reviewers
Sherman A. James Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy Durham, NC
Jennifer Lloyd Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Baltimore, MD
Harold D. Miller Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform Pittsburgh, PA
Jos Aarts Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Blythe Adamson Flatiron Health New York, NY
Loren Adler USC‐Brookings Schaeffer Initative for Health Policy Washington, DC
Jennifer Ahern University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA
Dawn Alley University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD
Olakunle Alonge Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD
Julie Ralston Aoki Public Health Law Center Saint Paul, MN
Nate C. Apathy University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Robert Applebaum Miami University Oxford, OH
Deborah Bachrach Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP New York, NY
Ge Bai Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Washington, DC
Matthew (Mateo) P. Banegas Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Portland, OR
David W. Bates Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA
Andrew Bazemore American Board of Family Medicine Lexington, KY
Seth A. Berkowitz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
Lisa A. Bero University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA
Sue Birch Washington State Health Care Authority Olympia, WA
Guthrie (Gus) Birkhead State University of New York at Albany Albany, NY
Erika Blacksher University of Washington Seattle, WA
William K. Bleser Duke‐Robert J. Margolis Center for Health Policy Washington, DC
Marianne Boenink University of Twente Enschede, the Netherlands
Lyndal Bond Victoria University Melbourne, Australia
Luisa N. Borrell City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy New York, NY
Elizabeth H. Bradley Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY
Katrina A. Bramstedt Ask the Ethicist, LLC Sheridan, WY
Erin Fuse Brown Georgia State University College of Law Atlanta, GA
Tania Bubela Simon Fraser University Burnaby, Canada
Lawton R. Burns The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Joel C. Cantor Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
Bridget Catlin University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI
Martin Charns Boston University Boston, MA
Michael Esman Chernew Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Fumiko Chino Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY
Merlin Chowkwanyun Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health New York, NY
Courtney D. Cogburn Columbia University School of Social Work New York, NY
William J. Congdon The Brookings Institution Washington, DC
Gabriella Conti University College London London, United Kingdom
Rena M. Conti Boston University Questrom School of Business Boston, MA
Kathrin Cresswell The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom
K. Michael Cummings Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC
Patricia M. Danzon The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Jonathan J. Darrow Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA
Eugene Declercq Boston University School of Public Health Boston, MA
Howard B. Degenholtz University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
Kelly Devers NORC at the University of Chicago Washington, DC
Mary Dixon‐Woods THIS Institute and University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom
Katrina Donahue University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
Edward S. Dove University of Edinburgh School of Law Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Shauna Downs Rutgers School of Public Health New Brunswick, NJ
Ann M. Dozier University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY
Michael F. Drummond University of York York, United Kingdom
Stacie Dusetzina Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN
Nicholas Edwardson University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
Christine Eibner RAND Corporation Washington, DC
Jane Eilbacher Anthem, Inc. Arlington, VA
Gayathri Embuldeniya University of Toronto Toronto, Canada
William Encinosa Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Rockville, MD
Andrew Fenelon Penn State University University Park, PA
Robert L. Ferrer UT Health San Antonio Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences San Antonio, TX
Caroline Fichtenberg University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA
Daniel M. Fox Milbank Memorial Fund New York, NY
Erika Franklin Fowler Wesleyan University Middletown, CT
Richard B. Freeman University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School Austin, TX
Simone A. French University of Minnesota School of Public Health Minneapolis, MN
Nicholas Freudenberg City University of New York School of Public Health and Health Policy New York, NY
Lance Gable Wayne State University Law School Detroit, MI
Kyle Gavulic Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN
Paul Ginsburg Brookings Institution Washington, DC
Karen Glanz University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and School of Nursing Philadelphia, PA
Bruce Goldberg Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR
Megan Golden Mission: Cure New York, NY
Sarah E. Gollust University of Minnesota School of Public Health Minneapolis, MN
Susan Dorr Goold University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI
Laura M. Gottlieb University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA
Anca M. Grecu Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ
Michel Grignon McMaster University Hamilton, Canada
Colleen M. Grogan University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Chicago, IL
Paul J. Gruenewald Prevention Research Center Berkeley, CA
Stephen P. Gulley National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
Mark A. Hall Wake Forest University School of Law Winston‐Salem, NC
Helen Halpin University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health Berkeley, CA
Ross A. Hammond The Brookings Institution and Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
Brigit Hatch Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR
Penny Hawe University of Sydney Sydney, Australia
Claire Henderson Kings College London London, United Kingdom
Carrie Henning‐Smith University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Richard A. Hirth University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Jack Hoadley Georgetown University Washington, DC
Kimberly Hoagwood NYU Langone Health New York, NY
Jason M. Hockenberry Emory University Atlanta, GA
Sharona Hoffman Case Western Reserve University School of Law Cleveland, OH
Myra Holman Tulane University New Orleans, LA
David Hunter University of Durham Durham, United Kingdom
Peter S. Hussey RAND Corporation Arlington, VA
Katrina Hutchison Macquarie University Sydney, Australia
Samantha Iovan University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
David H. Jernigan Boston University Boston, MA
Steven Joffe University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA
Sheri Johnson University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI
Tiffany D. Joseph Northeastern University Boston, MA
Andrew Joyce Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn, Australia
Marja Jylhä Tampere University Tampere, Finland
George A. Kaplan University of Michigan School of Public Health Oakland, CA
Vittal Katikireddi University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom
Aaron S. Kesselheim Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA
Jonathan Ketcham Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business Tempe, AZ
Katherine M. Keyes Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health New York, NY
David A. Kindig University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, WI
Alison L. Kitson University of Adelaide School of Nursing Adelaide, Australia
Craig Klugman DePaul University Chicago, IL
Thomas Kottke HealthPartners Minneapolis, MN
Noah Kreski Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health New York, NY
Teppo Kröger University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä, Finland
Leighton Ku George Washington University Washington, DC
Tony Kuo Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and UCLA Los Angeles, CA
Yong‐Fang Kuo University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX
Jen Lau New York City Health + Hospitals New York, NY
Helen Lavretsky Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles, CA
Cynthia LeRouge Florida International University College of Business Miami, FL
Honglin Li University of Wisconsin School of Business Madison, WI
Paul Lillrank Aalto University School of Science Espoo, Finland
Nicole Lurie University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Julia Lynch University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Nason Maani London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, United Kingdom
William Maas Public Health Consultant North Bethesda, MD
Vicky Mabin Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand
Jeanne Madden Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences Boston, MA
Karen Joynt Maddox Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Peter McCulloch University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences Oxford, United Kingdom
Beth McGinty Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD
David Mechanic Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
Maxwell Mehlman Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
Ateev Mehrotra University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, PA
Tracy Merlin University of Adelaide Adelaide, Australia
Jonathan Michaels University of Sheffield Sheffield, United Kingdom
Jessica Mittler The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
Shannon M. Monnat Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse, NY
Jennifer Karas Montez Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse, NY
James Morone Brown University Providence, RI
Richard Mortimer Analysis Group, Inc. Boston, MA
Anthony D. Moulton Independent Policy Analyst Minneapolis, MN
Wendy E. Mouradian University of Washington School of Dentistry Seattle, WA
Laura Musikanski The Happiness Alliance Seattle, WA
Christopher Nelson RAND Corporation Santa Monica, CA
Peter Neumann Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA
Joseph P. Newhouse Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Jeff Niederdeppe University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI
Don Nutbeam University of Sydney Sydney, Australia
Kathryn Oliver University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom
Edward O’Neil University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA
Eberechukwu Onukwugha University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Baltimore, MD
Gerald M. Oppenheimer Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health New York, NY
Lisa Ottomanelli James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and Clinics Tampa, FL
Efthimios Parasidis The Ohio State University Columbus, OH
Eric M. Patashnik University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
Mark Pauly The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Jennifer Perloff Brandeis University Heller School Waltham, MA
Russell S. Phillips Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Sylvain Pichetti Institute for Research and Documentation in Health Economics Paris, France
W. Nicholson Price University of Michigan Law School Ann Arbor, MI
Jae A. Puckett Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
Momotazur Rahman Brown University Providence, RI
Grant Davis Reeher Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Service Syracuse, NY
Amanda Reichard U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC
Dahlia Remler City University of New York, The Graduate Center New York, NY
Sandra G. Resnick VA Connecticut Healthcare System and Yale School of Medicine West Haven, CT
Trish Riley National Academy for State Health Policy Portland, ME
Christopher Robertson Boston University School of Law Boston, MA
Marc Rodwin Suffolk University Law School Boston, MA
Martin Roland University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom
Joseph Ross Yale School of Medicine New Haven, CT
Chris Rowe San Francisco Department of Public Health San Francisco, CA
Mandy Ryan University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Nasia Safdar University of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, WI
William M. Sage The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
Carol Sakala National Partnership for Women & Families Washington, DC
Bhaven N. Sampat Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health New York, NY
Lori Schirle Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nashville, TN
Marlene Schwartz University of Connecticut Hartford, CT
Laura Seeff Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA
Thomas Selden Agency for Health Research and Quality Rockville, MD
Joshua Sharfstein Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD
Jay Shaw Women’s College Hospital and University of Toronto Toronto, Canada
Stephen M. Shortell University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA
Jaan Sidorov PA Clinical Network Harrisburg, PA
Anna Sinaiko Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA
Jonathan S. Skinner Dartmouth Medical School Lebanon, NH
Frank Sloan Duke University Durham, NC
Katherine E. Smith University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Stephen B. Soumerai Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Boston, MA
Michael Sparer Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health New York, NY
Brenda C. Spillman The Urban Institute Washington, DC
Kurt Stange Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
Jeffrey Stensland MedPac Washington, DC
David G. Stevenson Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Arthur A. Stone University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
Roy Stratton Nottingham Trent University Nottingham, United Kingdom
Michelle Kitchman Strollo NORC at the University of Chicago Bethesda, MD
Justin Sydnor University of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Business Madison, WI
Helena Temkin‐Greener University of Rochester School of Medicine Rochester, NY
Eric S. Toner Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD
Bruno Ventelou Aix‐Marseille School of Economics Marseille, France
Alex Wagenaar Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Atlanta, GA
Sijiu Wang University of Rochester Rochester, NY
Kenneth E. Warner University of Michigan School of Public Health Ann Arbor, MI
Deborah Wexler Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Gail R Wilensky Project Hope Millwood, VA
Jennifer Wolff Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD
Albert Wu Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD
Kun‐Hsing Yu Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Barry Zuckerman Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA