Robert I. Field, J.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Health Policy and Public Health
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Robert I. Field chairs the Department of Health Policy and Public Health at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. His research and publications cover many areas of health care regulation, including managed care, pharmaceutical regulation, genetic screening, and health system structure. He is also a senior fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennyslvania and a member of the adjunct faculty of the Wharton School.

Previously, he served as director of planning and physician practice acquisitions for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, as a health care attorney for a major Philadelphia law firm, and as a member of the research staff of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

Prof. Field received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College, magna cum laude, law degree from Columbia Law School, master's in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health, and doctorate in psychology from Boston Univeristy.

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Recent interviews and appearances:

Wisconsin Public Radio. Guest on "At Issue with Ben Merens", an hour-long call-in program, to discuss health reform. To listen, please click here.

WHYY-FM, Philadelphia (NPR affiliate). Guest on "Voices in the Family", an hour-long call-in program, to discuss Medicare prescription drug coverage. To listen, please click here. Interviews on various local news segments concerning health reform.

The Wall Street Journal. Comments on genetic testing and personalized medicine. To read the article, please click here.

The Philadelphia Inquirer. Comments on regulation of drug safety. To read the article, please click here.

ABCNews.com. Comments on rising health care costs. To read the article, please click here.

American Public Health Association, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2006. Presentation on vaccination mandates.